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Moving on after divorce in your 50s – practical steps to build a new social life
By the Midlife Divorcee Nobody expects to get divorced in their 50s, irrespective of who made the decision to bring the marriage to a close – with all the emotional and financial upheaval associated...
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The nest is empty, what now?
Article by Karen Burge All over the world there are mothers sitting on the edge of their child’s bed crying. Perhaps holding a dirty T-shirt and breathing in the smell of the absent teenager. Yes, it’s...
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Bye Bye Baby Bird – again!
Article by Juliet Young I am a real Mother-Clucker. The ultimate Queen of the roost. A busy hen fussing and flapping around my two chicks since the day they were born. And that was now over 21 and 18...
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Empty Nests: Dealing with Loneliness and Boredom
Very often, women who’ve devoted the greater part of their lives to their families suddenly find themselves quite alone and bored once their children move on to uni and their own lives. This is...
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Coping with Change in your 50s
Article by Beverley Harvey This weekend with only my faithful dog for company, I sat and sobbed my way through Finding Your Feet. It’s a wonderful film that has a stellar cast of a certain age; Imelda...
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Reinventing Your Life Over 50 the French Way : Part Three Downsizing
Article by Meredith Keeve a.k.a. The Wandering Parisian RIGHTSIZING…and learning to live in smaller spaces In a sense, many French women have a head start, they have been living in tiny Parisian...
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A Single Parent’s Guide to Empty Nest Syndrome
Article by Ceri Wheeldon I had a friend who was a single parent, and found becoming an empty nester traumatic. It was the first time in her life that she had lived alone, having gone from living with...
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Children moved out… so why do they still bring home their washing?
You might be sad to see your children fly the nest and leave home…but you’re only human if you’re not also secretly glad at having fewer people to look after. Halving the housework sounds...
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9 Regrets That Women Over 50 Didn’t See Coming
Article by Heather Farrell This is the list you’ll wish you could somehow sneak back to your younger self in your own handwriting with a heading that reads: Stuff to get over first, hotshot….....
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Life over 50: When adult children still live at home: Please Leave Me!
Article by Jayne Webb When I grew up it was accepted that at the age of 18 you would go off to further education and, on graduating, you would move into your own place, or you would start work at 18...
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