I’m a 51-year old married mother to twin teenage daughters. I am blessed to have many girlfriends—mostly married, several single—and feel like I’ve been a good friend to them, regardless of their marital status. Or am I fooling myself? After my article on women without children in midlife was published, I got several requests to …
As little girls, we dressed up in white dresses and held make-believe weddings. We dreamed of a future on Prince Charming’s arm every Valentine’s Day, and assumed happily-ever-afters included marriage. Forget that! All grown up now, increasingly more women are trading their childhood dreams for a new, marriage-free future. Whatever you want to call the …
Sex is ubiquitous online, in advertisements, on TV, in films, in our everyday lexicon and here in this column. The subject that was strictly taboo mid-20th century is aggressively everywhere. Which is why I want to write today about the sexiness of not having sex. I read a fascinating article in the New York Times …
