If you're a woman in your senior years looking for your very own Mr. Big, Candace Bushnell would like a word. Dating and sex in one's 60s and beyond can seem kind of depressing and, frankly, "bleak," according to the journalist and author whose newspaper column and book led to HBO's Sex and the City—but "I've never cared less," she writes in an essay for the Cut. The 66-year-old divorcee says she's "perfectly happy" being single at the moment, enjoying the life she built off of her writing career, which now includes two poodles, a New York City apartment, and a second home in Long Island's Sag Harbor. Yet when people find out she's not seeing anyone, they seem "disappointed" for her, she notes. Although Bushnell tells herself she really doesn't care about pairing up, she hasn't always been 100% sure that's the case, and so "I like to keep my hand in the dating waters."
And what's that pool been like for Bushnell? She relays some recent romantic exploits, including a date with "Eddie," an affluent man of 77 who dismissed her dining suggestions and just tried to get her in bed; he even showed up in her driveway the day after their ill-fated date, trying to get her to go for a swim "on one of those deserted beaches on Shelter Island" (Bushnell bluntly declined). The incident, however, that seemed to solidify her dating thoughts came after running into a ex-beau she'd met on an exclusive dating app, where, after a brief conversation with Bushnell, he began chatting with women decades younger than her. Instead of feeling distressed, Bushnell simply shrugged. "There was no way I could compete with all those other women," she writes—partly "because I didn't want to. The days of competing for a man's attention were over. It was a huge relief." Read the full piece.
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