Adrian Marek: author archive
Introduction – Love After 50: From Loss to Love Again
Introduction: It’s Not Too Late The thought first struck me, sharp and unbidden, in the frozen food aisle. It was a Tuesday evening. My cart held a single-serving lasagna and a bag of green peas. Around me, the low hum of freezers was the only soundtrack. I wasn’t...
New Book: Love After 50: From Loss to Love Again
Dating Apps, First Dates, and the Unexpected Joy of Falling in Love Again After 50 Starting over after fifty was never part of the plan. After 20 years of marriage, raising children, and building a life that felt settled, Adrian suddenly found himself back in the...
Adrian Marek
Adrian Marek is a late-bloomer in the world of online dating. Now in his sixties, he has lived in both Europe and Canada, worked in several professions, and spent many years as a widowed single parent before deciding to try dating again just before the Covid pandemic turned the world upside down.
What followed was a long period of trial, error, awkward conversations, unexpected lessons, and the occasional small victory. Like many people returning to dating later in life, he had to learn how modern relationships work in a world of apps, profiles, and messages instead of chance meetings.
Eventually, persistence paid off. Adrian is now happily married to a wonderful Slavic woman he met online — proof that even after fifty, and even after a few wrong turns, the story is not over.
He writes for readers who want honest advice, a bit of humour, and the reassurance that it is never too late to start again.