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BILLIE, 68, & ROGER, 67 “Instant physical chemistry.” That’s how wellness blogger Billie Best sums up her first date with Roger Emmert. The couple, both in their late 60s, had sung in

the same choir as teens, but they hadn’t seen each other in more than five decades until early 2020, when they reconnected on Facebook. “We were very attracted to each other physically,”

says the Eugene, Oregon-based Best, creator of the Billie Best Blog: Aging Beyond 60—Loving Life, Staying Relevant. “We had both been single for years. Sex and intimacy? It had been

forever.” During that sex drought, what Best describes as the “geography between my legs” had grown dry as a result of age-related vaginal atrophy, and both she and Emmert, a hot tub

salesman, have joint issues with knees and hips. Their preference at this stage in life is oral sex and skin-to-skin contact throughout the day. “One of the benefits of being older is that

you’re clear on what you want, what your boundaries are, who you are as a person,” says Best. “Older sex is slower, it’s not gymnastic. It’s about finding ways to give each other pleasure. I

just love going slow, really drawing out the experience and taking time for it. I only see it getting better and better.”