Let’s face it: Dating is daunting. And when you’re a Boomer, it may seem next to impossible. You might be coming out of a long-term marriage, or emerging from a period of time where you were consumed with raising children or caring for elderly parents — or, perhaps you still are responsible for children and/parents. Have your “dating muscles” atrophied? You might feel like you don’t have the slightest idea how to go about flirting, meeting the opposite sex, much less handling issues of sexually transmitted diseases. You might feel like your body is old or unattractive. Disrobing in front of a romantic partner? Definitely not.
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When your partner won’t commit the first thing that may weigh on your mind is the whole familiar saying “He/She just isn’t that in to you.” This can sting but it may be one of the many reasons when your partner won’t commit. It is not uncommon to expect some sort of commitment level after dating someone for an extended period of time so when your partner does not or won’t commit to anything more then status quo it may be time to re-evaluate your relationship. The commitment phobia may be due to various reason, some which should be your cue to end the relationship, others reasons cuing you to give it some more time.
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Sometimes it takes a long time to figure out the person we want to be with or the new job we want to take. Many of these decisions require intense soul searching and evolve over a long period of time. Often, we inadvertently involve others when we move in a new direction. This happens simply because we are, for the moment, following our gut instinct and, as much as we want to spare ourselves and others of pain, we make the difficult transition because in the end we feel it is in our best interests to do so.
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