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Pond Life… Moi?

Having just read another article referring to the Blogger ‘Plankton’ and how she finds herself middle-aged, single and apparently at the bottom of sexual food chain, I am again amused and bemused by how she is finding it “out there”. It sounds sad, lonely and bloody awful – and I have to say the complete […]
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Dating after 40

Dating After 40

This news article, by Suzanne Harrington, appeared in the Irish Independent on August 13th. As it’s a great piece of writing, and very insightful, we thought we’d share it with you: ‘On July 2, an anonymous blogger calling herself The Plankton uploaded her first post. The blogger, a middle-aged woman, says its title refers to […]
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J K Rowling

JK Genius

If you’ve ever had to do public speaking it’s unlikely that you’ve taken it in your stride. A survey recently found that some poeple would rather die than get up on a podium and talk to a lot of people. Well if that is the case check out this speech by J K Rowling from […]
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Texas teacher and her student

Texan Teacher Dates Student

Not so long ago, if a female teacher had been found having a relationship with a pupil in her school she would have been fired immediately. Now perhaps attitudes are changing if people see how both parties can benefit and give each other happiness and support. A recent example of this was reported in Fort […]
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Helen Mirren

Helen Mirren: Body of the Year

Whilst messing about on Facebook one day, we came across this fabulous little article by blogger and style expert, Bridgette Raes. As we at TBW HQ love to encourage older women to revel in their beauty and the wisdom that comes with age, we thought it would be a perfect item for the site and […]
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Shane Warne weight loss

Hetero or Metro?

There’s been quite a lot of talk recently about the change in Shane Warne’s appearance from overweight, beer-drinking, sporty guy to manicured, some say even botoxed, slimmed down man-about-town. It seems he has gone from one end of the hetero/metro scale to the other. This was reported in The Evening Standard: Warne, 41, has always […]
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IQ

IQ, MeQ, I like You

We’ve had a few discussions on our forum lately suggesting that we aren’t (here at TBW HQ) high-lighting men’s points of view enough. We’ve always tried to get away from the stereotype of the older woman seeking a younger man and the younger man seeking an older woman, which tends towards a picture of a […]
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Bastian Dash

Fin de siècle

At some point every story sounds the same… Well not quite the same. There are always variant themes, dependent upon one’s latest adventure, but in the end it’s like one series too many of a former favourite TV show. In other words, you’re better off with the odd one-off special now and again to stop […]
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Toyboy Warehouse

Commitment: One Woman’s View

I’m in a long-standing relationship… with the fear of commitment. Really, it’s true. I’m not quite sure when this liaison begun, but we’ve been together for quite some time. And like some couples feel that they’re halves of one another, I too feel that my lack of inclination to commit, is part of who I […]
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Life begins at 40

Life begins at 40!

For those of you who didn’t see the article in last Sunday’s Observer, we’re putting a link here. It really is all about having a positive attitude, not your age. “Single women in their 40s and 50s are increasingly feeling that their love lives are over as men their own age use online dating to […]
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