Posted by Delaine - January 16, 2012 - Relationships, Sex
It’s a taboo subject in our culture: Married women, who dislike — even hate — having sex with their husbands. It’s a subject usually held in silence, behind embarrassment, confusion, sometimes even apathy. It’s consoled with inner placations, like “There’s more important things in a marriage than sex”, or “This is just a phase” or [...]
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Posted by Delaine - January 10, 2012 - Between the Sheets, Dating & Sex, From the Dating Trenches
Ah, another year…another year of dating (smile). 2011 brought its shares of up and downs in the dating trenches for this divorced mother of three. Not as crazy as years previous (phew!), but memorable just the same. Thus – a quick peek back at my most memorable date moments – what shocked me, rattled me, and [...]
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Posted by Delaine - January 7, 2012 - Between the Sheets, Cougars & Single Moms, Dating & Sex, Women's Sexuality
What’s really happening in the sex lives of divorced or single moms? Are they at home on Saturday nights watering their plants? Are they periodically dating, but adhering to a strict code of abstinence? Or are many moms choosing to date and take lovers — perhaps until the next Mr. Right comes along (or not…)? [...]
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Posted by Delaine - January 6, 2012 - Dating & Sex, Internet Dating, Understanding Men/Women
For those of you men reading, who are single and internet dating, I need to ask: Do most women not respond to your emails? Are you attracting the “wrong kind” of woman? Are you scratching your head, wishing you understood what the heck women online are looking for? If you answered “yes” to any of [...]
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Posted by Delaine - January 2, 2012 - Dating & Sex, Fears & Challenges, Grief/ Anger, Relationships, Understanding Men/Women
Though I don’t know my friend Tim really well, I’ve always held him in high regard. He’s smart, he’s personable and he’s also very kind: he’s rescued me numerous times when I was faced with household and car repairs! The other day, however, I got to thinking that it seemed strange that he was still single. I mean, I knew he was [...]
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Posted by Delaine - November 16, 2011 - Single Moms
Ohhhhh the irony. Over the past few years since divorcing I’ve dug deep and worked hard to rediscover my passion and ’fire.’ And I have said countless times, both to my myself and others, that “sometimes playing with fire doesn’t burn us, it awakens us.” A nice play on a metaphor I’d always thought… But this [...]
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