Widows Are You Ready To Date?

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These blogs are all about wedding rings, dating and remarriage. These areas confuse a widow and are not always talked about.

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Do You Want To Live Alone?

At 65 years old, women are three times as likely as their same-age male counterparts to be widowed. And, in contrast to men, older women were twice as likely to live alone. Older widows are usually more content to stay single than older widowers.  They are often tired from looking after their late spouse and … Continue Reading

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Do You Want To Date Again?

You are a smart and warmhearted woman with lots to give and you are missing the love you used to have before your husband died.  You know what it’s like to have a life with someone to love and you wonder about dating again. But years have passed since you last dated and dating isn’t … Continue Reading

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Real Love

Love isn’t the only thing in your life.  Being true to your self is as important as just being a loving person. Why should you have to choose between the best in yourself and the best in love?   It is necessary to just relax when it comes to love but in this world love is … Continue Reading

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Love Lives On

As a widow the world is new to you and you may be living alone for the first time in years and maybe for the first time in your life. You may be finding out that you can do many things on your own.  In fact, a quiet Saturday to yourself to watch TV, read … Continue Reading

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Widows and Love

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Widows are standing up for themselves.  They care about love but nothing less than the best will do.  Widows want a love that is rich and meaningful. For the first time in history we don’t need men to help us survive.  We can put a roof over our heads and feed ourselves.  We can even … Continue Reading

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Widows – Dating with Kids

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Here is a great article about dating and remarrying.  A widow from New Hampshire had written to Dear Abby about getting married again and how her children don’t want her to.  In this article Abby gives the widow advice on how to handle this situation. DEAR ABBY: I am a widow with four teenagers. My husband … Continue Reading

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To Date or Not To Date

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A few months ago I took off my wedding rings and set forth to dangle my toes in the dating pool.  I had dinner out with one man and an evening out with another.  One man was younger than me and the other was older.  Both owned their own business and both were attractive and … Continue Reading

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Widows and Their Wedding Rings

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A year ago I thought about taking my rings off but I just was not ready.  It was almost four years but it didn’t feel right to me. More time has passed and it will soon be five years that I went from wife to widow and lately I’ve put more thought into my wedding … Continue Reading

Widows have freedom of choice

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You are free to choose happiness and to lead a productive life.  You may choose to stay single or to enter into another relationship. But more importantly: the freedom to be ourselves must come first.  Many of us carry around the burden of unmet needs, needs that control us and rob us of the freedom … Continue Reading

Widows and Dating

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How many times have you thought to yourself: I don’t want to “work” at a new relationship, I want it to be the fun part of my life.  And how many times has a nagging voice in your head chimed in, well, just live alone then, because there’s no such thing as a toil free … Continue Reading