Dating While Gray Millions of older people are dating — for some, it's because they're recently divorced after having been married for a long time. In fact, the divorce rate among older Americans has exploded since the 1990s. It even has its own nickname: gray divorce. And it's happening all over the world, including South Africa, Japan, Australia and England, where it's called silver splitting.Laura Stassi is a writer who was married for almost 30 years before her divorce. Newly single, she turned to friends and relationship experts for advice on navigating the dating scene. On Dating While Gray, Laura shares the lessons she's learned and speaks with others who are searching, finding and choosing love later in life. Everything's on the table, including sex, money and family.