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Tag Archives: parents

My husband controls me

im 20 years old and i’ve been married for almost 4months… i need some advices from yall.. excuse my english…   i was a college girl and i studied hard to become a business woman.. i wanted to do sread more »

Happy Mother’s Day

The other night, exhausted from watching my two year old granddaughter, I started thinking about how in the world I juggled raising three boys, with a full time job, aging parents, and a good but not so helpful husband. I started getting oddly eread more »

Developing Friendships…After Divorce, After 50

Hi everyone, I’ve found so many posts on this site that I’ve related to I hope someone can relate and give advice to me. I’m 53, divorced 2 years and live in a community where I was very involved when my kids were iread more »

I don’t believe in it any more

A year and a half ago, my husband left me very suddenly after 27 years together. As far as I was aware, up until he told me he was leaving me for someone else, I thought things were good between us.  All of our closest friends and family were sturead more »

Courage to be a positive example

COURAGE It takes real courage to step forward and defy the general opinions of the younger population. They cannot see their future. All they see is riread more »

Still in love with my highschool sweetheart.

50 years later, I am still in love with my high school flame. My parents made me marry a banker when I was 16. I had told him no, and they took me to Reno to marry him anyway. I was in love with a kid in school. He went on witread more »

Gum Disease after 45: What every vibrant woman should know

A little gum disease might seem like no big deal because it’s such a common and easy to treat condition.read more »

Husband might lose his job

My husband suspects that a layoff may be coming for his company and that he is one of the people targeted. If this happens, our family income will be cut 60% and we have a summer wedding in the works. While we now own our residence and haveread more »

my mother. myself? a guest post by erica hollinshead stead

Every once in a while, I am struck by the need to blur the lines between the generations of women.read more »

Sleeping with the frenemy: How to get great sleep even though your partner snores

If you’ve got a snoring partner, you know the pain of restless sleep.read more »