You’ve seen ads for online dating on television, in newspapers, and (naturally) on computer popups. The models are cute, handsome, young, or at least looking good for their age. But what REALLY happens when a computer semi-illiterate 60ish widow is prodded into this very 21st century form of dating—when the last time she dated was when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first men to walk … walk on the moon? Getting back into dating makes her feel young. Actual dating makes her realize she is NOT sixteen anymore. What started out as entries on her Facebook page have expanded into detailed accounts of dating foibles and feats. Anyone who has embraced the concept of online dating, no matter at what age, will find her adventures laugh-out-loud funny and charming.
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Men, if you’ve ever wondered what women think (and obsess) about before, during, and after a date, this book will tell you. At times, you will shake your head in disbelief, and you will understand that you will never understand women.
I felt like I was right there with the characters & enjoyed this book SOOOOOO much! More, please! <3
The book is very realistic and i’m a teenager the way you describe the thoughts of teenagers is just so true… i always thought dating in middle age was disgusting but your book definitely changed my opinion. Loved it!
This book is more than it seems!
Yes, it’s a fun and funny look at on-line dating from the perspective of a 60 ear old woman but it’s also honest and refreshing. Becky Andersen is not some doddering old lady, she is great and I hope to be half as cool at her age.
Anyone who has ever dipped their toe in the pool of on-line dating will find this book relatable and enjoyable.
Good read and believable.
Began funny but later just became boringly realistic. Glad it seemed to turn out well but humor mostly ended too soon.
We’re Not Sixteen Anymore is the short title of a novel published in 2016 by Becky Andersen. In addition, the subtitle notes that this is A Baby Boomer’s Adventures With Online Dating. In the Tinder (and not necessarily tender) age of 2019, is an update called for? Just a note of what to look for. Chapter One, Welcome to the Sixties is about both THE 60s (time) and the 60s (personal, as in had a birthday). Andersen compares changes in body shape and physical capabilities between herself at sixteen and sixty. When does what appears to be a smudge in the mirror become a uni-brow? For me, the novel was a page-turner after that.
Andersen was happily married for thirty-seven tears. She was fifty-eight when her husband, aged fifty-seven died. They had two grown and married children. For the next few years, she contemplated a life of living alone. It was at a party for her sixtieth birthday, one in which 60s music was played and all attendees dressed in 60s attire, that she decided it was time to investigate what the twenty-first century had to offer the survivors of the twentieth century. Electronic dating might be the answer. If she had any doubt about the propriety or social acceptance of it, she could point to her parents. On a visit to their retirement home in Florida, Mom and Dad recommended online services for matchmaking.
This is the story of one woman’s adventure with online dating told through several anecdotes about the kinds of guys she met. There were a few she met more than once. She rejected almost all of them at their first meeting and with one exception she even rejected the ones she agreed to meet more than once. This novel can be read as a series of anecdotes about reigniting romantic, not sexual adventures. If there was any agonizing over reviving a sexual component in life, it centered on the “first kiss.” Andersen expresses as much angst about the possibility of a kiss originating from an online date as a shy teenager expresses about getting to “first base.”
This memoir is held together by all the supporting logistic considerations of dating in later years. There are different kinds of makeup to be used for different purposes. Teenagers don’t worry about concealing wrinkles. Andersen is effusive in her praise of what Spanx is good for. It seems to be as versatile as duct tape. There are different energy levels to consider. Andersen needs her sleep by ten PM at the latest. At a younger age, she might skip school. With a more mature perspective, she cannot skip work. When dating in her teenage years, she did not have to contend with ex-spouses and dependent or even grown children. Now she has grown children of her own who give her advice and dating tips.
This is fun to read. It is what a cozy mystery is to mysteries. This might be a cozy memoir. There are no abrupt surprises. There is a lot of obvious and in-your-face clean humor. This is a safe read in all environments. In the first few chapters, Andersen addresses how words have evolved into much more sexually explicit definitions but the way she explains the new definitions comes across as the indirect speech of Victorian England. This is amusing all by itself. This memoir is a four plus Amazon star read. The humor will appeal greatly to Baby Boomers (like me). I purchased this on Amazon for USD 1.99, Amazon today lists it at USD 2.51. Could it be more Baby Boomers are buying it? It is also available for free through Kindle Unlimited.
It’s on the shelf for reading. From what I’ve reviewed, this book has some great feedback. Will provide my overall viewpoint after finalizing read.
Updated on my earlier notation . . .
Seniors “no” We’re not Sixteen Anymore, and that’s real!
Loved this book and you will too. It is a most delightful, enjoyable, and hilarious read. The author takes us through the wave of internet dating. Although there’s nothing funny about online dating, it can be nerve recking . . . identifying and eliminating the “Fakers.”
No doubt, there’s a lot of energy that goes into the process. Looking for some feedback before taking that leap. This book is a grabber! It opens the doors to mind-boggling questions, How do I get started?; What should I expect?; Was he really the person in the profile?; Will I find my Romeo?
Thought the ending was a moment of beauty. Don’t underestimate the dating scene, there’s no telling where that love line will lead. Kudos, Becky Andersen ’cause I enjoyed the read!
This book was laugh out loud funny in many places. I definitely related to it and recommend it to anyone of a particular age reentering the dating world! Very well written and humorous. A good light read.
Loved it!
Humorous and entertaining.
Enjoyable, funny writing about the older dating scene.
Great look at not only dating again in our more “mature” years, but a great look in the dating on-line experience. I giggled…a lot!
An interesting read about being a widow after years of marriage and what it’s like to get back into the dating scene.
Great voice. Charming.
quick fun read
histerical
The funny turn of events
I’m not sixteen any more, either. I haven’t had a date in 15 years, and I’ve been hesitant to sign up for a dating site. This book confirmed my fears – and made me laugh. How many frogs do you have to kiss, anyway?! I still haven’t signed up for anything, but this book made me think about it (at least for a few minutes).
This was a light hearted book that was a lot of fun to read, written from a witty woman’s perspective on a timely subject. I thoroughly enjoyed it!