ESSAYS & ARTICLES

Holding Out for Love

A comment from a reader named “Redlight” has made an important point about the distinction I’ve long made between loneliness and aloneness. Whern you stop …

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Love in Your Twilight Years

Q: What about 60-year-olds, do they fall in love? –A Booming Baby Boomer A: Dear Booming Boomer, Oh heavens! Do they ever! According to U.S. …

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Available? Only Sort Of

A friend calls to say she’s dating a man who’s not separated, not divorced, but single. He hasn’t had a serious girlfriend in years, and …

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Hanging Out

Q: I’m 41 and have been married and divorced, and want to find love again. I’ve always liked lots of people around me, and am …

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"Appetite, a universal wolf." –William Shakespeare

            My dear earthly nymphs, you kind and warmhearted lovers, the reason I've spent so much time of late talking about separated men and divorced …

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My vision vs. the reality

Q: The guy I’m going with is really out there: He’s wonderful, and he’s smart, and he’s fun–but he’s not what I had in mind. …

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Danger: Divorced Man Ahead

 “Okay, Love Goddess,” you say. “My new guy is NOT simply separated from his wife….he’s divorced from her! So you can’t tell me not to …

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Dating Hell: The Separated Man (part 2)

    Another thing to think about re: the Separated Man (you should know by now that I rarely blog only once on a subject!): He may …

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On Separated Men and Transitional Women

     This Goddess does not talk about Love in the same sentence as separated men. Not that I have anything against separated men outside the …

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The Successful Woman

Q: I’m a successful woman, but can’t find a guy who doesn’t resent my success! What’s up? –Karen A: Dear Karen, Ah, yes, ambivalence! A …

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