All Articles on The Ethel About Relationships

How to Talk Respectfully in Contentious Times (10/24/2024)
I Vacationed With My Ex-Husband. Here's What Happened (10/24/2024)
I Thought I Knew My Husband of 60 Years. Then This Happened (10/17/2024)
Why Does My Husband Give Me Nothing for Birthdays? (10/10/2024)
Our Talk With Renowned Love Experts John and Julie Gottman (10/03/2024)
What It's Like to Be Married to a Travelin' Man (10/03/2024)
I Dated Married Men for Many Years. Here's Why (10/03/2024)
In My Mid-80s, My 3 Daughters Often Mother Me — A Lot (09/26/2024)
After 62 Years of Marriage, I’m Getting Used to Widowhood (09/18/2024)
All About the New Breed of Girlfriends With Benefits (09/05/2024)
Don't Like Your In-Laws? Here's What You Can Do About It (08/29/2024)
The Relationship Question Every Woman Needs to Ask Herself (08/29/2024)
What I Learned About Sex From My Granddaughter (08/22/2024)
I Married an Alcoholic. The Biggest Challenges We Faced (08/15/2024)
I Did to My Second Husband Exactly What My First Husband Did to Me (08/15/2024)
Revealed! The Truth About Being a Long-Distance Grandparent (08/08/2024)
When Your Elderly Mother Is Toxic and Unlovable (08/01/2024)
I Adore My Husband. But I Really Don’t Want to Have Sex With Him (08/01/2024)
I Found My Husband in Bed With Another Woman and Wrote About It (07/25/2024)
Why I Had to Urgently Fix My Relationship With My Daughter (07/25/2024)
What I Learned at My 50-Year High School Reunion (07/25/2024)
What Happened When My Oldest Friendship Suddenly Fell Apart (07/18/2024)
I Lost a Brother Decades Ago. And Yet It Still Hurts So Much (07/11/2024)
Are You an Older Woman Who's Given Up on Having Sex? Why? (07/11/2024)
Your Guide to Building Lasting Connections Later in Life (07/05/2024)
Here's the Reason I Decided to Marry Again at 66 (06/27/2024)
Here’s What It’s Really Like to Date in Your 80s (06/27/2024)
Black and Single, I Got '0 Matches' on Dating Apps (06/20/2024)
What This Daughter Wants Every Father to Know (06/06/2024)
Traveling With Siblings: What You Need to Know (06/06/2024)
I Love My Second Husband. But Not This (06/06/2024)
The Name I Have for My Group of Oldest Female Friends (05/30/2024)
Within 2 Months, I Lost Both My Son and My Husband (05/30/2024)
What My Husband Did That Shook Me to My Core (05/23/2024)
What I Do to Conjure Up the Memory of My Mother (05/16/2024)
Should You Burn Your Journals Before You Die? (05/16/2024)
The One Moment in Life No Woman Is Ever Prepared For (05/02/2024)
Why My Daughter’s Tattoo Actually Left a Mark on Me (05/02/2024)
Behind Every Member of the Rolling Stones Is a Woman (04/25/2024)
The Unique Way I Celebrate the Changing Seasons of My Life (04/25/2024)
Here's How I Survived the First Year of Widowhood (04/18/2024)
Is it Really Possible to Merge Lives With a New Partner Later in Life? (03/28/2024)
Feeling Lonely? You Are Definitely Not Alone (03/28/2024)
I Caught My Husband in Bed With Another Woman. Here's What I Did (03/21/2024)
How I Finally Learned to Get Along With My Adult Children (03/14/2024)
My Mother Found Her First Great Passionate Love — at Age 93 (02/29/2024)
Revealed! The Real Secret to Finding 'Golden Love' (02/15/2024)
I Found My Soulmate Across a Crowded Room (02/08/2024)
What I Did in My 30s That Changed My Life (02/08/2024)
In My 80s, I Learned to Embrace Modern Parenthood (02/01/2024)
Why I’m Not Searching for Mr. Right or Even Mr. Maybe (02/01/2024)
5 Romantic Libido-Boosting Recipes for a Cozy Night at Home (02/01/2024)
When Saying Goodbye to a Friendship Is the Best Choice (01/19/2024)
What Healing My Relationship With My Mother Taught Me (01/19/2024)
How Couples Can Split Household Chores Fairly. This Works! (01/11/2024)
After 34 Online Dates, I May Have Finally Found the One (01/05/2024)
Does Anyone Have a Complicated Relationship With Their Daughter-in-Law? (12/21/2023)
Are You an Older Woman Who'll Be Alone on New Year's Eve? (12/14/2023)
The Secret to Becoming a Real Agent of Change (12/14/2023)
Women (and Men) Reveal How They Juggle Holidays With Their Exes (11/22/2023)
Losing My Husband Was Hard. Here's How a Taxi Driver Helped (11/17/2023)
My Husband Has Retired and Is Around All the Time. Not Fun! (11/03/2023)
What Has Breathed New Life Into All My Relationships (10/27/2023)
The One Big Question I've Always Wanted to Ask Older Women (10/20/2023)
What to Know About the Iconic Movie That Turns 50 This Fall (10/13/2023)
The Awakening That Sometimes Happens Late in Life (10/06/2023)
Boomerang Kids: Dealing With Older Children at Home (09/21/2023)
The Woes and Blessings of Being a Grandmother (09/15/2023)
My First Love Was a Great Love (09/08/2023)
My Partner Still Displays Photographs of His Deceased Wife (08/31/2023)
Your Guide to Finding the Very Best Second Husband (08/25/2023)
My Mother’s Eternal Tracking Device (08/18/2023)
What I Learned From My 'Special Needs' Sister (08/04/2023)
My Daughter Is Gay (07/27/2023)
My Husband and I Have Entered a New Season of Marriage (07/27/2023)
How to Fix a Frayed — But Not Broken — Friendship (07/20/2023)
What Every Older Woman Needs to Plan to Do This Year (07/13/2023)
How Being an Only Child Defined My Entire Life (07/06/2023)
Is It Ever OK to Cheat on Your Very Sick Spouse? (07/06/2023)
What My Grandmother Taught Me That I'll Never Forget (06/28/2023)
Summer Lovin': Why Romance Tends to Heat Up This Season (06/15/2023)
Help! I Have Become My Mother! (05/24/2023)
Want to Make Friends? Want to Find Travel Buddies? Want to Forge Social Connections? (05/22/2023)
What Happened When I Took a First-Ever Road Trip With My Sibling (05/22/2023)
The Couples Who Do THIS Together Stay Together (05/11/2023)
Anyone Out There Parenting Adult Children? (05/11/2023)
Why Morning Sex Might Be the Best Time to Have Sex (05/04/2023)
I've Been a Mom to Hundreds But Have Never Given Birth (05/04/2023)
Why I Will Never Be as Cool as My Mother (04/27/2023)
Want Your Empty Nest Back? (04/24/2023)
Everything You Need to Know About Gray Dating (04/17/2023)
Older Women Partnering With Younger Men (04/10/2023)
The Surprising Thing That Reignited the Passion With My Longtime Spouse (04/03/2023)
How You Can Make All Kinds of Friends After 60 (03/27/2023)
What Really Happens When You Stop Looking for a Forever Husband (03/20/2023)
Are You Estranged From Your Adult Children? (03/13/2023)
Why Living Apart Together Is a Growing Trend (03/06/2023)
What My Charm Bracelet Teaches Me About My Mother (02/27/2023)
Does Adult Sibling Rivalry Ever Really Cease? (02/27/2023)
Are Soulmates Real? Science Says Yes — But Maybe Not the Way You Think  (02/20/2023)
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: When a Friendship Dies (02/06/2023)
Childless at 60 With No Regrets (01/30/2023)
6 Things Science Says You Must Do to Make Friends (01/09/2023)
What I Learned From Mom About Alzheimer’s and Black Hair Care (01/02/2023)
Best Books to Gift Your Besties: The Books That Changed My Life (12/19/2022)
Moving On After the Loss of My Beloved Younger Sister (12/19/2022)
Why I Have No Regrets About Aging Solo With No Kids (11/28/2022)
The Ritual That Helped Me Bond With My Aging Parents (11/07/2022)
The Difficulty in Getting Over the Death of My Best Friend (10/31/2022)
Why I Smile While Other Women Shower My Husband (10/31/2022)
The Unbearable Grief of Losing My Precious Pup (10/24/2022)
How I Skipped Motherhood and Still Got a Granddaughter (10/24/2022)
Single by Choice: Why I Am Content to Be Without a Plus-One (10/17/2022)
How My Absent Father Helped Me Create a Loving Family (10/17/2022)
Help! I’m Wedged in a Four-Generation Club Sandwich (10/17/2022)
How My Son Became a TikTok Star (10/10/2022)
What it Was Like to Find and Date My First Lover After Divorce (10/03/2022)
Still Single? Youthful Marriage Is Not for Everybody (09/26/2022)
Don't Have Any Besties? Then Do This (09/19/2022)
The Challenge of Updating My 80-Something Husband’s Wardrobe (09/19/2022)
Love in the Time of Bigotry (09/19/2022)
What it Is Like Growing Old Alongside Your Parents (09/12/2022)
I Became a First-Time Mother at 53 (09/05/2022)
4 People Who Work With Teens Daily Share What They See That You Don’t (09/05/2022)
A Longtime College Professor Reveals How Her Students Have Changed (09/05/2022)
My Daughter Was Bullied Her Entire Senior Year of High School (09/05/2022)
What You Need to Understand About the Other Woman — Your Mother-in-Law (08/22/2022)
Tips for Sending Kids and Grandkids to College Safely (08/15/2022)
How My Mother’s Dementia Has Made Us So Much Closer (08/15/2022)
6 Subtle Signs That Say: This Is Not a Very Nice Person (08/08/2022)
What Served as a Lifeline During My Husband’s Last Days (08/01/2022)
After Their Husbands Dearly Departed, Sex Heated Up at 70, 80 and Beyond  (07/25/2022)
Grandmothers Who Were Never Mothers (07/11/2022)
Surefire Signs Your Relationship Is for Real — or Not (07/01/2022)
Proof That it’s Never Too Late for Romance (06/27/2022)
As an Adult Orphan, I Found Closeness in a Distant Cousin (06/06/2022)
At the Age of 69, Here Comes the Bride — Again! (05/30/2022)
Mothers-in-Law: What I Really Wanted to Say to the Kind Cashier at the Store     (05/09/2022)
After Trauma and Loss, How Delia Ephron Is Moving on in a COVID-Fractured World (05/09/2022)
The Older I Get, the More I Am Truly My Mother’s Daughter (05/02/2022)
With Whisk in Hand, I Celebrate New Love (04/25/2022)
I Played It Straight for Decades, But Then Finally Married My Wife (04/25/2022)
How the Pandemic Whittled Down Our Sizable Girl Gangs (04/18/2022)
What One Needs Before Posting an Engaging Dating Profile (04/04/2022)
6 Dating Tips for Widows Still in Love With Their Husbands (03/28/2022)
How to Navigate a Later-Life Divorce With Grown Children (03/21/2022)
What I Did That Made Me a Wiser and Safer Grandparent (03/14/2022)
The 3 Little Words That Will Rekindle Desire in a Long-Term Relationship (02/28/2022)
The Dog Breeds That Are an Older Woman's Best Friend (02/14/2022)
Mothering (Not Smothering) Adult Children (02/14/2022)
How to Find Love on Valentine’s Day When You Are on Your Own (02/07/2022)
Sleeping With Other Women’s Husbands (01/31/2022)
Are You Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places? (01/14/2022)
Decades Before #MeToo, I Was a Silent Child Victim (01/10/2022)
Do Social Invitations Dwindle When You’re No Longer a Couple?  (01/10/2022)
Sexy Stocking Stuffers for Women Who Deserve Great Holiday Pleasures (12/13/2021)
How Inviting Dr. Ruth Into Our Bedroom Fired Up Our Sex Life (12/06/2021)
When My Ex Turns 80 I Will Be by His Side (11/29/2021)
What My Male Twin Taught Me About Loss and Love  (11/22/2021)
How Taking Intercourse Off the Table Can Lead to Better Sex (11/15/2021)
Is This the Secret to a Better Marriage? (11/15/2021)
Who Says You Can’t Form Close Friendships After 60?    (11/08/2021)
Do Mothers Over 100 Still Give Advice? Of Course! (11/08/2021)
A Divorcée’s Guide to Navigating the Holidays (11/08/2021)
What to Expect When Your Kid’s Expecting (11/01/2021)
Lessons I Learned From My French Grandmother’s Woods (10/25/2021)
8 Ways to Give Your Marriage Nine Lives  (10/18/2021)
The Death, Divorce and Illness Etiquette Guide (10/08/2021)
Sex, Lies and Online Dating Over Age 50 (10/04/2021)
Why I Had to Divorce My Siblings to Find Peace (09/27/2021)
I Survived A Year Without Men, Then Thrived (09/27/2021)
The Last Summer With All My Kids Around (09/20/2021)
What it's Like to Still Be Single at Age 66 (09/20/2021)
My Husband and I Have a Great New Way to Bond (09/13/2021)
Why Men Friends Can Be Just as Fabulous as Girlfriends (09/03/2021)
How 'The Golden Girls' Revamped My Menopausal Sex Life (08/30/2021)
Why Love Means Always Having to Say You’re Sorry (08/30/2021)
Why My Dog Is a Better Boyfriend Than a Man (08/23/2021)
The One Word the English Language Is Missing (08/16/2021)
The Gray Divorce: Calling It Quits After Decades of Matrimony (08/16/2021)
I’m Not a Lesbian But My Wife Is (08/09/2021)
6 Things Every Woman Over 60 Needs to Know About Sex (08/09/2021)
Finding Love Again After My Husband Was Murdered (07/26/2021)
7 Tips for Better Sex With a New or Longtime Lover (07/12/2021)
How to Really Stay Connected to Your Grandkids (06/22/2021)
Why I’d Be Absolutely Lost Without My Girl Gang (06/21/2021)
As We Grow Older, My Husband Seems Older Than Me (06/07/2021)
How I Learned to Trust Again After 2 Divorces (05/24/2021)
How a Youthful Crush Can Crush You Forever  (05/24/2021)
Why I Can No Longer Share a Bathroom With My Husband (05/10/2021)
Call Me Gigi or Mimi But Not Grandma (04/26/2021)
When He Doesn't Want to Be Exclusive (04/26/2021)
So Much for Sparring Sisters-in-Law, I Love Mine (04/12/2021)
Marlo Thomas and Phil Donahue Launch New Podcast on Famous Marriages (04/09/2021)
Why I Am Getting Remarried at 71 (03/22/2021)
When a Longtime Friendship Suddenly Ends (02/22/2021)
Making Your Mate Ask for Viagra (02/08/2021)
The Perils of Dealing With Your Spouse’s Family (02/08/2021)
Our Two-Week Safecation Road Trip (01/25/2021)
Everyone I Know Is a Grandmother Except Me (01/11/2021)
Where Is the Sisterhood? (01/11/2021)
 How the Pandemic Reunited Me With My Sister (12/15/2020)
The Best Dating Sites for Those Over 50 (12/15/2020)
Why I Sometimes Feel Guilty About Having an Only Child (12/03/2020)
For Better or Worse ... But Not for Lunch (12/03/2020)
Why Grandparents Can — and Should — Leave the Parenting to Their Kids (11/04/2020)
What Happens When You’re 55 and Still Getting Sexually Harassed? (10/22/2020)
When Your Husband Retires and He's Suddenly Around. All. The. Time. (10/22/2020)
Mourning an Ex–Family Member (10/07/2020)
That Time I Ran a Personal Ad in a Literary Journal (10/07/2020)
"This 51-Year-Old Is Happily Carrying Her Own Grandchild (09/15/2020)
" Keeping My Ambitions to Myself (09/15/2020)
I’m 56 and My Partner Is 68. Here Are the Challenges We Face (09/01/2020)
They Hadn’t Had Sex for 6 Months. So, She Checked His Computer History (09/01/2020)
The Evolution of a Fabulous Long Friendship (08/18/2020)
Men Over 55 Reveal the Best Sex They Ever Had (08/18/2020)
How My Husband’s Kids Helped Me Leave My Marriage (08/04/2020)
Single and Living in an Empty Nest (07/13/2020)
Retiring With Kids Still at Home? (07/13/2020)
The Daily Habit That Brought Me Closer to My Grandmother (07/13/2020)
Trying to Connect My Daughter to My Late Mother and Grandmother (07/13/2020)
Need Help With Parenting During the Teen Years? (07/13/2020)
Why You Should Consider Living With Friends in Retirement (07/10/2020)
The 6 Words That Can Break a Parent’s Heart (07/10/2020)
I Don't Lament My Kids Growing Older (07/10/2020)
The Reunion: To Go, or Not To Go, That Is the Question (07/10/2020)
I Had to Grow Up to Understand My Mother-in-Law (07/09/2020)
50 Things Women Over 60 Google About Sex (07/09/2020)
Feeling Disconnected? Grab a Piece of Paper! (07/09/2020)
I Lost My Engagement Ring: Why Am I So Upset? (07/08/2020)
OMG! A Younger Guy Was Checking Me Out! (07/08/2020)
Finding Love Later in Life Is Possible (07/08/2020)
Mothers  and  Sons Traveling Together: It CAN Be Done! (07/08/2020)
Grandbaby Fever — I'm Not Sick With It and That's OK! (07/08/2020)
Finding Your Libido: I'm in My 60s and Having the Best Sex of My Life (07/08/2020)
How My Childhood Trauma Affects Me Even Today (07/08/2020)
What Do You Owe a Parent Who Was Mentally Ill? (07/08/2020)
9 Truths About Later-in-Life Marriage (07/08/2020)
A Look Back at a Beautiful 59-Year Friendship (07/08/2020)
Why My Wedding Song Still Gets to Me 8 Years After Divorce (07/08/2020)
The Importance of Intergenerational Friendships (06/29/2020)
How Music Keeps Me Connected to My College-Age Son (06/29/2020)