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Paulina Porizkova says dating in her 50s left her feeling overlooked
Paulina Porizkova says she felt overlooked by men after turning 58 and returning to dating following her separation from Ric Ocasek.
The Czech-born model said her experience was a shock after she had been a popular date earlier in life.
She had about four matches in five years on the dating app Raya, and said she also felt ignored at parties and bars.
Porizkova said men her age often chose to approach women decades younger.
She met television writer Jeff Greenstein on Raya, and the two began dating.
They married in July after three years together; Greenstein had proposed after two years of dating.
Her experience highlights the difficulty she says older women can face when trying to meet partners, both online and in person.
Paulina Porizkova said she felt overlooked by men when she returned to dating in her late 50s.
She said she received about four responses on dating app Raya during five years on the platform.
Porizkova said men at social events often gravitated toward women decades younger than her.
She later met television writer Jeff Greenstein on Raya, and the couple married in July.
Porizkova, now 61, described the experience as shocking after years as a popular model and date.
- Who
- Paulina Porizkova, a model, and her husband, television writer Jeff Greenstein.
- What
- Porizkova said she felt overlooked while dating in her late 50s. She later found love with Greenstein.
- When
- She said the experience began when she turned 58. The couple married in July; the article does not give the year.
- Where
- On the dating app Raya and at social events such as parties and bars.
- Why
- Porizkova said men overlooked her and often chose to approach much younger women.
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Porizkova said she returned to dating after the split; Ocasek died in 2019 before their divorce was finalized.
Porizkova said she received about four hits on the dating app.
Porizkova and Greenstein began dating.
Porizkova and Greenstein married after dating for three years.
- Age when she felt overlooked
- 58
- Time on Raya
- Five years
- Raya responses
- About four hits
- Husband
- Jeff Greenstein, television writer
- Marriage
- July, after three years of dating
What people are saying
Older women are f***ing invisible on Raya
If you want to find somebody, and you go out to events to meet people, if you are in your late 50s going out to parties, going to a bar, you're going to totally get overlooked.
So going from being the hottest girl in town to being an invisible 58-year-old was really shocking
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