Posted by Delaine - May 7, 2012 - On Writing My Book, Women's Sexuality
Last month, a local book club contacted me to say that they’d chosen my just-released memoir as their April pick. They also asked if I might attend their meeting in person, to which I agreed wholeheartedly — discussing my book’s core messages around sexual and personal awakenings would be a huge honor for ME (!). [...]
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Posted by Delaine - May 4, 2012 - Between the Sheets, Dating & Sex, Women's Sexuality
Today, as women everywhere breathe heavily over Fifty Shades of Grey, an erotic novel complete with bondage, discipline and power fantasy role-playing, I actually find myself breathing a little easier… Because it’s something I’ve experienced in real life. Moreover, I chose to tell the world about it in my just-released memoir (gulp). And at the [...]
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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 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 - 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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