Last week I ran into several friends who were going through challenging times and feeling blue. We all have our days and those certain times in our lives that can feel like a struggle. We may not be able to quickly change the circumstance but we can most certainly change how we react to it. Sitting around thinking about how awful everything is will only make you feel worse. »more»

This week the BloggingBoomers blog carnival moves to This Marriage Thing. Follow the link to find the top stories from a dozen top blogs focused on all aspects of midlife existence.

As a woman of a certain age:

Do you feel invisible? Do you feel a lack of realistic and inspiring examples of “someone just like you?” Do you feel this affects your self esteem and how you feel about yourself? »more»

As Americans continue to clamber over the rubble of their collapsed portfolios, sniffing for signs of life amongst the shards of shattered assets, Richard E. Goldman arrives with “Luck by Design: Certain Success in an Uncertain World,” two hundred pages of economic and emotional search and rescue. »more»

1.) The Marriage Turnaround takes the angle that believing myths in marriage are responsible for many problems. What is the behind most destructive marriage “myths” that many couples believe? »more»

my wife of 24 years left one week ago. Beginning last november she was displaying signs of an emotional relationship with a co-worker which she denied to me, and the children and family. Over the ensuing months she became distant and spent hours texting and on the phone with the OM sequestered in our tv room alone. »more»

This is one of the most haunting songs I've ever heard. This song has to be about MLC, depression, divorce, etc. It starts with a male voice on the left and the female voice on the right. After the crosses, the sides switch.

"For millions of years mankind lived just like the animals. Then something happenend which unleashed the power of our imagination. »more»

I had never heard the term "emotional affair" before I stumbled over it in an online article about a month ago. When I read the column, I sat at my computer in numb recognition, followed by a sense of grief and horror. I was in one and I hadn't realized what it was or how dangerous and painful it was going to be. »more»

This week's BloggingBoomers is at So Baby Boomer. Follow the link to see selected posts relating to midlife living with an emphasis this week on summer!

Author John F. Wasik’s The Cul-de-Sac Syndrome serves up a double-dose of economic pathology. First, it offers a postmortem on the gruesome death of The Housing Bubble, finding a cadaver covered in fingerprints – the whorls of Wall Street and Washington elites – and inside the carcass, the toxic bile of hideous mortgage products and manic borrowers. »more»

This week's Blogging Boomers is up at Contemporary Retirement. Follow the link to find an interesting collection of posts all related to midlife living.

When I graduated college many years ago the economy was in the dumps, unemployment was up as was inflation, pollution was out of control and in the past few years we had 2 major oil crises. Oh, yeah, we were locked in a cold war with an enemy that could kill us 100 times over. I don't remember anyone apologizing to us or our generation demanding or expecting one either. »more»

The complete title is "I Hate People!: Kick Loose from the Overbearing and Underhanded Jerks at Work and Get What You Want Out of Your Job" and it is certainly not your typical business book. The overall premise is that no matter how large or small your organization you are almost certainly going to have to deal with people you can't stand. »more»

It was a cold Saturday and the and my whole family was was eating pop corns while watching a comedy movie it felt really nice..

i was talking to my mum about how i was worried about my brother that he wasn't good at school and you know all these kind of stuff but the answer was shocking my mum said"i don't give a f***." »more»

My wife of 29 years filed for divorce two weeks ago this took me by surprise, even though I sould have seen it coming. She say's she does'nt know what she wants that she just does not want to be married anymore,she loves me but is not in love with me she needs space. I do not want to give up, I'm trying to do the right things to show her that I will be here for her. »more»

LifeTwo is once again hosting the BloggingBoomers blog carnival where approximately 12 participating blogs that focus on midlife issues from health to midlife crisis to finance and travel suggest articles for our collective readers. This week we have a very interesting collection. »more»

There are many books on how to improve one's marriage or what to do if the union is over. However there aren't so many that take a completely macro-view of marriage as an institution. That's exactly what "The Marriage-Go-Round: The State of Marriage and the Family in America Today" by Andrew J. Cherlin is all about.

From Amazon: »more»

They did it to disco, the station wagon, and personal savings. Now baby boomers are being accused of ruining Twitter. »more»

I recently spent time with a long-married couple. Like nearly all long-term couples, they’ve developed habits they don’t even know they have. One of this couple’s favorite ones, it seems, is bickering over inconsequential details. For example, “We went shopping last Thursday…” “No, it was Wednesday.” “No, I’m sure it was Thursday.” Etc., etc., etc. »more»

This week's host of BloggingBoomers is The Boomer Chronicles. Follow the link to find a dozen or so selected articles from that many different blogs all focused on boomer related issues.

Think that young males dominate Facebook? Think again, a new survey of Facebook users has some surprising results: »more»

1. Fastest growing segment: Women over 55, up 175.3% in the last 120 days.

2. Facebook growing faster with women than men in almost every age group.

3. Women comprise 56.2% of Facebook’s audience, up from 54.3% late last year.

It seemed like a good idea at the time. (But then again, I’m sure I said the same thing when I was sunk all that money into my fancy Betamax tape system.) After several months as a member of the Cult of Facebook, I started to have some concerns about the level of personal information I was putting out there for public consumption. »more»

The recently released collaborative report from the American Cancer Society, National Cancer Institute, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and North American Association of Central Cancer Registries announced that between 2002 and 2004, death rates dropped by an average of 2.1 percent a year. This rate of decline is significantly greater than the reductions seen in previous years. »more»

"Where to Put Your Money NOW" by Peter Passell is an easy-to-read investment primer updated to address today's financial crisis. The initial chapters contains a particularly clear and concise explanation of how we got ourselves into this fiscal mess. Passell details the underlying factors that contributed to the many asset bubbles that began bursting in 2007. »more»

I wonder if we're so busy chasing our own youth & denying that we're aging that it's just too hard to accept the aging of our parents until it's absolutely right there in our faces?

After all, we live in a society that worships youth - we're all supposed to look, act & live young until...until what? Until we can't keep that image together anymore? »more»