At 50 years old, Jen is having the best sex of her life. And she's single.

At 50 years old, Jennifer Keough is having the best sex of her life. And she's single.

"My experience has been that older men appreciate a woman who is confident and comfortable in herself and body, and he wants to witness her enjoying their time together," Jen told Mamamia.

"These men take care of their health, have incredible stamina and know exactly what they're doing. They also have certain manners, such as the woman always comes first."

Not interested in a random hook up, Jen prefers — what she calls — "lover friends".

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"I trust these men, we have such an honest connection, and we care about each other," she said. "Sex is an extension of that. I feel very safe and taken care of in their presence."

So, who are these lover friends?

Well, there's the "fiery and passionate" cook, the "boy from the bush", and the "philosophical" musician.

The first of the three brings out Jen's "1960s Italian Sophia Loren side".

"It's like the movies," she said. "We're so passionate about the food we make together and the music we play. I wear a pretty flowing dress and put my hair up. It's so playful, but we also have deep conversations as he's intellectual."

The boy from the bush travels to the city once a month to see Jen, and the 50-year-old feels most herself in his presence.

"I love how grounded and authentic he is, plus he gives me the most intense orgasms of my life. It's very comfortable and easy with him," she said. "My whole body and system relaxes with him. He'll run a bath for me to have while he goes to get dinner or cook a big old school breakfast. He also makes me laugh a lot, we relentlessly tease each other."

Then there's the 60-year-old musician who Jen describes as her "best lover", recalling the time they had an "eight-hour sex date".

"He's so accepting of me in all of my messiness and encourages me with all my crazy creative ideas. He can also be quite philosophical, which I love and appreciate. He is experimental, and I feel I can be my most sensual self with him."

While she has always enjoyed sex, Jen felt self-conscious in the past. But not anymore.

"Great sex starts with the relationship you have with yourself," she told Mamamia. "There's no coincidence that now I love myself, the sex I'm having is mind-blowing.

"My lover friends appreciate my curves and find them and me very feminine. I can see myself through their eyes rather than my critical comparisons to what I see in the media," she said.

The 50-year-old knows she could easily fall in love with any of her lover friends, but the "situations aren't ideal".

"Falling in love with someone is a choice, and you need more than 'chemistry' and friendship to have a long-term romantic relationship. There also needs to be compatibility in life and where you want to go. If that doesn't match up, you're making life hard for each other, then what chance does the relationship have?"

Having been in "abusive and traumatic" situations in the past, Jen has long abandoned her idea of finding "the one".

"The way I now see it, is that if we find someone we're compatible with and have a spark of chemistry, that's what we build on," she said. "Most of all, you have to be happy with who you are with that person. If they bring out the best in you, and you like who you are in their presence, that's the best sign you have that they're a good person to have in your life.

"I'm going to live the most beautiful, passionate and fulfilling life I can. Having a few close friends who are also lovers adds so beautifully to my life right now," she added.

"Passion doesn't just mean sex, it means having passion for my work, music, going to the opera, day trips in my convertible, whatever I'm cooking, dancing in the kitchen, laughing until it hurts, watching my son put on yet another concert for me... we can fill our lives with all kinds of passion."

It's a prospect Jen never could have imagined five years ago when she discovered her partner cheating.

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The experience inspired Jen to pen her book, How To Heal From Toxic Relationships.

"I want to help women navigate what can be a devastating time and empower them to rewrite their story, past and future," she said.

You can buy Jen's book here.

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