Blogs about your Relationships
Trying to Have it Both Ways in Midlife
February 06, 2012 • Posted under: Mind, Lifestyle, Relationships
Midlife men, we probably can’t have it both ways. Let me explain. I was watching an episode of NCIS this evening, one of my few weekly TV try-to-watch shows, ok, my only weekly try-to-watch show outside of the evening news. Anyhow, this particular show was a bit annoying in its format as it was moving Gibbs, the big cheese of an investigative unit, back and forth from the present to voices…
Midlife Regret: Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda
January 01, 2012 • Posted under: Mind, Relationships
It appears that many midlife men live under a cloud of regret. I’ve never really framed my life decisions in terms of regret or its opposite, whatever that is. Google indicates that the opposite includes such words as contentment, satisfaction, and applause. Regret is defined as a “feeling of sadness, repentance, or disappointment over something”. I’m not…
Making Room for a Midlife Relationship
October 21, 2011 • Posted under: Lifestyle, Relationships
As a midlife man, do you find that you overload yourself with activities? Look, I find the single midlife lifestyle to be very rewarding in many respects. It can be at the very least a less complicated life, potentially, a life which is largely about, well, me. I’m simply stating a fact. Of course, I do have an employer that has expectations that I must attend to, and…
Uncle Sam Must Approve My Ukrainian Fiancée
October 01, 2011 • Posted under: Relationships
My fellow single midlife men, when you set out to marry a foreign woman you soon find out that your government wants to have a lot to say about whether you can do this or not. Not only will they want to scrutinize the formidable documentation you are required to submit to get her a visa, they will ultimately make a determination as to each of your motives in this proposed relationship. …
Changing One’s Course in Midlife
September 03, 2011 • Posted under: Mind, Spirit, Lifestyle, Relationships
I find that as a midlife man, I value autonomy more and more. I chose the word autonomy over a word that at first seems quite similar - independence. I felt that in some sense there was a real difference between the two, one that I wanted to use. As part of my pre-writing reading, I Google these two words to see if any meaningful differences had been discussed elsewhere and came…
Why Russian Women Seek Western Husbands
August 26, 2011 • Posted under: Relationships
In today’s short entry, I focus on one simple question: Why does a Russian woman seek a foreign husband? I will focus on one of many possible responses to this question today and do so in a sort of back-door manner - I’m going to talk about Russian men. When I use the word ‘Russian’, I include people from Russia, of course, but also those from Ukraine, Moldova,…
