We all have questions about how to live in this crazy world, and now NextTribe has something for that: Our own super-plugged-in advice columnist. Here she tells us how to deal with an offensive bumper sticker (can you guess what it says?) on a borrowed car.
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Gray Divorce Statistics: What We’re Really Thinking About the Shocking Epidemic
Our article on boomer marriages dissolving at double the usual rate got the Tribe talking. Come listen in.
White Elephant Gift Exchange: One Family’s Wild Holiday Free For All
How does your extended family give gifts? And how’s that working for you? Ellesor Holder reports on the un-Christmasy sentiments that fire up every December 25th.
Surviving Widowhood Is a Dicey Tightrope Act
When she lost her husband at 52, Terry Hayward became a subset of a subset—a widow among so many divorcees—which sometimes made her path harder, and sometimes more manageable.
Finding Men: All My Boyfriends and Why I Keep Them
Sara Lukinson never imagined she’d have so many men in her life or what they’d come to mean to her at this age.
Republican and Democrat Friends: Are Cross-Party Friendships Another Thing Women Do Best?
If a Democrat can be friends with Ann Coulter, isn’t there hope the rest of us can all get along?
My Birthday Hall of Fame: What Makes Celebrations Memorable
Embrace them or curse them, birthdays mark time and transitions and some do a better job than others. Here Ayun Halliday looks back on her greatest hits.
How I Freed Myself From Dinner-Prep Hell
In this new column, we compare two products or services in a given category to let you know how they stack up. We start with a magical meal-kit tour.
My Adult Stepdaughter: Not “Step” Anything—Just Dear Friend
Can you scratch a step-relation and find a soul mate? Sheila Weller did, and it saved her marriage almost before it began.
Long Marriages: What You Get, What You Give Up
Two riveting new memoirs offer good girl/bad girl takes on midlife marriage. It’s all here: regrets, rewards, restlessness, ambivalence, comfort, sex, sexual fantasies. And maybe sexual dalliance.
