Posted in Aging, Divorce, Happiness, Love, Marriage, Midlife, Relationships, Romantic relationships, Stereotypes, Women on Feb 11th, 2020
Whether you are a fan of the advice in Sheryl Sandberg’s 2013 best-seller Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead, or not, the Facebook executive has made a lasting impression on working women. And she’s doing it again — this time when it comes to finding love. Last week, Sandberg, widowed when her […]
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Posted in Aging, Coupledom, Expectations, Happiness, Love, Midlife, Relationships, Romantic relationships, Singles, Stereotypes, Women on Jan 21st, 2020
The desire for Brad and Jen to be romantically together is less about them being the perfect couple (they weren’t) and more about the narrative people have created for single women like Jen.
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Posted in Aging, Consensual nonmonogamy, Dating, Expectations, Happiness, Midlife, Needs, Relationships, Romantic relationships, Sex, Women on Jan 7th, 2020
Here’s one way older women can get the sex they crave while also giving themselves a healthy boost — practicing consensual non-monogamy.
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Posted in Aging, Beauty, Expectations, Marriage, Men, Midlife, Relationships, Romantic relationships, Stereotypes, Wife, Women on Dec 24th, 2019
The older man-younger woman dynamic generally creates unequal relationships; older women-younger men marriages appear to be much more equal partnerships. Isn’t that what we, especially women, want?
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Posted in Aging, Caregiving, Dating, Expectations, Happiness, Live Apart Together, Men, Midlife, Needs, Relationships, Singles, Women on Dec 10th, 2019
While older women may want companionship, they also treasure their independence. Being in a live apart together relationship can give them both.
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I’ve been forced to think about death lately — my own. First when I interviewed Katy Butler about her book The Art of Dying Well: A Practical Guide to a Good End of Life earlier this year, and more recently when I interviewed BJ Miller on the book he co-wrote with Shoshana Berger, A Beginner’s […]
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Posted in Aging, Expectations, Love, Marriage, Men, Midlife, Millennials, Relationships, Romantic relationships, Stereotypes, Women on Oct 29th, 2019
Dennis Quaid’s fiancee is almost 40 years younger than he is, but being closer in age doesn’t guarantee you’ll have a “better” or more “real” marriage
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We have many myths about menopausal women. What we really need is understanding and education, not only for us but also for our romantic partners.
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Posted in Aging, Children, Expectations, Family, Fathers, Men, Midlife, Parenting, Relationships, Singles, Stereotypes on Jul 9th, 2019
Men who are childless at midlife aren’t given the same empathy as women. Why?
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Posted in Aging, Caregiving, Divorce, Expectations, Friends, Love, Marriage, Needs, Relationships, Romantic relationships, Sex on May 21st, 2019
Could we ever move beyond our romantic-sexual connection to our spouse or former spouse and just connect on a deeper intimacy that brought us together in the first place?
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