163: Guy’s Guy Radio with Robert Manni - Episode 163163: Guy’s Guy Radio with Robert Manni - Episode 163
UK Health Radio Podcast
Robert and Yuni Manni talk about dating after 50, sharing personal experiences and lessons from experts on apps, red flags, self-work and second chances in love. The conversation focuses on honesty, openness and making real space for a healthy relationship later in life.
46:49•21 Jun 2026
Dating After 50: Second Chances, Real Love and Modern Apps
Episode Overview
- Take a step back before dating to assess who you are, what you want, and what you genuinely have to offer a partner.
- Reflect honestly on past relationships and your own role in them to avoid repeating the same patterns.
- Use dating apps with short, positive and truthful profiles; treat them as a way to connect, not somewhere to vent frustration.
- Watch for red flags such as bitterness, constant busyness and unfinished business with ex-partners, and value green flags like kindness, openness and reciprocity.
- Stay open-hearted and prepared to make real time and space for a relationship, rather than approaching dating half-heartedly.
“Dating after 50 isn’t the end of romance. It may be the beginning of your best relationship yet.”
How do people find strength in their journey to sobriety? This chat on UK Health Radio’s Guy’s Guy Radio takes a slightly different route by zeroing in on love and dating after 50 – especially for those whose relationship with alcohol, relationships or both might have changed over the years. Author, marketer and relationship commentator Robert Manni sits in the guest chair while his wife, Yuni Manni, takes over hosting duties.
Together, they talk frankly about what it’s like to date later in life, when divorce, loss, heartbreak and a fair bit of “emotional baggage” are often part of the package. Robert shares how he and Yuni met on a dating app, reminding anyone who feels they’ve “missed their chance” that, as he puts it, “Dating after 50 isn’t the end of romance.
It may be the beginning of your best relationship yet.” You’ll hear them break down the realities of modern dating apps for over‑50s: the temptation to lie on profiles, why honesty matters, and how long, negative bios can scare off good matches.
Robert draws on hundreds of interviews with dating and relationship coaches, plus his book The Guy’s Guy’s Guide to Love, to outline common red flags (bitterness, constant busyness, unresolved past relationships) and green flags (kindness, openness, time for their own life and yours). There’s a strong focus on self-reflection: looking at past relationship patterns, asking “What role did I play?”, and making genuine space in your life for a new partner.
They also touch on energy, spirituality, emotional intelligence and the need for both partners to keep growing, even in midlife. If you’re over 50, single, perhaps sober-curious or already alcohol-free, and wondering whether love is still on the cards, this conversation might be the nudge that gets you to ask: am I truly ready – and open – for a new kind of relationship?
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