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middle age, divorce

Parental role models and us

Lisa's picture

I'll cut right to the chase: I think my parents taught me that love is putting up with a lot of ill treatment and staying no matter what.

My own notion of love was that it would be like having a best friend and lover for the rest of my life, and we would have little problems but we'd adjust. »more»

What’s good for the goose is good for the gander. Top women’s traits that turn off men.

amatchmadein7's picture

Here are some characteristics which men have shared that they do not like in women:

Hair- Untouchable, over processed or bleached, roots showing, badly colored, extreme styling

Nails - dirty, chipped or peeling polish, wild or garish nail color, ultra extreme lengths

Clothing - too revealing, too tight, not appropriate for the planned activity, overdressed, untouchable »more»

Pink Floyd's "Keep Talking"

DazedAndConfused's picture

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»

It's a Midlife Crisis: Divorce in Middle Age

Wesley's picture

We know the script. Young people get married too early, have financial problems and end up in divorce. It then follows that men and women in their 20s and 30s would be the largest age group for being divorced and not married. But surprisingly it's not true. »more»

The Only Way to Win the Battle of the Sexes

hlesbrown's picture

Here's a double spoiler for you, first for the 1983 movie, War Games, then for this article: as the computer, Joshua, comments at the end of this picture: "A strange game. The only winning move is not to play." It works as well for global thermonuclear war as it does for the age-old conflict between estrogen and testosterone. »more»

The Mystique of the New

hlesbrown's picture

The year has changed . . . how about you? What changes are facing you in 2009? If you're a man in midlife, change has probably caught you like the incoming tide and is carrying you along with its often-understated power. Now, the question remains: what are you going to do about it? »more»

Is a Mid Life Crisis an illness?

FlyOnDaWall's picture

I've lost count of the number of times I've heard someone affected by their MLC say "I'm so glad I now realise I'm not alone, I thought that I was going crazy", when what they should be saying is "I'm so glad that I now realise that I am not the only one going crazy". »more»

Repent! The End Is Near!

hlesbrown's picture

Well . . . to be honest with you, the end is near whether or not you choose to repent: the end of the year 2008, that is. We humans have a particular affinity for the ending of things: like graduations and funerals (not that there's any other similarity between the two). Yet, we mark transitions at least partly by looking backward while, at the same time, we're looking forward. »more»

What to Do When the Tables Are Turned

hlesbrown's picture

Recently, I had a question from a man who was in serious pain because . . . his wife was going through a midlife crisis. In some ways, there's nothing odd or strange about that: women and men both experience the physical and emotional changes that signal the transition from adulthood to maturity. »more»

Review: September Songs; The Good News About Marriage in the Later Years

Wesley's picture

When marriage is discussed on this site, it is almost exclusively about what has gone wrong. When you think of all of the stressors that can happen in middle age, it hard to imagine that any relationship could weather such an assault. But a surprisingly number do, but you don't hear so about them --and rarely does someone write about them. But finally someone has. »more»