Dating Game Changes After 40

USA TODAY -- Dec 1 -- Of almost 127 million Americans age 40 and over, more than a third are unattached. They're either casualties of the divorce explosion (13%); widowed (11%); or never married (8%).  Match.com says registrations by people over 50 are up 340% since 2000.   Those over 50 account for 21% of visitors to Yahoo Personals.  A Yahoo Personals survey released in September found that 51% of men and 56% of women say it's acceptable for a potential date to be up to 10 years younger.  So more older women are taking a cue from celebrities who are linked with men who are years or even decades their junior.  "Women of a certain age want to date but don't necessarily want to be married," Carr says. "Women don't feel middle-aged. They feel there's a long life ahead."  FULL ARTICLE @ USA TODAY