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A Cougar Moment

01.10.2010

When we were introduced, I felt SOMETHING. Slightly muted, but it was there. Chemistry, perhaps, smothered in a few coats of dust

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Midlife Crisis and Reinvention

08.06.2009

“Your right to throw a punch stops at my face.” I remember hearing this expression years ago as a basic definition of freedom in the United States. I thought of it more recently when I read Jon Gosselin’s plea for public understanding of his romances and his new career as a clothing designer so soon after [...]

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Lying About Your Age–according to CBS

05.12.2009

This little number arrived in my mailbox this morning and it’s got me fit to be tied.  Lesley Jane Seymour, editor of More, is debating some “Dating Coach” (quotes mine), on the Morning Show, about the pros and cons of lying about your age.  (It’s a CBS clip so you have to sit through some [...]

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Dating At MidLife

03.03.2009

Guys in my preferred age range 47 to 53 were looking for younger women. Or, they were acting flaky. Or, I was approached by men 10 to 15 years older than me, or, inexplicably, by simple country types from small towns, both too far outside my preferences. What was going on?

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Relationships at Midlife: The Dating Dead Zone

09.23.2008

by Allison Allen, of WomenBloom My life is pretty good in many ways these days. I’m healthy, holding up pretty well physically in most ways despite creeping middle age and Birthday 51 coming up at the end of the year, I have an active social life, and my professional life with WomenBloom is opening up [...]

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