Oh, just about anything—depression never needs a formal invitation in order to come a-calling. For some women, heartbreak is the perfect topper to a general feeling of malaise. “I think it was just the drudgery of dating that made me think that I missed him all over again,” says one twentyeight-year-old woman. Says another, “I [...]
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Heartbreak, What Sets It Off
February 12, 2010Why old(er) people are not like children continued
December 13, 2009Older people and children are often sick
As a basic principle we should not ascribe any deterioration in health to a specific age group. We have been brainwashed for years to believe that children are forever vomiting, teething, snivelling or running temperatures, while older people have arthritis, fragile bones, stiffness, as well as poor sight and [...]
Elderly Parent Social losses
November 23, 2009The emotional world of the elderly parent is continually threatened with impoverishment by the loss of siblings, friends and spouse. These losses are compounded by the loss of social functions. Loss of a familiar world and its bonds and loss of recognition aggravate the situation. These losses hurt far more than the pain endured by [...]
Why Girls Love Guys, Five Reasons to go Continued
November 20, 2009Because they hurt when we hurt.
When something bad happens in our lives, our female friends are always good for commiseration and advice. “That stinks,” they’ll nod sympathetically. Or, “You should just march in there and give her a piece of your mind,” they’ll say indignantly. When you tell a guy about the latest trauma in [...]
Why Girls Love Guys, Five Reasons to go
November 20, 2009Because they put up with us.
Face it: What seems like perfectly normal behavior to us is bona fide alien-nation stuff to them. And yet, often, with great grace and good humor, men do their level best to accommodate the needs of these strange female creatures. One woman recalls how a guy she befriended in [...]
Your ex is getting married. How do you feel?
September 17, 2009There you are, happy with your life, dating a lot, feeling thin, and then word comes down the grapevine: Your ex is getting married. How do you feel?
It depends. If you’re still attached to him, it can be a pretty devastating little piece of news. “I found out through friends that he had gotten married [...]
The Feeling Pain of Lost /Abandoned Love
August 30, 2009Yup. Heartbreak has no mercy. It doesn’t just cause emotional turmoil—why stop there?—it takes its physical toll, too. Some of the most common symptoms reported: heartbreak pimples, heartbreakheartbreak insomnia, heartbreak intestinal disorders, and heartbreak headaches. Not to mention that your eyes and nose are often so swollen from crying, you can barely see to assess [...]
Friends or Your Lover? Guys, who do you hang out most?
August 17, 2009What Friends Are For
But ask most married men how long it has been since they’ve hung out with an old friend from high school or college, and they’ll shrug sheepishly. The answer is often “years,” and we’re here to tell you that’s way too long.
After Breakup, Should I try to get him back?
August 16, 2009Practically every woman we talked to asked this question. Funny thing was, they didn’t all mean the same thing. About three-quarters of them wanted to know whether they should attempt a reconciliation. The rest wondered whether they should attempt . . . revenge.
Being damped, what did I do to deserve this?
August 16, 2009Well, there was that fat girl you made fun of in the third grade. And then there was the little incident when you stole a lipstick from Woolworth’s. Not to mention all those impure thoughts and the time you ate a doughnut at Passover. Strike that (the old wives possessed our brains for one second [...]
