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How To Slay While Grey: An Old Maid’s Guide to Breaking the Ridiculous Rules of Fashion After 50

So there I was, standing in a dressing room — you know, one with the…
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Slay the grey with fashion
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Why I Enjoy Eating Dinner at 5 PM (And Other Retirement Perks I’m Not Embarrassed To Embrace Early)

At 53, I’ve started letting my hair go grey (read 'The Great Uncoloring'), taken up…
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senior woman happy retirement
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The Great Uncoloring: The Ups and Downs of Letting My Hair Go Grey

I remember the exact place I was when I discovered my first silver hair. It…
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women's hair going grey
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The Single Life: New Study Finds It’s Complicated (And That’s Actually Normal)

With a rise in people choosing to remain single, there is some interesting research being…
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Old Maid’s Guide to Living Alone After Fifty : 13 Tips to Make It a Life You Love

Living alone after fifty isn't what the movies and TV shows like to portray (sad…
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living alone
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Being Single Does Not Mean Being Always Available – How To Avoid Becoming A Doormat

The unspoken expectation that your time, money, and energy are community property — and how…
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The freedom of saying no
A dalmation without spots would just be a boring white dog.
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How To Handle Dark Spots: Tips from a Woman Over 50

January 24, 2025
You know those mysterious dark spots that seemingly appeared overnight? They do not go away…
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The realease of handcuffs represents living outside traditional relationship norms.
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4 Scientific Findings on Why Single Women Are (gasp!) Happy

January 10, 2025
It’s no surprise to many of us Old Maids, that their findings suggest that single women are, on average, happier in singlehood than men.
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A New New Year’s Resolution: The Old Maid’s Guide to a Fresh Start (Again)

January 2, 2025
Here we are, facing down the New Year's resolution conundrum. After fifty-plus trips around the…
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Last-Minute Gift Guide: What to Get a Merry Old Maid

December 22, 2024
Whether you celebrate Christmas, Kwanza Hanukah or Festivus, you’re running out of time to shop.…
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A single holiday ornament conveys feeling of loneliness or being alone
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Alone Vs Lonely: An Old Maid’s Guide to Holiday Emotions

December 16, 2024
The holidays are bearing down on us and, while we're expected to be merry, it…
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A woman gleefully throws papers in the air freeing herself for a career change
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Plot Twist: How To Approach a Career Change in Your 50s

December 3, 2024
Who doesn’t love a good plot twist? The idea of making a career change in…
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A man in a headband looks like a handsome schmuck, but is probably interesting once you get to know him
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I Love Men!

November 25, 2024
Seriously, I do. Just because I never married one and haven't successfully dated one in…
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A woman bending backwards screaming as she struggles with perimenopause hot flashes, memory lapses and frustrating sleep disruption
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How To Perimenopause

November 7, 2024
My dear ladies of a "certain age" - let's talk about the rollercoaster ride that…
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Friends over 50 gather to celebrate anything and everything
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How To Make Friends After 50

October 25, 2024
This is not for everyone. It’s okay to be single and not feel the need…
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A woman with grey hair looks hip and fun and ready to take on the world without a man by her side, she is a modern old maid
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All The Single Old Ladies

October 25, 2024
Welp, I've made it into my fifties without getting married. It wasn't planned or something…
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