Overcoming Anxieties of Dating Again after 50
Being desperate not to be alone leads to poor dating experiences. Here are 7 tips for those who have been absent.
Grieving the Death of a Friend
You’re going about your day when you get a call. Someone you know, a friend, has died. And the world stops.
24 Ways to Keep Love in Your Life After 50
Both love and sex keep a relationship together. If you don’t work at it, one or the other or both can fall by the wayside.
Warning: Retirement can be Stressful
It can be the best time of life or put stresses on relationships, lead to depression, illness and even divorce.
Boomers Caring for their Aging Parents
Aging seniors may need the same amount of care in their final days as they did in when they were first born.
Our First Christmas Tree Together
It was winter in New York. Snow and Christmas trees for sale on every corner. Ah, but for what price?
Falling in Love While Grieving.
By Gloria Lintermans & Marilyn Stolzman, Ph.D., L.M.F.T. The unimaginable has happened; you are a widow or widower. Mourning your loss has been the focus of your life for the past year or two. Finally, as you begin to surface from your profound grief, with a deep breath and lot or a little trepidation [...]
Heterosexual Boomer Women Moving in Together
By Gary Geyer It started happening around the time of ‘Kate & Allie’ and ‘The Golden Girls.’ The reason, “being there for each other.” It’s not sweeping the nation just yet, but the idea is gaining momentum. Sociologists and demographers have noted the growing interest of baby boomer and senior women to team up [...]
My Mother, Myself
By Ethel Lee-Miller I recently started walking at the mall with a friend. We share the time it takes to do several loops. The faster we walk, the more we talk, mostly about relationships, particularly mother-daughter. We both had our share of conflict with our mothers. I had been a rebellious teenager in the [...]
Using a Matchmaker to find Mr. Right? Maybe.
By Shirley Friedenthal and Howard Eisenberg [Excerpt from “It’s Never to Late to Date”] Dating services are strictly an if-you-can-afford-it short cut option, but they can be an important investment in finding the right friend, lover, husband, or all-three-in-one. 18 quality pre-screened dates in 18 months After my husband died, I clipped an [...]
It’s Never too Late to Date
By Howard Eisenberg and Shirley Friedenthal Book review by Gary Geyer, Editor LetLifeIn.com Well, it finally happened – a dating book that understands that 50-plus folks are not only interested in dating but don’t need walkers and nurses’ aides to keep them from falling down instead of in love. This wonderfully empathic new book [...]
5 Ways to Conquer Empty Nest Syndrome
By Kim Kirmmse Toth Empty Nest Syndrome is a feeling of great loss or sadness when a child leaves home to go to college or just to get out on their own. If you are the child’s mother or mother figure, you may experience a true sense of loss, loneliness or even worthlessness. You [...]
How to Fight with your Husband (or Wife)
By Dr. Joel Block While all couples fight, at least occasionally, it is very easy to fight about blurred issues. The real issues remain untouched while the emotions roar and the words fly, all in the wrong direction. Here are several suggestions for the good fight, or better yet, a discussion that isn’t shadowed [...]
Sex after 50: Making your Move from Friendship to Sex
By Jason Rase It is important to be really systematic in turning friendship into romance. Friendship and romance are inseparable in many cases, but it is not for everyone. Many people are enjoying their romantic lives that started with friendships long ago. Caution: On the other hand, the diametrically opposite [...]
