It’s been nearly a month since I read the article on Motherlode pitting parenting against passion. Allow me to clarify. Lisa Belkin was following up on “Fear of Flying” author Erica Jong’s recent ruminations on women and sex. Or lack of sex. Among younger women, younger mothers in particular, Ms. Jong notes an apparent lessened […]
Private Matters
Knowing where to drawn the line when it comes to sharing on the Internet. Especially about our kids.
Teenage Sex At Home?
Teens having sex on the sly, or under your own roof?
The Code
Some codes should not be broken.
Jealousy
Are you the jealous type?
The American Man – Broken or Spent?
Men cheat. But is it inevitable, is infidelity ever acceptable, and what can women, make that wives, actually do about it? Is it really true that a good man is hard to find? Ask most single women — including unattached single mothers — and I believe they’ll say yes. So what do we think? Is […]
Turning a Blind Eye
So what do Arnold Schwarzenegger and Dominique Strauss-Kahn have in common? Both have made headlines this week, though the circumstances are dramatically different; Schwarzenegger has admitted to a love child, and Strauss-Kahn has allegedly committed assault. But they are public figures, and I think we can agree, powerful men. With the current media swirl around […]
Romance Racetrack: Time or Timing?
Some of us have been off the market for awhile. The dating market, that is. And we’re daunted at the thought of plunging back in – or even sticking a baby toe in the worrisome waters of social interaction. I’ve had my own experiences in and out of the post-marital dating pool. And if you’re […]
Easy to Love
Sheepishly. Brazenly. Blushingly. That’s how I’ll fess up. In the past few months I’ve been dating. Actually dating. And strange as it is to say the words, I’ve enjoyed myself. While I was legitimately concerned about aging out of the relationship marketplace, I’ve been pleasantly surprised. I’ve experienced a few astonishingly awkward advances, blistering boredom, […]
Seduce Me
Seduction as an art, seduction as a game… Which way you do “play?”