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Dating and an age difference - How much does it matter?
The Retirement Detox Program | July 22nd 2008 by Ann Harrison
Although single baby boomers in their 50's and 60's are free to date people from a wide range of age groups, is it actually such a good idea? Does dating someone 20 years younger than you make you feel like... read more
Dating and an age difference - How much does it matter?
Contemporary Retirement | July 22nd 2008 by Ann Harrison
Although single baby boomers in their 50's and 60's are free to date people from a wide range of age groups, is it actually such a good idea? Does dating someone 20 years younger than you make you feel like... read more
Do your aging parents lie to you?
The Retirement Detox Program | July 4th 2008 by Ann Harrison
Do your aging parents lie to you? After a recent visit to her elderly parents' home, life coach Cheryl Miller started a series of regular blog postings about caring for aging parents, in order to give her readers an opportunity... read more
Do your aging parents lie to you?
Contemporary Retirement | July 4th 2008 by Ann Harrison
Do your aging parents lie to you? After a recent visit to her elderly parents' home, life coach Cheryl Miller started a series of regular blog postings about caring for aging parents, in order to give her readers an opportunity... read more
50 tools for researching your family's history
Contemporary Retirement | July 3rd 2008 by Ann Harrison
Nowadays, thanks to the Internet, researching your family history needn't mean spending hours searching through library archives and public records. There are loads of sites to help you find the information you need and now Christina Laun has made it read more
An affair to remember
The Retirement Detox Program | June 17th 2008 by Ann Harrison
Here's a sad and cautionary tale from the US. Dorothy was 82. Bob was 95. Both had dementia. Both lived in a nursing home. When they fell in love and, horror of horrors, started having sex, all hell broke loose...... read more
An affair to remember
Contemporary Retirement | June 17th 2008 by Ann Harrison
Here's a sad and cautionary tale from the US. Dorothy was 82. Bob was 95. Both had dementia. Both lived in a nursing home. When they fell in love and, horror of horrors, started having sex, all hell broke loose...... read more
Late Life Partnerships: Living and Loving After 60 by Tereasa Jon…
The Retirement Detox Program | June 10th 2008 by Ann Harrison
Not too long ago, love between men and women in their seventies was rare and was considered inappropriate by some. But baby boomers are changing all of that. New attitudes about self, the desire to continue to experience healthy, happy,... read more
Late Life Partnerships: Living and Loving After 60 by Tereasa Jon…
Contemporary Retirement | June 10th 2008 by Ann Harrison
Not too long ago, love between men and women in their seventies was rare and was considered inappropriate by some. But baby boomers are changing all of that. New attitudes about self, the desire to continue to experience healthy, happy,... read more
Notes from a new grandma
Contemporary Retirement | June 4th 2008 by Ann Harrison
According to Barbara Graham, the five commandments of grandparenthood are: 1. Love thy grandchild as thyself, but never presume for one nanosecond that she's yours 2. Listen to your adult children. They may know something you don't. 3. Communicate 4. read more
What's your relationship recovery time?
The Retirement Detox Program | June 3rd 2008 by Ann Harrison
The Dating Goddess, who writes for the LifeTwo website, poses an interesting question: What's your relationship recovery time?' and offers a rule of thumb that states that it takes 25% of the length of your previous serious relationship to recover... read more
Reinventing retirement
The Retirement Detox Program | May 29th 2008 by Ann Harrison
The ever-lively msn.com is currently running a whole series of articles with titles like 'The New Fantasy Retirement', 'Get Your Dream Job... at 55', '7 Common Retirement Mistakes To Avoid' and '4 Retirees Who Are Living Big Dreams'. Check them... read more
Night owl versus lark - a recipe for retirement conflict?
Contemporary Retirement | May 15th 2008 by Ann Harrison
Are you a morning person or a night owl? How about your partner? Are they up with the lark or do you need to use dynamite to get them out of bed? And, more importantly, if your circadian rhythms conflict... read more
Couples aren't talking to each other about retirement
The Retirement Detox Program | May 8th 2008 by Ann Harrison
It's official... Couples just aren't talking to each other about their wants, needs, hopes, fears and dreams for the second half of their lives. A recent survey of 502 married couples approaching retirement uncovered the fact that wives and husbands. read more
Couples aren't talking to each other about retirement
Contemporary Retirement | May 7th 2008 by Ann Harrison
It's official... Couples just aren't talking to each other about their wants, needs, hopes, fears and dreams for the second half of their lives. A recent survey of 502 married couples approaching retirement uncovered the fact that wives and husbands. read more
Viagra turns 10
Contemporary Retirement | April 17th 2008 by Ann Harrison
As Viagra celebrates its 10th birthday, Kaitlin Walsh, in an article for Superliving magazine, examines whether or not there is a downside to the possibility of 'sex for life' and asks the question, 'Does it make life and relationships better? read more
Relationships ... Gotta have them!?
Buzzy Bee Mom | April 15th 2008 by rojoy
I am so grateful that I marry Roger. He gave me two beautiful daughters. He is not only my husband but he is my bestfriend. I can't remember life before him and I can't imagine living my life without his presence. He open me to many areas, especial read more
10 Secrets to a Happy, Lasting Marriage
Buzzy Bee Mom | April 13th 2008 by rojoy
Having a happy marriage doesn’t necessarily come easily just because you love each other. While love is very important in a marriage sometimes it just isn’t enough and you have to work at your marriage just like any other relationship. Open commu read more
the good stuff
rose city journal | April 11th 2008 by Lisa
At my parents’ anniversary party last year, one of my brothers gave a toast that made me cry. Made everyone cry. He talked about my parents’ love and how that love spread its wings ‘round all of us, making us a tight knit family. And he’s rig read more
bookish
rose city journal | April 8th 2008 by Lisa
Over the years, I’ve learned not to pack a box full of books. No. You spread them around, so that a seemingly lightweight box doesn’t become an unbearable burden to the one who picks it up. And I had to laugh today, at the mix of books spread out read more
The impact of retirement on relationships
Contemporary Retirement | March 14th 2008 by Ann Harrison
When Psychologist, Michael Longhurst, conducted a research program with 200 Australian retirees about the challenges that adjusting to retirement brings to a relationship, he discovered that the top 3 relationship needs that recurred regularly were: read more
Why women walk out
Contemporary Retirement | March 13th 2008 by Ann Harrison
Why do a small but significant number of mature women choose to leave a boring and unsatisfying marriage, despite the upheaval, anger and upset this causes amongst their family and friends? This report from the Australian website, Your Life, Your... read more
Do you live in the US and care for an elderly family member? (An…
Contemporary Retirement | March 5th 2008 by Ann Harrison
At the end of January, I blogged about the fact that The WGBH Lab (a small part of the PBS station in Boston) was inviting anyone who has ever cared for aging relatives (or knows someone who has) to submit... read more
Holiday of the Heart
Mommies Magazine | February 11th 2008 by Wendy Wood
Now that football season is finally over (YEAH! Oops, did I say that out loud?), it is time for American men to focus on something far more important. It’s almost Valentine’s Day, fellas - surprisingly, it is falling on February 14th this read more
Love in any Language!
Mommies Magazine | February 9th 2008 by Wendy Wood
February 14th has come to mean red and pink hearts, flowers, chocolates and Hallmark cards here in the US. But, how did Valentine’s Day become a day that we celebrate with our loved ones? Valentine’s Day began as a saint’s day commemorating read more
The Loose End
Mommies Magazine | February 4th 2008 by Wendy Wood
To celebrate the end of football season, I’ve posted something I wrote back at the beginning of yet another season of insanity… Anybody who watches three games of football in a row should be declared brain dead. — Erma Bombeck By read more
Are Babies Born with Morals?
Family Matters | December 2nd 2007 by Gina Stepp
If not, what can parents do to teach their children right from wrong?Image courtesy Flickr.comThe UK's online Telegraph last week cited a new Yale study suggesting that babies as young as six months old can tell the differenc read more
Making Time for Friends and Family
Family Matters | November 29th 2007 by Gina Stepp
The importance of keeping relationships current.As David Hulme noted in the post that launches this new blog, getting relationships right is one of life's most important pursuits. I highly recommend that anyone coming to this blog should begin b read more
Book Excerpt - I Heart My In-Laws, by Dina K. Poch
The Writers Buzz | June 26th 2007
The following is an excerpt from the book I Heart My In-Laws by Dina Koutas Poch Published by Henry Holt and Company, LLC; June 2007;$15.00US/$18.95CAN; 978-0-8050-8279-1 Copyright © 2007 Dina Koutas Poch Regional Guide to In-Laws There are seven t read more
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