Mature Dating: DATING BURNOUT
Putting fun back when dating is a disaster
Dating. The word still has the ability to conjure up the romantic image of a cozy dinner with a dashing dark-haired stranger in a smashing little bistro, doesn't it?Then how is it that a ritual so steeped in tradition and so rife with possibility has come to be anticipated by most women with the same relish as that semi-annual appointment with the dentist? The same way one learns to despise any activity: experience. As a woman of 28 who has been dating for roughly 10 years, I...
Mature Dating: GETTING THE MESSAGE OUT ABOUT 'THE BEST YEARS'
As a result of market research that discovered one in five Americans is at least 55 years old, Hallmark, the world's largest greeting-card company, started to produce a new group of cards designed to meet special communication needs of a time of life dubbed "The Best Years." Preliminary sales went so well that the Kansas City-based company recently decided to expand the line by more than than double, according to Bobbie Burrow, creative writing stylist and...
Mature Dating: CRUISING RIVERS
``Looking for Love in Later Life'' (Avery Publishing; $9.95) is a road map for mature dating, a gift from author Monica Morris to women who want to attain happiness with themselves and others, but do not know how. The easy-to-read guide takes women through the perplexities of love in modern society, beginning with evaluating themselves and deciding what they want out of a romantic relationship, through the bewilderment of dating on-line to the potential humiliation of a...
Mature Dating: HEADING FOR HOME BAKER'S JOURNEY THROUGH THE RED SOX' FARM SYSTEM COULD TAKE HIM FROM WESTERN MASS. TO FENWAY PARK
HAGERSTOWN, Md. - The heat index is over 100 degrees. Another day, another stop on this bottom rung of steps toward The Show.Here at Municipal Stadium, only the diehard fans and regulars are willing to come out to see the Hagerstown Suns battle the Augusta GreenJackets in a Single A South Atlantic League game. The GreenJackets arrived after an all-night bus ride from Asheville, N.C. They will stay two more days before getting back on the bus for the 9-hour trip back to Augusta, Ga It...
Mature Dating: Sisters savour second lives: There's magic in accepting who they are
The bride wore a pale pink, three-piece dress, brightened by festive crystals on the bodice. The student minister performing the ceremony (with help from an ordained colleague) was her 'baby' sister. The matron of honour -- the middle sister of the female sibling trio -- could not help thinking what good material this would be for her 50 Plus column. Yes, I'm shamelessly using a family event to mirror certain realities of fiftysomething life in the late...