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The Guardian - UK
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Have you played matchmaker for your parent?

Elderly couple sitting on a bench overlooking sea
Elderly couple sitting on a bench overlooking sea. Photograph: Alamy

It can be hard, after a divorce, separation or bereavement, to meet someone else. But increasingly, dating apps are helping older people to move on, with a flurry of sites set up to address the fact that single people over the age of 50 are a growing demographic.

We’d like to tell the stories of people who have helped their parents to look for love. Did you set them up on a date? Or perhaps you helped them write a profile for an online dating site. Did they find love or romance? Are they still looking? And was it their idea first to delve into the world of dating, or yours?

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