Fifty and Furthermore - Sexy, Savvy, and Sage Advice for Grownups Over Fifty

I Want My Wife Back!

Dear Dr. Dorree,I don't understand what happened to my marriage. I thought it would last forever and now we are miserable and haven't had sex for months. How do I get my old wife back? -Jackson, 54Jackson,Like it or not, not one of us is getting our former wives or husbands back. Among the many things they don't tell you when you're young is the fact that, even if you stay with thesame woman or man for your entire life, there is really no such thing as a single long-term relationship. You are actually having a series of many sequential ...

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Intimacy and How You Sleep

What Does Your Sleep Style Say About You?How and where you sleep in the bed may say something interesting about you, like how much space you need in your relationship and what your boundaries are. Which one of the following describes you?You Sleep Intertwined with Your Partner All NightSome partners, especially in comfortable, long-term relationships, sleep close and even turn with their partners unconsciously in their sleep. It's as if, no matter what happensduring the day, even if they are at odds, they find comfort in each other's body warmth and connection at night. When sleeping apart, these couples often ...

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Thinning Eyebrows and Thickening Chin Hairs

Dear Dr Dorree, My hair keeps creeping upward onto my chin and my eyebrows have become wiry and thin. This whole thing with my eyebrows is really bothering me! Maddy M.Dear Maddy,Having hair grow in all the wrong places is often a function of changing hormones. With loss of Estrogen, hair tends to leave legs and under arms and creep upward towards our chins. At the same time, what has been on our head and over our eyes, lessens. Sometimes, this can be handled with help form a good nutritionist who may prescribe supplements. Diet and exercise have also been ...

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Let's Get Real: Illness Sucks!

With age, illness does happen. Here are some suggestions to continue your sexual life anyway. All other comments and thoughts are welcome.Let’s get real: illness sucks! Even if you don’t get hit with one of the biggies, like heart disease, cancer, or stroke, all sorts of other things happen that can mess with sex, like prostate problems, vaginal illnesses, urethra leaks, vaginal prolapses, men’s breasts that grow, women’s breasts that shrink or go flat, nipples that become less sensitive, limp penises, and low libidos from dozens of different causes.So what can we do? How about saying, “No way will I ...

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No such thing as a long-term monogamous relationsh

In today’s society there is almost no such thing as a long-term monogamous relationship. This does not mean one must have an affair, or two or three. However, It does mean that to stay wed, couples do best learning to renegotiate who each has grown into at specific developmental junctures. These renegotiating points include but may not be limited to: after children are born, after they leave, menopause, any physical disability or change, a job or location move, getting older, etc. It is hard enough for most people to live peacefully with themselves some of the time; living at peace ...

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Forget Your Sun Sign - What's Your Sex Style?

Individuals and couples often develop their own sex styles that partially reflect their personalities and relationships. Every sex style is good if you both enjoy it and it leads to satisfying sex. Experimenting with another style once in a while can be exciting, too. Funny sex.You laugh and tease one another in bed. For you, foreplay and sex are all about having fun together. Potential blind spot: you might be missing out on the more relaxed and intimate side of sex.Angry sex.You make love even when you’re ticked off at each other, or maybe right after a big blowup. This sex ...

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Book Review: Divorce After 50: Your Guide to the U

Divorce happens to many after 50 and the issues are different than when one is young. Divorce After 50: Your Guide to the Unique Legal & Financial Challenges by Attorney Janice Green is an up-to-date, comprehensive and much needed guide for all who find themselves over 50 and daringly or unwillingly divorcing. Green leaves no stone unturned. Should you need it, Divorce After 50 is your late-life divorce companion. This easy to read book, helps to make a crazy time saner. It's an easy read that guides you through the legal and financial issues that are particularly relevant to this ...

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Why I Hate the Term Cougar

No surprise that Cougar Town's creator, Bill Lawrence, wants the name changed. He thinks it will expand the show's audience; so do I. Why is a perfectly natural experience such as having a relationship with a younger man, considered edgy, as if a woman over 40 or 50 was preying on an unsuspecting piece of meat younger guy? For centuries in Europe it was considered perfectly acceptable for younger men to have relationships with older women, then our prudish but prurient society decided it was off base. True, Demi Moore and others have made it popular again. But, let's give ...

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Seniors, Sex and Finances: From Doom and Gloom to

According to a recent AARP study published in the media May 7th, 2010, seniors are having less sex. The primary reason given is that financial strain is impacting their ability to be intimate. Some really harsh and little known statistics indicate that there may be some truth to this analysis. though it is far from the only and whole truth.A quarter of the more than 1 million Americans who filed for personal bankruptcy in 2007 are 55 and over. They are the fastest growing group of bankruptcy filers in America. In fact, according to another AARP study conducted in 2008, ...

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Female Condoms for Women in the Know

The Female Condom empowers women. But all too few women over 50 even know it exists. So, for anyone not in a long-term monogamous relationship, ladies, here’s an alternative that puts you in control. The amazing secret is that although it is widely used in Europe and has been approved by the FDA in the US since 1993, very few women or even health care professionals know of it much less use it. If you are sexually active (and I hope you are, if appropriate) and not in a monogamous relationship, this may be a valuable alternative for you. While ...

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I Want My Wife Back!

Intimacy and How You Sleep

Thinning Eyebrows and Thickening Chin Hairs

Let's Get Real: Illness Sucks!

No such thing as a long-term monogamous relationsh

Forget Your Sun Sign - What's Your Sex Style?

Book Review: Divorce After 50: Your Guide to the U

Why I Hate the Term Cougar

Seniors, Sex and Finances: From Doom and Gloom to

Female Condoms for Women in the Know

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