Posted by Delaine - March 24, 2012 - Between the Sheets, Concerns & Fears, Cougars & Single Moms, Dating & Sex, From the Dating Trenches, Single Moms, Social Barriers & Change, Women's Sexuality
Oh my God, I am so paranoid. I just can’t seem to escape it. Might as well go ahead and write on my tombstone: Loving mom,dedicated friend, Had sex with two different men in one weekend, Devoted her life to worrying about it. But now that a few days had past since last weekend’s promiscuity, [...]
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Posted by Delaine - February 27, 2012 - Between the Sheets, Concerns & Fears, Cougars & Single Moms, Dating & Sex, From the Dating Trenches, Internet Dating, Longing...and Learning, Phases/ Stages, slideshow, Support & Girlfriends, Understanding Men/Women, Women's Sexuality
On the heels of recent letters I’ve received from divorced women – many who’d just finished reading my memoir – it really struck me how we all share many of the same fears and challenges as we attempt to date after divorce: How do I know I’m ready, how do I handle rejection, how do [...]
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Posted by Delaine - January 16, 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 15, 2012 - Dating & Sex, From the Dating Trenches, slideshow
I’ve grown accustomed these past years since divorcing to creating dinner menus suitable for young kids – that is, not too fancy, easy to make, and rarely ethnic. Cause whenever I’ve veered off this menu plan, little noses would turn up and I’d hear, “Can I have a bowl of cereal instead?” (Frustrating!!!!) When we’re dating after [...]
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Posted by Delaine - September 24, 2011 - Dating & Sex, From the Dating Trenches, Women's Sexuality
Hollywood TV and film make it look so easy: at the closure of a first date, a man and woman stand facing each other on her porch. Both are intensely attracted to one another. Chins tilt, lips touch… and for a long, blissful moment, they yield to the passion of their first kiss. But - [...]
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Posted by Delaine - September 6, 2011 - Between the Sheets, Concerns & Fears, Cougars & Single Moms, Dating & Sex, From the Dating Trenches, Infidelity, Internet Dating, Longing...and Learning, On Writing My Book, Sexual Issues & Kinks, Social Barriers & Change, Strong Mind & Spirit, Women's Sexuality
So I’m knee-deep into the publishing process on my upcoming memoir, which is slated for release in Spring 2012. And my publisher, which is the feminist publisher Seal Press, has changed the title of it. It’s now: The Secret Sex Life of a Single Mom. (gulp)….A little more in-your-face than its original title, ”A Woman’s [...]
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