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How to Thrive as a Solo Ager – How Men Adapt to Being Solo Agers

3 steps men can take to stay connected, be prepared and fight loneliness

I am euphemistically known as a “solo ager,” a 66-year-old child-free widower with no plans to seek another primary intimate monogamous relationship. I must admit that the term “solo ager” is preferable to the horrible designation made by other social scientists who refer to me as an “elder orphan.” That phrase reeks of an aging Oliver Twist, developmentally frozen in the pain of abandonment and fear.

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Susan Harding

Susan Harding

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