Cathy was another lady I interviewed very early on in this project and I wanted to share her story again because it is another story of hope. Cathy was with her husband for twenty-nine years and says it was a troubled marriage from the start. Over the years, she built a protective cocoon around herself…
Tag Archive: Gail Sheehy
Top five recommended books
Over this coming month I’m participating in a challenge to build a better blog offered by Problogger. I’m on day 2 and am committed to following through on the each task assigned. With a task each day it does sound a little intense and I’m hoping I won’t fizzle out half-way through. Anyway, today’s challenge…
Online dating: the bad
When I reconnected with my college-friend Mark on Facebook, I quickly learned he was dating a girl from Malaysia and was at the time, in Manila in the Philippines visiting her. I was curious about how Mark, who lives in England, had connected with someone thousands of miles away. It was simple – online dating - and what lead Mark to an…
Would you say 'I do' again?
In Sex and the Seasoned Woman, many of the women Gail Sheehy interviewed said they were not looking to get married again. They were women in midlife who had ‘rediscovered’ themselves after divorce, were enjoying dating, some were in stable long-term relationship but many simply didn’t have the desire to get remarried. When I talked…
The Pilot Light Lover
Gail Sheehy describes the ‘Pilot Light Lover’ as a transitional figure who reignites a midlife woman’s capacity for love and sex…. “Falling into romantic love after 50 makes a single woman feel very vulnerable and for good reason. The Pilot Light Lover rarely lasts. He maybe a married man disguised as a single, or a…
