Widower Dating in California

California is our second-biggest state, with members in Los Angeles and Southern California, around San Francisco and the Bay Area, in Sacramento and the Central Valley, and down toward San Diego. If you are looking for widow or widower dating in California, there are people near you.

A wide spread of ages

California has one of our youngest groups of women: more than half of the women here are under 45, and a fifth are under 35. The men are older, with more than half aged 55 or over. That gap is worth knowing. A widow in her thirties may want to widen her age range a little; a widower in his sixties will find plenty of women in their forties and fifties who are happy to date someone older.

Date ideas, north and south

In Los Angeles, the paths around Griffith Observatory give you a view and something to talk about, and the Getty Center, with free admission, makes an easy, unhurried afternoon. A walk along the beach in Santa Monica works at any time of year. In San Francisco, Golden Gate Park and the waterfront path at Crissy Field are good for a long first conversation; across the bay, Berkeley and Oakland have quieter cafés. Sacramento's riverfront in Old Sacramento suits an evening stroll, and a day trip to Napa or Sonoma is a lovely second or third date.

Distance and traffic

Los Angeles to San Francisco is around 380 miles, so most members set a distance that covers their own region. Within a region, think in time rather than miles: twenty miles across Los Angeles at rush hour can take longer than fifty on an open road. Meeting halfway for a first date is fair to both of you and keeps it short.

Support alongside dating

California has a strong network of hospices and bereavement groups, and some widowed people find it helps to have that support while they date. Soaring Spirits International, a peer-support organization for widowed people, is based in Southern California. Support groups are not dating groups, but they remind many people that they are not alone, and that makes the first message a little easier to send.

Ideas for later dates

Once you know each other, California is made for day trips. A drive along the coast on Highway 1, lunch in a harbor town, or a morning at the aquarium in Monterey makes a gentle second or third date. In the south, the gardens at the Huntington in San Marino are calm and beautiful; inland, the foothill towns of the Sierra are quiet in every season.

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