#EDIT: This is NOT a dating event. This is a social event for people who have gotten to know each other in this community to meet.
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Reminder, the deadline for the lower rate is this Thursday. I'm going to try to get that extended.
Reminder 2, this trip is for known regulars.
If anyone has questions, feel free to message me. I just made a few new posts in the trip sub.
This is Bertie. He helps my sister with her crossword puzzles. She said the progress is slow and that sometimes she has to assemble sections more than once. She also told me that pieces occasionally disappear. 🤷
The following is an exerpt from the brain foundation about the benefits of gratitude.
The Benefits of Gratitude
Ultimately gratitude is more complex than merely expressing courtesy or focusing on positive thinking. When you regularly focus or meditate on what you are thankful for, it causes effects that promote well-being, including psychological and physical health. Here are some remarkable benefits:
Gratitude helps you develop a more positive mindset.
Gratitude reduces stress.
Gratitude reduces anxiety.
Gratitude reduces depression.
Gratitude improves emotional resilience.
Gratitude improves focus.
Gratitude improves immunity.
Gratitude improves sleep.
Gratitude helps with social bonding.
Gratitude can improve general health concerns.
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Please provide links to the music. If you need help, I'll be back in about four hours. But I'm sure someone else will gladly assist in the mean time.
Please go to the trip sub at the link below to let us know if you're going. Please.
[The trip sub](https://www.reddit.com/r/DO60\_Meetup\_2026/s/faEgA3wMF7)
The trip is restricted to those we already know well in the community.
Known members may bring someone they know well to assist them or a traveling buddy if safety is a concern or a significant other, if they have one.
Do not respond here about whether you are going or not.
If you don't respond, you risk being removed from the trip sub. If you don't know yet, that's fine to hang until you have a definite yes or no. We will eventually remove people from that sub who are not going.
Those who want to be included in future gatherings should participate in the sub.
Did you know AC Appreciation Days runs from July 3 to August 15? I did not. The linked article tells the history of air-conditioning, including how people cooled prior to electricity and Mr. Carrier's invention.
Today we express our gratitude for air conditioning. I grew up without it in the Midwest, home of hot summers with high humidity made worse by corn sweat. Yes, I said corn sweat!
Aside: I had friends who earned money in the summer detassling corn! I couldn't take the heat. You had to wear long pants, long sleeves, and gloves to avoid corn cuts. It's hot, dusty, dirty, hard work.
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Limit 4 FOUR
Have fun!
It's separate from DO60, with a different mod team who have plans to create a community that addresses the wants and needs of those dating in the next decade. They plan to try some different things and to make it a unique space. (I decry the overuse of that word but I think it may fit here.)
When we started DO60, people asked why and if it was needed, since DO50 was already strong and growing. We've discovered that life changes with each successive decade. And we've noticed that each decade of the DO communities have taken on different, perhaps appropriate personalities. Some of that is shaped by the moderators but perhaps even more by the members.
While I do still spend some time in DO50, I now spend most of my time here in DO60.
r/DatingOverSeventy
Autocorrect incorrection that seems to work.
A Yale study shows that regular readers live approximately 23 months longer than non-readers.
And, does anyone have a desire to get a book club going? DO50 has a nice little one they run on another platform.
Here's last week's post:
This grew out of last week's post, but also out of a discussion with friends this morning.
Many of us have lived a life of putting everything else and everyone else first and then we get what's left -- which sometimes isn't much in the way of time or comfort, or even care.
There are times when that can't be avoided: during childrearing and career-building or business-building; during caregiving; I'm sure you can think of many more things and people you have put before youself.
Now, that many of us can shift focus a bit, caring for ourselves can actually feel a bit selfish or indulgent. Maybe we're taking on the responsibilities of others or for others who should be managing their own lives but we can't see a way out. (Ahem, Blitzen)
Let's encourage each other to take good care of ourselves so we can live our best lives in this third third of life. We need to take care of ourselves, and this time, we'll be able to give what's left to family and community.
🔊🔊 You're number one! 👏👏
#DO60, what good things have you done just for yourself this week?
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#Tonight's theme is Instrumental Music.
Limit Four. 4. A tetrad or quaternion, if you will.
Please provide links; Reddit plays well with YouTube. If that proves problematic, someone will be along soon.
Thanks to u/db0956 for tonight's theme.
. . . or at least pointing to this sub as origin.
If you get a chat request from the following user, please report it to Reddit.
Got chat request from u/sea-raisin163
"Hi .. how are you? This is from DatingOverSixty"
This is NOT sent from us.
Report >> Spam >> unsolicited private messaging/chat
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Ways to be good to yourself:
Speak kindly: Use soft and encouraging words inside your mind instead of harsh criticism.
Forgive mistakes: Let go of past errors because everyone learns by trying and failing.
Protect peace: Step away from spaces or choices that break your heart or drain your joy.
Rest well: Give your body and mind the quiet time they need to heal and grow.
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Limit 3 three.
Please provide links. If you need a lil help, someone will be along.
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Water might mean a puddle, lake, stream, river, or ocean. Pond or creek, swamp, sea, lagoon, fjord, bog, fen, brook or bay. Or?
Please limit to four (4).
Please provide links, if possible. If you need a little help with that, someone will be along.
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I came up empty when I searched for articles about gratitude for variety. None with depth. Nothing pithy. Just nothing.
I'd thought about the word diversity. I looked and the articles were mostly about diversity in the workplace. Diversity, as we currently use the word is not what I'm thinking of.
Yes, I'm thinking about people of different races but also people from different regions, different countries, different cultures. Even people in my neighborhood and town who have had experiences different from mine. Interaction with them just about always leaves me changed.
They know things I don't. They've seen and experienced things I have not. As a result, we observe the same things through different eyes. We see something different while looking at the same object or circumstance. It's all so thrilling to me!
That's one reason I like this community, especially when people are accepting of these differences in experience and perspective. When curiosity replaces the type of judgement that has hints of condemnation.
And that takes me to experiences. I love that there are so many things I've yet to experience. Even being made aware of those things is a gift. I've met a lot of different types of people and had a variety of experiences and I'm excited for the new discoveries I've yet to make. New people, places, and things!
Wheeeee!
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FOUR SONGS
Please provide links for the listening pleasure of all. If you need help with that, someone will be along.
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DO60 is looking for moderators. Please read the following post:
https://www.reddit.com/r/DatingOverSixty/s/w5aXylS7WX
Thank you!
We’re looking for a few more people to round out our mod team. We need people who are interested in helping shape the future of DO60 and keep it a close and welcoming community as we grow.
WHAT IS NEEDED TO BE A MOD?
The most important things are to know and understand the rules (and the whys) of the sub and Reddit's content policy; have a positive attitude and not take conflict with members personally; remain impartial regardless of your personal beliefs; be fair and consistent. Oh, and be over 50.
WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO
Our community objective is to foster a safe and welcoming environment for people over 50, of different backgrounds, from different parts of the U.S.A., from different countries and from different cultures. We welcome people who define relationships in traditional and non-traditional ways.
Our moderators strive to be neutral and not enforce their personal beliefs or values on others, though we may voice our individual preferences in ways that do not diminish those of others when we are participating in discussions as members and not as moderators.
Our members should expect to participate freely, without being verbally attacked or insulted when expressing controversial or unpopular opinions that don't violate the rules of Reddit or the values or rules of our community. Members who are new to the sub and are trying to figure out how things work after being married or in a relationship for many years should expect patience and guidance.
Discussing opinions is fine; debating to win is not. Hostility toward other users and personal attacks are not tolerated. It's a balance between letting individuals speak their opinions in their own voice, and maintaining a positive discussion where some topics are sensitive and, at times, users are overly passionate or have opinions that are not broadly shared.
Mods are expected to interact with members in a respectful and positive manner in comments and in modmail. Communicate why a comment/post was removed or the user banned - without emotion or snark, even when they use it. When a user is insulting or aggressive, that can be a challenge.
Moderation is an unpaid, volunteer position.
HOW TO APPLY
You are welcome to ask questions in the comments below, or you can send any questions through modmail. (click on sub name >click on "see more" >scroll down until you be mod names > click "Message the Mods")
If you're ready to apply, please message the mods through modmail. Include:
Please do not send any mods a direct chat. Use modmail instead.
Thank you! PlasticBlitzen, Gooseberry_Sprig, Bao_Xinhua