I tell each one the same exact thing: “If you’re dating a few men right now and can guarantee me that you’ll have at least one date a week for the duration of our time together, we can start coaching. Every day I get emails from women who want one-on-one dating coaching but don’t want to try online dating.Most of all, it seems that every woman, regardless of age, despises the indoors.I say this because, according to their profiles, every spare moment is devoted to running, skiing, hiking, climbing, rafting, unicycling, spelunking, parachuting into triathlons, and engaging in a variety of other calorie-burning gerunds.There are women looking for someone similar in age and interests that they can develop a long-term relationship with.Then there are the cougars that are looking to date younger men.

It’s about attracting men, understanding men, and making them want to stick around forever and ever. As to where you meet men, yes, there’s one place that’s more effective in making introductions than 100 visits to Whole Foods and Art History class combined.

You are more likely to know what you are looking for.

Generally speaking, there are two types of dating women over 40.

Yet the Radio 4 programme made no reference to the thousands of people for whom dates are like needles in haystacks.

If you can't remember when someone last asked you out, it isn't the minefield of how to behave in a restaurant that causes anguish, it's securing a date in the first place.