Posted by Delaine - May 11, 2013 - Advice, Grief/ Anger, Infidelity, Phases/ Stages, Relationships, slideshow, Surviving
It was my deepest, darkest secret – something that nourished me, tortured me, yet ultimately tore my family apart: After seven years of marriage, the birth of three kids, and weathering the emotional storm of my husband’s infidelity, I made the choice to have an affair. Now I’m not revealing this today as some kind of [...]
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Posted by Delaine - April 30, 2013 - Cougars & Single Moms, Dating & Sex, From the Dating Trenches, Longing...and Learning, Sexual Issues & Kinks, slideshow
It happened years ago when I first got divorced: I was 37 years old, trying to re-acclimatize to singlehood and the dating trenches when – (blush) I went to a sex club. Now before going any further, let me just say that I am not some nympho or slut or kinky sex goddess; I’m just a [...]
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Posted by Delaine - January 31, 2013 - On Writing My Book, slideshow, Support & Girlfriends
So this past weekend I was invited out for drinks and appies with the moms of my son’s hockey teams — a great opportunity to get to know each other outside the rink. And inevitably, as the evening wore on, a question was posed to me that I normally avoid: “What do you do for work, Delaine?” the team manager asked [...]
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Posted by Delaine - June 27, 2012 - On Writing My Book
This past Father’s Day I did a book signing at Chinook Chapters in Calgary and wow, what an amazing experience! I got to connect with dozens of my readers, married, single or divorced, and a few were even in tears, expressing how deeply they related to my memoir, The Secret Sex Life of a [...]
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Posted by Delaine - June 25, 2012 - Dating & Sex, From the Dating Trenches
So as the countdown begins to this year’s Calgary Stampede, I’m reminded of last year’s “debacle” during the festivities. That is, I spent eight hours at a bar with a handsome “urban cowboy” who professed to be single and genuinely smitten by me. A day later, I found out that he was married — and [...]
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Posted by Delaine - June 10, 2012 - On Writing My Book, slideshow
It is with great excitement that I share with you, my readers, that my memoir, The Secret Sex Life of a Single Mom, is now under option in Hollywood! My book is being considered as a film or TV series, and I’ve also been approached to host a TV show (gulp)! Who knows when or [...]
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