Hi. I am Stephanie. I’m a middle-aged, straight woman, and I’m obsessed with reading gay male romantic fiction. My obsession
Guest Post: “I’ll Have What Their Having: How MM Romance Rewrote My Midlife Script on Intimacy”
Stephanie Blair
May 3, 2026
Guest Post: The Changing Shape of Midlife Relationships
In an opinion piece I wrote recently for Guardian Australia, I reflected on my midlife relationship which is very different
Natasha Ginnivan
February 21, 2026
Guest Post: Being in Love
For the first time in my life, I am “in love.” I am literally living from a place of love.
Elizabeth Young
October 25, 2025
The Coming Explosion of “Golden Girls Housing”
Driven by rising retirement costs (11 million older households—up from 8.8 million in 2011—spend at least 30% of their income
Chip Conley
August 28, 2025
“I Belong Here”
“I belong here’ means that I belong here on this planet, where I have seldom felt safe or normal. It
Chip Conley
April 11, 2025
The Midlife Marriage Tuneup
In a New York Times article, some therapists and relationship researchers share six questions that can bring couples closer during
Chip Conley
March 5, 2025
The Courage to Leave.
I ended my marriage in 2021 after 38 years together. COVID revealed many fissures. Once we had to remove our
Gwendolyn Bounds
July 2, 2024
Getting Real with “Real-ationships”
As a nearly-bald guy in his mid-sixties, I can relate. Of course, with or without hair, it’s easy to feel
Chip Conley
July 1, 2024
Marriage Metrics: What Are We Really Going For?
Recently, Chip had a post posing the question, “Are women better off happy and single or unhappy and married?” I
Susan Cole
June 23, 2024
Women, Are You Better Off Happy & Single Than Unhappy & Married?
Recently, author Lyz Lenz wrote this Washington Post piece entitled “Women are divorcing — and finally finding happiness,” which is
Chip Conley
April 3, 2024
Men At Forty. Marriage at Twenty.
Just like you go to the gym to revitalize your aging body, maybe you need to go to a workshop
Chip Conley
February 14, 2024
7 Rules for Later Life Dating.
With the ending of something comes the messy middle and the new beginning (if these three stages of a transition
Chip Conley
February 6, 2024
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