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A Stroll Down Memory Lane
WHAT’S PAST IS PERFECT I hadn’t seen PAST PERFECT for 40 years before he arrived at the restaurant in a white 1979 Mercedes convertible, wearing an Armani jacket and a vintage Rolex chronometer. I...
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TV IDOL is the Washington correspondent for a European station. In the past he was an able and elegant anchor, but age crept up on him and he was replaced by a ravishing young woman with large teeth...
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Prom Here To Eternity
STARGAZER wants me to be his date for the Senior Prom. In this case, “senior” refers to a spunky set of revelers who wrote their last term papers in 1961. “I know this is a lot to ask,” he says in an...
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An Affair Of The Heart
Conversations with PAST PERFECT almost always turn to things that happened in high school — things like baseball, football, and basketball. He seems to feel that because we sat together in biology...
View ArticleDealing With The Ex-Wife
STAYING AWAY FROM TROUBLE Whenever you want to marry someone, go have lunch with his ex-wife. — Shelley Winters Early on, I made a vow to date widowed men only. I didn’t keep the vow very well, which...
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Meeting His Adult Kids: How To Survive
You’ve reached a major turning point in your relationship. He wants to introduce you to his kids. What a vote of confidence! Apart from unwise wardrobe choices, what could go wrong? Ideally, his kids...
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Infidelity And — Forgiveness?
The fractured relationship world is divided into two kinds of people: those who forgive their partners’ infidelities and those who don’t. THREE WOMEN, THREE REACTIONS My neighbor of long ago – I’ll...
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PREHISTORY AND THE SEX THING — WHO KNEW? Our ancestors huddled in caves, fled from sabre-toothed tigers, ate roasted lizard, and died at 35. Female sexual satisfaction was not much on their minds. The...
View ArticleWidower: What If He’s Not Ready To Date?
If you are a 60-plus widow and you’re ready to start dating, I urge you to seek out widowed men. Divorced men are too often burdened with the heavy baggage of bitterness and regret. Widowers, on the...
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He’s attracted to you (he says) and loves to be in your company. But – commitment? Your widower seems no closer now than he was on the day you met. A senior man who has lost a beloved wife will be...
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