The definition of a love anorexic is “someone who compulsively avoids giving or receiving social, sexual, or emotional nourishment.” Yikes!  I might be love anorexic…I haven’t been on a date since last January – that’s a year ago. I’m not sure where the time went, but between writing a new novel, taking up a Buddhist…

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  July Fourth Social Pressure… I always feel a bit of anxiety around the holidays, any holiday.  There is this pressure to Do something, be with others, go someplace, celebrate. Sometimes I just can’t wait for the damn day to be over… This July fourth I’ve been invited to a block party by a woman…

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(*All blog post are from Lead character, Samantha Collins, in award winning comedy, Dating In The Middle Ages…) Forties are the new twenties is such old boloney… Listen, I’m all for people feeling, acting, looking younger, but the truth is (at least for me) once you’re in your forties things change. Period. My body does…

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  I’m wondering if I made a Christmas Etiquette Faux Pas here and could use some help… Today I’m a little embarrassed and ferhblungit (means totally perplexed in Yiddish) about a situation I’m in. See, a few weeks ago I invited a dear friend, let’s call her Wendy, who means the world to me to spend…

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Fashion Over 40 – Tip #2! Samantha Collins, (@ditmaSamantha, and lead character) From Dating In The Middle Ages, talks Fashion Over 40 – Tips! Tip #2 – Buy yourself a tailored Jacket! Listen, we all know our bodies change as we get older, but good fashion sense doesn’t.  If you’ve never gotten yourself a darling…

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