As her daughter prepares to walk down the aisle, Lisa Starr reflects on the heart-breaking end of her own union—and her struggle to stay optimistic.
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Childless by Choice: Why I Have No Kids and No Regrets
At a time when other women are fretting over an empty nest, Teresa Elliott is thankful her biological clock never started ticking and her husband is equally fulfilled by canine love.
I Want to Be Excited for My Transgender Daughter, But…
As much as Lucie Frost loves her daughter, she wasn’t ready to let go of the son she’d raised for 24 years. Here’s how she came to terms with this difficult, confusing change.
Speed-Dating to Find New Friends: One Woman’s Successful Campaign
Making new friends after 50 is a challenge. Here’s how Meredith Maran, alone in a new city, dug in and developed a whole batch of besties.
Take Control of Your Own Story: One Woman’s Achievement, Decades in the Making
After years of self-doubt, Judy Bolton-Fasman finally gained the confidence to tell her family’s story of love, intrigue, and maybe betrayal.
Even Paulina Porizkova Has Trouble Dating: “The Pool of Men is a Puddle”
What hope do we have if a supermodel in her 50s can’t get a man through dating apps? Actually…one of her fans might have found her perfect mate.
Coming and Going: Depression at the Empty Nest End of Motherhood
Once her youngest left home, Jeannie Ralston sank into a depression that mirrored one she’d battled 17 years earlier. Here’s how she rescued herself.
He Might Have Been the One: Hope and Hurt on the Dating Scene
On a quest to find a new man, Carolyn Lee Arnold challenged herself to go on 50 first dates. She expected ups and downs, but never this.
Meet the Author Behind the “Anonymous” I Want to Age Like Sea Glass Poem
Are you admiring sea glass on the beach this summer? Meet the woman who saw an apt metaphor for life in the lovely stones and wrote a poem for her sister that went viral.
Our Sex Survey Results Show That We’re a Pretty Randy Bunch. Good on Us!
It’s very likely that more women our age are having sex—great sex, frequent sex, with and without a partner—than anyone ever imagined. Here’s why we think that.
