AFTER leaving her husband at 70, one woman said is having the best sex of her life after signing up for dating apps.
Tina Pemberton, from , says she’s living like a teenager again and feels decades younger.
The grandma-of-three has been swiping right, , and even spicing up her sex life after leaving her of 34 years.
She credited her later-in-life sexual awakening as making her look and feel “ageless”;;.
“I’m living life as a teenager,”;; Tina toldWhat’s The Jam.
“I embrace every new thing and I don’t feel old at all.
“I feel ageless and I actually think I’ve become a happier person, I look better than I did 20 years ago.”;;
Tina revealed the biggest surprise has been rediscovering her sex life and just how good it can still be.
“They say as you get older you dry up a bit but I met someone who knew exactly what to do,”;; she recalled.
“I was on cloud nine. I hop-skipped, danced, jumped everywhere – it really does work.”;;
Tina, who once ran a restaurant in Norfolk before retiring, said every woman deserves to feel good no matter their age.
“You see women on the train and they look miserable and you think – I know what they need,”;; she explained.
“Every woman needs that at some point.”;;
Tina is now on a mission to break the taboo around older women and intimacy.
She explained that society is far too quick to dismiss older women, especially when it comes to love, sex, and dating.
“I just find it very silly, people see your age on a dating app and don’t even consider going out with you,”;; she said.
“Why do they think that a human being should change their feelings?
“Forget about the wrinkles and think about the twinkles.”;;
After decades of marriage, Tina realised something was missing and made the brave decision to start over eight years ago.
“I left my husband and I came to London from the countryside,”;; she said.
“There was a big age gap – he was 18 years older – and it suddenly didn’t work.
“I was full of energy, wanting to do things, and living in the country didn’t do it for me.
“I really wanted to be doing more things again rather than living my life as a pensioner.”;;
It’s been interesting to see how men my age are still playing games.
Tina Pemberton
Tina moved to London and was enjoying nights at the theatre and going out with friends when someone suggested she try online dating.
“I started getting matches and going out on dates, I had never been on dating apps in my life,”;; she said.
But it wasn’t long before she found herself with a busy social life and plenty of stories to tell.
Tina said she’s dated men older, younger, and her own age – but not all of them have impressed her.
“It’s been interesting to see how men my age are still playing games,”;; she said.
“I hadn’t dated since my 20s and I was quite shocked, they don’t mature; they just still expect the same things.
We were having dinner and he started talking about his bowel movements.
Tina
“One guy met me and immediately grabbed hold of my hand, I didn’t even know him.”;;
Some of Tina’s other dates have been memorable for all the wrong reasons.
Tina recalled how one man brought up his digestion problems over dinner.
“We were having dinner and he started talking about his bowel movements,”;; she said.
“I don’t really want to know. Constipation and this, that, or the other – it really put me off my food.”;;
Tina has now been on dozens of dates but says the most meaningful connections have happened off the apps.
I get ghosted. They can talk to me for a week and then disappear. It can be offensive but I’ve grown to understand it and I do the same now.
Tina
“Funnily enough, the people I’ve actually had something to do with have not been through dating apps but through people who introduced us,”;; she explained.
“A couple led to things and we went out once or twice. It’s strange but exciting.”;;
Tina decided to sign up to TikTok to talk about her best and worst dates and to encourage other older women to start dating again.
Some dates fizzled out and others ghosted her but Tina has learned not to take it personally.
“I get ghosted. They can talk to me for a week and then disappear. It can be offensive but I’ve grown to understand it and I do the same now,”;; she said.
Tina revealed she is open to meeting someone special, just not on anyone else’s timeline.
Maybe I don’t want someone full-time or to get married again, but I would like to find a new lover – I’m not giving up on that.
Tina
“Maybe I don’t want someone full-time or to get married again, but I would like to find a new lover – I’m not giving up on that,”;; she said.
“I know when it’s right, it’s right.”;;
Tina hopes that by being open about her experiences, she can help other women feel empowered too, and it’s not just older women who enjoy her content.
“Younger women are very inspired, they say, ‘I want to be like you at your age’,”;; she said.
“My advice would be to not listen to anyone who tells you that you shouldn’t go out and date, have a good time and have a sexual [relationship].
“I’m trying to break the taboo of older women enjoying sex and having a love life.
“It’s very healthy – it’s very good for endorphins, good for everything.”;;
