This is my first post, so please understnd if I leave out facts. Last Nov. my wife of 24yrs. got up and left for three weeks. She came back a week before christmas and announced the "I love you, but...." you all know the rest. I begged her to stay for christmas. she did, big mistake!! »more»

It’s Mother’s Day. This one is a milestone for me. It’s my first without chicks in the nest. I’d received phone calls from all three of my children -- the fast-walking, subway-chasing, black-wearing, taxi-flagging NYC urbanite daughters, 24 & 22, and The Boy, 18, sending their love and best wishes. »more»

How many people are hurt from just one "hurting person" each day? »more»

On the same day that we officially became empty nesters, the very day our youngest started college, we got on a plane headed for Zürich. We didn't really plan for the two events to happen on the same day, it just worked out that way. »more»

I’ve never liked chopsticks. Trying to snag a bite of Lo Mein with those things is like trying to catch Bigfoot with a butterfly net. However, strange as it may sound, I think I need to reevaluate because chopsticks also just accomplished the impossible. They actually have me feeling that perhaps divorce is survivable after all. »more»

One of our readers sent me an email that really touched me: »more»

When I was growing up, way back in the old days of black-and-white television (in the very early 1960's), the US Army produced a weekly half-hour program that they called The Big Picture, and it opened with a graphic depicting the globe. John Glenn had not yet taken his first manned orbital ride and we were still almost a decade away from the first moon landing. »more»

One day my father, as a young man, came home from work to find the apartment cleaned out of furniture and swept clean. His wife (not my mother) was gone. Needless to say, reconciliation wasn't an option. »more»

For the past few days, I've been reading Dr. Jed Diamond's newest book, The Irritable Male Syndrome with rapt attention (in advance of interviewing him on my upcoming internet radio program). In my estimation, this book is required reading for anyone in the helping professions. It explores a complex of issues that work together in men to create a raging animal out of concerned and loving person. »more»

If I didn't know better (but I'm not sure that I do), I'd say the world was having a midlife crisis. Whether it's about half-way through it's life span, I don't know; but I do think that it's behaving just like a middle-aged guy. »more»

I've read that one of biggest pitfalls to having kids is that couples tend to forget who they were prior to breeding (though I personally think the the loss of perky breasts is high on the list). As a Gypsy Nester, one who is looking forward to life after kids, I thought I'd share a secret. »more»

There may be more than ten ways to chase off your boomerang kid -- in fact we're sure there are! The GypsyNesters have assembled ten sure-fire, never-miss, bound to run 'em off suggestions to send your boomerang kid screaming out of your house for good. »more»

Our very good friend who runs the male midlife crisis blog Man-o-pause published an article today on "quarterlife" crises in "How to Survive Your 20-Something's Midlife Crisis".

Here is an excerpt from her post: »more»

I'm an advice column junkie. I can't help it. I kick off my morning with a frothy soy latte, my “Crack”berry and a heavy dose of the “Dear crew”. When I'm lucky, I can persuade David to play along with a game of “What would Abby do?” If he's is in a particularly sporting mood, we can delve far beneath the layers of the written word. »more»

Our mother's style of parenting affects our lives in ways that in the opinion of this expert should not be ignored. Family psychologist Dr. Stephan Poulter, author of "The Mother Factor", notes the complex legacy imparted by our mothers and the resulting far-reaching impact this has on our lives. »more»