Love After 50

Why True Love In Midlife Is Better Than A Fairy Tale

Gerit Quealy | Posted 04.21.2012

Gerit Quealy

I took a hard look at what I learned in exploring love at midlife -- how long-term couples keep love fresh or how new midlife couples coming together manage their backstory and baggage. It was illuminating, and more inspiring than any fairy tale.

Ageless Love: It's Really Not Over Until You're Dead

Joan Casademont | Posted 04.18.2012

Joan Casademont

"He said that you went to school together," my mother says over the phone, long distance. "And his name is Dave," she announces victoriously, as if that is all the identification he will ever need, like "Cher."

Is Cupid On The Other Side Of Your Computer Screen?

Posted 02.08.2012

Online dating is booming. According to Jeffrey Hancock, assistant professor of communication and chairman of the Information Science department at Cor...

The Myth of Spontaneous Sex

Barbara Hannah Grufferman | Posted 03.12.2012

Barbara Hannah Grufferman

Why, you may ask yourself, are you not having wild, spontaneous sex now that you and your partner have been together for five, ten, fifteen, maybe twenty or more years?

We Still Undress In The Dark, But The Sex Is Great!

Suzanne Braun Levine | Posted 01.14.2012

Suzanne Braun Levine

Whether we like it or not, being 50 or 60 means that we aren't in Kansas any more -- body wise. There is no way that the belt we wore in our thirties will fit, even if the hip-huggers we also wore at the time still do.

Is Sex a Drug or a Sacred Path?

Sara Davidson | Posted 11.17.2011

Sara Davidson

For 4 days, we don't leave the bedroom except to eat. It did not occur to me at the time that this was excessive. I thought, as did Billy: it's the only way to fly. Not until a year later did I see what it was--a binge, a four day bender.

Love in the Time of Viagra

Sara Davidson | Posted 11.17.2011

Sara Davidson

What's it like to go for AIDS tests at a public clinic when you're over 50? We're about to see.

Do You Trust Your Body or Your Mind?

Sara Davidson | Posted 11.17.2011

Sara Davidson

When your mind is yelling, "Stop!" and your body is insisting, "Go!" Which one do you listen to?

Sexual Chemistry -- Is it a Trap?

Sara Davidson | Posted 11.17.2011

Sara Davidson

My entire body wanted to connect with his. We eyed each other, cautiously, like two animals... He said, "I thought you wanted to break up with me..."