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.

Admiring My Daughter’s Assertiveness….However

Marcia ByalickMarch 15, 2018

As proud as I am of my take-no-prisoners daughter, I worry. ...

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Why Is It So Hard To Forgive?

Dr. Randy KamenMarch 13, 2018

Forgiveness is about giving up the suffering of the past and being willing to forge ahead with a greater potential for personal freedom. Who doesn’t want that?...

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Why We Need Girlfriends

Ronna BenjaminMarch 13, 2018

The secret to living longer may be your girlfriends......

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Do You Have A Fear Of Happiness?

Shannon Bradley-CollearyMarch 8, 2018

If you were raised in an unpredictable, volatile or drug-and-alcohol addicted home, you may have developed a Fear of Happiness....

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Washer Wars

Kristina DamonMarch 8, 2018

There are only two washers and two driers for all thirty-two apartments. My usual strategy is to avoid the stress by doing my laundry at 7:00 AM on a weekday....

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No Longer A Secret

Felice ShapiroMarch 6, 2018

I had been keeping this secret inside for 2 months and I needed an outlet. I chopped onions and celery and broccoli, I chopped carrots and garlic and Yukon gold potatoes....

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Are You Having Sex For The Right Reasons?

Shannon Bradley-CollearyMarch 1, 2018

I’m not ashamed to say I’ve had my share of lovers in the 52 years I’ve been on the planet. Not as many as Amy Schumer claimed in her book (28), but definitely more than Queen Elizabeth the First (0)....

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Lonely After Your Divorce? Here’s What To Do.

Martha BodyfeltMarch 1, 2018

He may be out of the house and you may feel relief, but there's that surprise feeling that greets you whenever you enter the empty house....

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I Don’t Cook

Roz WarrenMarch 1, 2018

"You'll never get a home-cooked meal from me," I told him. "If you need a woman who will cook for you, you're going to have to find someone else."...

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Slow Down, You Move Too Fast! Or Do You?

Ronna BenjaminFebruary 27, 2018

“So that’s it? You arrived in Antigua before Thanksgiving and now it’s February...?" Kids can be so judgy!...

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Tales of An Adventurous & Anxious Traveller

Felice ShapiroFebruary 27, 2018

Anxiety and adventure it turns out make the most natural bedfellows....

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If Everything Is So Great, Why Aren’t You Happy?

Lisa LewtanFebruary 27, 2018

Your marriage is good enough, the kids are not in crises, you have good friends and activities or work that you enjoy…Then why the hell aren’t you jumping up and down with joy?...

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