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| With Friends Like This.... | Most LikedHot Conversation |
I have a "friend" who I'm considering removing from my life. We were quite close at one time and she moved away. She's very opinionated. Claims to be a Christian always spewing scripture. Yet she doesn't walk the walk. She was in town for a (read more...)
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| How obsessive mothers can survive advice-giving without injury | Most LikedHot Conversation |
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| Lessons From Mom - Things I Learned To Appreciate | Most LikedHot Conversation |
Time is the great eye opener.
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| Keys to a Successful Marriage at Midlife | Most Liked |
One June 3, 2006 my husband and I were married. Sometimes we feel like newlyweds and then are times it feels like we've been married FOREVER.
This is the second time around for both of us and we are working hard not to make the same mistakes we (read more...)
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| In The Hole | Most LikedHot Conversation |
I'm in that hole today. The one where I miss him. I'm lucky to be rid of him; but how I long for the "nice, loving" him. He's not that way much, maybe 40% of the time, maybe. My mind says that if I just call him and explain how much we meant to each (read more...)
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| Being Dead Won’t Fix Your Marriage: And Other Lessons I Learned From An 8,000-Mile Car Race | Most Liked |
Every woman has longed for romance, or transformation, or let’s be honest – and greedy – both. It’s there needling us in our twenties as we embark on careers and long for permanence, success, and a place in the world. It hits us again like a (read more...)
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| Best hairstyles for fine hair or thin hair: Stay ahead of hair loss with strategic cuts, styling tricks and color | Most LikedHot Conversation |
Before we get specific about the best cuts and color solutions for fine, thinning hair, you need to know that hair loss doctors do not expect you to stop coloring your hair (if you do) or resist using heat to style it. What they do suggest is being s (read more...)
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| How to do gray hair right: 10 tips for going gray beautifully | Most LikedHot Conversation |
What does gray hair mean to you?
To award-winning beauty and style editor Lois Joy Johnson, "Gray hair is a silvery Rolls Royce or smoky Bentley gleaming with class. It's silver Elsa Peretti jewelry shining in the cases at Tiffany & Co."
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| The top 6 vaginal lubricants for overcoming the female dryness that causes intercourse pain | Most LikedHot Conversation |
While everyone knows some ways that menopause and aging affect a woman’s body — can anyone say wrinkles or hot flashes? — many women are embarrassed to discuss painful intercourse resulting from vaginal dryness.
It’s es (read more...)
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| Menopause Mondays: The Key to Looking Great This Swimsuit Season | Most Liked |
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| Fashion Forecast: Sunny and Bright for Spring and Summer | Most Liked |
Now that I’ve caught up on all my spring magazines – InStyle, Vogue, MORE, Allure – and read the fashion news from “T” The New York Times Style Magazine and perused my monthly Nordstrom cata (read more...)
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| Cosmetic Procedures and Plastic Surgery after 50: Expert Advice for Choosing the Best Option for You | Most Liked |
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| 6 cool new products for menopause relief | Most Liked |
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| Priming the Pump for Better Orgasms | Most Liked |
I never knew what it meant to prime a pump until I watched a plumber work on one at my cottage. To prime a pump means to pour a little water into its fill cap to create suction and, with luck, to pressurize the thing so it draws water rather than spu (read more...)
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| Garage spring cleaning a year after divorce leads to enlightened moments | Most LikedHot Conversation |
This past weekend, I spent time in my garage cleaning up and trying to purge what I no longer needed. I bought a house last summer, and although it is a wonderful, artsy abode that fills my soul on a daily basis, it has one big problem.... a teeny, t (read more...)
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| I don't want them [my children] to find me dead in my bed. | Most LikedHot Conversation |
One summer afternoon, I was leaving an amusement park with my children and a family of friends who had recently relocated to the city. When I arrived at my house, I said to my children, “You’re on your own. I don’t feel well at all.” While (read more...)
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| A Self-Care Revolution | Most Liked |
For the past few weeks I've been burning the candle at both (read more...)
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| The Wrong Kind of "Hot" | Most Liked |
Now that the FDA advisory panel has pulled the plug on two nonhormonal drugs to treat hot flashes and night sweats, what’s a grumpy, sleep-deprived, sweaty, menopausal woman to do?
For most of us, hot flashes are uncomfortable and inconvenient. (read more...)
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| Hello...I am back | Most LikedHot Conversation |
Hello...it's been a long time since I posted...life changes I didn't really want to talk about. But, here I am. Advice, please. I have two adult daughters...one who is now a practicing attorney and one who has one year of law school left. I have sa (read more...)
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I had to chuckle because misery loves company! I've been in a funk for days now. I call all these types of things "the mosquitos" of life. It's like one more thing and you're going to pull the trigger. What I hate and this seems to apply to m
Oh my gosh! I felt your inner pain ... and I apologize for the fact that when I got to the part about setting your hair on fire, I laughed. I'm so glad you weren't hurt, and hair grows back. Perhaps a new hair-do would not only rectify the situation 
There is no such thing as a legal separation in my state..The only way I can get husband out of the house is to force him out..He refuses to leave..I would have to file for divorce and get temporary orders including a restraining order..
I feel so