5.11.10 For Better or worse? No amazing secret say 50+
My friend Joan intends to write a book called The Duh Factor… a tale of all those self help books that conclude, with great flourish and drama, in a big blinding flash of the obvious. A big, “well, Duh!”. We’ve all read them – the ones [...]
Woodstock updated: we leading edge boomers have traded mud and pot for sand and martinis! Hurrah for producers John Miller and Monica Ramone of the WE TV channel for championing the second half of life crowd with a reality show, “Sunset Daze”.
Hey, world! We’re changin’ it up in the world of aging! Set in the [...]
I was thinking about a former lover last night. There was just something about the way he smelled. To clarify: No, not the way he sniffed the garlic in the spaghetti sauce! This is that lingering remembrance deep in the brain of something intangible, something powerful. In his clothes, in intimacy, even when we were [...]
He washed his car before he picked you up. He chose the restaurant du jour because he knew that you adored Thai. The dinner repartee was clever, rich and intense. After dinner, you strolled arm in arm with him, down to the wharf. You cuddled close together and star gazed. The goodnight kiss was warm, [...]
Building Your Titanium Rolodex: Amazing Relationships Late in Life was the title of my seminar last week at an upbeat retirement community in Oakland, California. Average age: 75. Biggest problem: how to find new relationships late in life. Online dating can be frustrating, humiliating, and downright dangerous.
I promised the attendees that I would publish the [...]
It’s time for rules for Match.com. I don’t mean how many emails, winks, or IMs you send, I mean decency rules. I’m talking about rules my grandmother would have insisted upon. Grown up rules. Rules that apply to people our age. What is my incentive for creating these, you may ask? Ah, real life. Just when [...]
I’ve got Matchitis. Symptoms: extreme frustration, onset of clinical depression, self-esteem headed into the toilet, questioning of one’s sanity (i.e. why in the world am I doing this?) – juxtaposed to moments of excitement and anticipation over finding a prospect who actually seems relationship-able. That is, if he doesn’t fall off the face of the [...]
There you are at 61 years old. In bed with a new lover, a Match.com jewel. Who would have guessed after 28 years of marriage? You hardly feel ready, but the meter is ticking. Three dates and time for sex. Oh boy, there’s that big question to ask … who has the condom? WebMD and [...]
It’s a familiar story these days. My friend Sally, 56, is getting a coveted award for many years of outstanding motivational speaking. Yet, she is crying. All the time. Why? She is situationally depressed. I say “situationally” because she was just fine a year ago. Since then, you know the drill: The economy has tanked. [...]
How much love must you have to watch your beloved fall in love with someone else, and stand by his side to support him? Justice Sandra Day O’Connor loves John O’Connor enough to let go of ego, jealously, and memories of 57 years of marriage. John has Alzheimer’s. He has forgotten who he is married [...]
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