Dear Carol, I love your new format and could hardly wait to write to you. I hope you print this or write back privately. I am overwhelmed with paper. They come in the form of bills, legal papers to sign …
Dear Carol, I’m so grateful I found your blog. I enjoy your wit and disclosure so much. It reminds me that all that I’m feeling is “normal.” This Sunday, February 22nd wil be exactly one year since Bob passed on. …
Hi Folks, I’ve gotten dozens of e-mails telling me they are happy I am changing this to an advice column and they sent me questions I will print here each new entry. Here is the first one: Dear Carol, You …
You may have noticed I haven’t written a new entry since “I Thought I’d Be More of a Slut.” Here’s my dilemma. Where do I go from here? I’ve met someone. I’ll call him “M” which is “W” upside down …
Here I am, a widow – three months short of three years and still no bedroom frolics. Are you surprised? No one is more shocked than I am. I though I’d be more of a slut. Even when I was …
Many divorced people read this blog and say they can relate to it because after all, “Divorce is just like a death.” This comment comes from my enthusiastic readers and I may be shooting myself in the foot (not literally) …
Last night I laughed all night long. Should someone dial 911? Have I flipped? Nope, not yet, anyway…I had dinner with Kathleen, a relatively new friend I met at a writer’s conference exactly a year after Jimmy died. She, too …
The snow is piling up. It’s Saturday night. Must be a mad house for the movies…the ones who are brave enough to venture out. Me? Well, I have my dog, Tony. True, Saturday night is not what it used to …
Granted, I haven’t been out in the world for very long as a single woman, but I have been out in the world period. When Gene, my ex-bereavement shrink told me: “Now, Carol, when you begin dating you will be …
On my profile page for dating services I had to choose… 1. dating 2. long term relationship 3. marriage 4. marriage and children Children would be a miracle so that ruled out number 4. Looking for “marriage” sounds like I …