Author Ruby Warrington plans to rely on chosen family, but studies indicate that has limitations — Journalist and author Ruby Warrington is one of the thousands of women who isn’t interested in having children. And so she’s written a book for people like her, “Women Without Kids: The Revolutionary Rise of an Unsung Sisterhood,” although she includes women who may be childless by circumstance, not choice.

Maybe you need a sex contract with your partner — Recently, headlines have declared that no one’s having sex anymore. Rock star Robbie Williams is one of them. At 49, Williams—once deemed Cosmopolitan’s sexiest man in the world — says he’s pretty meh about getting it on with his wife of 13 years, Ayda Field, who’s almost 44. “Everyone knows…

No, it’s not just for financial reasons — Recently I’ve been fantasizing about retiring. And so I’ve been talking about retirement with my married friends who, like me, are in their 60s — around retirement age. What’s your plan, I ask. We’re set financially, they often tell me. Except, that’s just a part of what retiring is about…

At 85, the actor and activist is focusing on her body’s flaws, not the pleasure it can still bring her — Jane Fonda was talking about sex lately. As in, she’s not having any. Fonda appeared on the season premiere of Wiser Than Me, Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ new podcast of interviews with old women, and among the many things the 85-year-old actor and activist talked about was men and sex. Yes, she…

Forced separation when a spouse can’t be cared for at home challenges couples and their concept of commitment — After my dad fell, hit his head, and had emergency brain surgery, his needs were too much for my mother to handle alone at their Florida condo. So he was forced to move to a nursing home, a situation he never would have willingly chosen. My mother visited him every…

Research indicates there are benefits to community nudity — Charlie Ann Max, a New York City artist and model, has been hosting nude vegan dining experiences for the past three years, which The New York Times recently wrote about. According to her website, the dinners offer a “liberating space that celebrates our most pure selves through soul nourishing food…

Like Bruce Willis’ young wife, many are forced to become spousal caregivers before they may be ready — Bruce Willis recently celebrated his 68th birthday— an age that many boomers may not consider “old.” As someone who will turn 67 this year, I sure don’t. Yet there’s a huge difference between me and Bruce beyond the fact that he’s a guy and I’m a woman and he’s a…

Perhaps it’s time to stop focusing solely on erections — From high-profile midlife and older women like Paulina Porizkova and Madonna to those of us who don’t quite have that kind of platform, women — especially post-menopausal women — have been vocal and visual about their sexuality as they experience midlife. Invisible? Irrelevant? Undesirable? Asexual? Actually, no. Men like CNN…

All too often, fathers aren’t in as much contact with their kids — Even though divorce rates in the United States have been decreasing, there’s one age group that has been seeing an uptick — among those aged 50 and older, the so-called “gray divorce.” Many newly single people are interested in re-partnering, some are interested in marrying again, and some are even…