Relationships

Join the Relationship conversation! BA50s are dealing with all kinds of relationships: we are married after 50, divorced after 50, puzzling over sexless marriage or rekindling our love lives at midlife; sandwiched in between our aging parents and our adult kids, becoming grandparents and so much more. Not to mention how we are relating to ourselves in this unique stage of life.

When Your Parent Makes the Big Move

Dina BennettMarch 6, 2012

When my mother was a sprightly 81, my sister and I helped her move from her home near New York City to an independent living residence....

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Hibernate to Rejuvenate

Sharon GreenthalMarch 6, 2012

Inevitably, there are days that aren’t good, no matter what I do. ...

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Anxiety After Divorce

Divorcedat50February 28, 2012

As soon as I felt that I could deal with the consequences of the end of my marriage, I weened myself off the drug...

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Alcoholic-Related Dementia

Caren Osten GerszbergFebruary 28, 2012

Although my mother is sober now, it seems that her on-and-off-again loss of memory is a result of a period of heavy drinking within the past ten years....

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Long Term Care Insurance – What To Do?

Felice ShapiroFebruary 21, 2012

Long Term Care Insurance. It’s something we BA50s need to know about it. But it’s also a topic many of us are good at avoiding. Here’s the catch. ...

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Like most illicit affairs, my days of overt financial infidelity are winding down. My daughter has a binding college acceptance in hand. But it seems that once you’re a shopping philanderer, you’ll always be a shopping philanderer....

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Finding the ME in MEnopause

Kelley ConnorsFebruary 21, 2012

I’m looking at menopause as a glass half full, a time in my life that is just the beginning to finding and designing the second half of my life with renewed passions and interests. ...

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Sex Over 50: Planning Your Love Life

Barbara Hannah GruffermanFebruary 21, 2012

Why are you not having wild, spontaneous sex? The honest answer is this: it was never spontaneous in the first place, and good sex never is....

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I Have a Crush on Jane Fonda

Felice ShapiroFebruary 21, 2012

It started with the movie “Coming Home.” Jane’s acting (or was it her acting?) even got my first husband, Alan, agreeing with me that she was something special. Needless to say, he went gaga over her in “Barbarella.”...

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Forced Family Fun Forever?

Ronna BenjaminFebruary 21, 2012

Family vacations in our house have always facetiously been referred to as “FFF” or “Forced Family Fun,” but right now it doesn’t seem like much of a joke....

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Last Minute Valentine’s Day Gifts

Jeanne MuchnickFebruary 13, 2012

Still haven’t figured out what to get your honey for Valentine’s Day? Here are some last minute ideas....

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An Old Boyfriend Popped Up on “LinkedIn”

Felice ShapiroFebruary 13, 2012

His name popped up on my screen when I went onto Linked In. It was just one sentence. Hey “F.” It’s John E. Nice to see your name here....

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The Stress of Divorce at 50

Divorcedat50February 13, 2012

No one can predict how they will react to the stress of divorce until it happens to them....

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Heat Up Your Marriage

Dina BennettFebruary 13, 2012

Keeping things sane when you’re together day in and day out isn’t easy. In fact, I have to confess that there have been many rough patches....

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The Adventures of Internet Dating

Linda FranklinFebruary 7, 2012

We arranged, by email, to have a drink after work in a local bar....

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A Valentine to Friendship

Marcia ByalickFebruary 7, 2012

In the last 20 years, the number of people who have no one to talk to has doubled? So much for our gabby tell-all small world and the easy connections afforded by today’s fast paced high-tech culture....

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Home Is Where the Art Is

Gwenn Masterman SniderFebruary 7, 2012

When my mother won first prize the first time at the show at the Armory in Palm Beach, she said that she felt her mother’s hand guiding her. My grandmother, a very artistic and independent woman, would have been proud to see her success....