Posted in Caregiving, Children, Divorce, Expectations, Family, Marriage, Mothers, Parenting, Relationships, Romantic relationships, Wife, Women, Work on Mar 10th, 2020
There was an uncomfortable moment at this year’s Academy Awards ceremony when Donald Sylvester gave his acceptance speech after winning an Oscar for sound editing the film Ford v Ferrari. “The real support comes from home. So I want to thank my wonderful wife of 34 years, who gave up her editing career for me […]
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For the longest time, single women have had an irrational fear of dying alone. It may have been prompted by a popular episode of Sex and the City in which Miranda excitedly buys her first home as a single woman only to discover that the former homeowner was also a single woman who died there, […]
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Posted in Caregiving, Divorce, Expectations, Gender, Happiness, LGBT, Marriage, Needs, Relationships, Romantic relationships, Stereotypes, Wife, Women on Feb 18th, 2020
It’s 2020 — guys, it’s time for you to do your share of the domestic duties. It shouldn’t have to be said — again — but yet here we are. In the same week that marriage historian Stephanie Coontz wrote how hetero marriages could learn a lot from same-sex couples when it comes to equality, […]
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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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Can we talk about sex? Of course we can, but most of us don’t. Oh, we may boast to friends about the great sex we’ve had (and hopefully we have) or make jokes with then about the crappy sex we’ve had (we’ve all been there), but talking about sex — what we think about it, […]
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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, 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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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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Recently, Ryan Stephens — a self-proclaimed “father, voracious reader, strategist, optimistic contrarian” — asked on Twitter, “How do you help transform your son into a good man?” and then detailed bullet points he and his wife, Alaina, follow based on a post on their Dialed in Men blog. So, I questioned whether being a good […]
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Recently, I was asked why my former husband cheated on me. I hadn’t really been asked that before although I certainly have talked openly about his affair — how it impacted me, our kids, our marriage, etc., etc. But why he had an affair? That was a new one, so I had to think, all […]
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