Dating & Remarriage After Divorce

If you have been separated and then divorced, especially at midlife after a long marriage, just thinking about a first date after divorce can make you break out in hives and your heart start pounding in your chest. Not only are we nervous about a first date after divorce, but so much happens to

After divorce, happy couples suddenly are everywhere, and we think they are probably all having blissful lives and great sex. Sex after divorce for us is usually non-existent or scary or unthinkable, at least for awhile. I hated that. Once our divorce was final and our 33 years as husband and wife were officially

When I was first divorced, online divorce dating (or any other kind of after-divorce dating) was absolutely the furthest thing from my mind! In fact, I could not even imagine being in any romantic relationship because I was still doing the hard work of grieving several years after my divorce. Honestly, most other

By the time I was even thinking about dating after divorce, I had as little contact with my ex-husband as possible. I had absolutely no desire to think about him at all, much less share anything personal, like introducing him to a new boyfriend! (By the way, the word “boyfriend” was hard for me

Conjure up a mental image of a single man in his fifties. What comes to mind? Is it an irresistible “bad boy” type who gets your juices flowing—but the fact that he has three ex-wives gives you pause? Or is your image that of a sweet, nerdy-ish widower whom you can’t decide if you

Dating my ex-husband certainly didn’t happen right after I left him. He was too furious even to talk to me. When talking did start again, it was easy to see that we were not just separating temporarily to have space to fix things, we were filing for divorce and the war over assets began.

When you enter a first marriage, you are extremely hopeful for the future and believe that nothing will be able to come between you and your new spouse. However, you are also not fully aware of the challenges ahead. However, when you enter a second marriage, you are more realistic. You know better what

At first, after divorce most women are worried about surviving period! Trying to get your sexy back doesn’t usually enter your thinking until later because you’re worried you might not ever get that far! After the divorce, I, for one, had absolutely no desire to be with other men other than friends and family.

More people are getting married after 50 than ever before.  Our culture is more accepting of divorce, and so it makes sense that more people are marrying or remarrying in our 50s. A person whose spouse dies, is also more likely to remarry than not, so there are more “available” 50+ partners than ever