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I’ll Go on A Diet if You Give Me Your Wallet: What People Really Want in A Partner When Dating
No matter how many times Life in the Boomer Lane (or anyone else) writes about the characteristics people look for in relationships, those actually looking for relationships will read it. LBL is starting to think that, in the category of “hope springs eternal,” humans believe that if enough studies are done, one’s odious characteristics might […]
This Ain’t Your Mama’s Grandparents Day
September 12, 2015
by Life in the Boomer Lane
With all due respect to generations of grandparents who came before, boomers are slowly making inroads on yet another sacred, Hallmark-bedazzled day. Both of Life in the Boomer Lane’s grandmothers were long gone before LBL was born. But she had a step-grandmother. Goldie. Goldie was one of the gentlest, softest spoken people on earth. There […]
Posted in: climate change, Grandparents Day
Mastering Your Memory
September 8, 2015
by Life in the Boomer Lane
Two months ago (Note to readers: If the word “ago” causes you to have an anxiety attack, this post is for you), Life in the Boomer Lane took advantage of a memory workshop, “Mastering Your Memory,” being offered to the Realtors in her company. The company offering the workshop promised that by taking the workshop, […]
Posted in: aging, memory loss
An Interview With Our Future First Lady
September 1, 2015
by Life in the Boomer Lane
Shortly after Kanye West declared for the 2020 Presidential bid at the VMAs the other night, Life in the Boomer Lane arranged an interview with our future First Lady. Ms Kardashian, your husband has declared for the 2020 Presidential bid. Was this a joint decision between the two of you? I don’t partake in marijuana, […]
Why the Dating Game is Rigged Against Women
August 31, 2015
by Life in the Boomer Lane
Life in the Boomer Lane, in perusing her weekly issue of Time, bypassed articles about all manner of significant news to share with loyal readers, and focused, instead, on the following: “There are now four college-grad women for every three college grad men among Americans ages 22-29.” And, as the years go by, the disparity […]
Posted in: boomer humor, dating, dating after 50, dating and mating, dating at midlife, humor, love, love after 50, love and marriage, satire
If I’m Over 60, I Must Not Be Having Sex
August 27, 2015
by Life in the Boomer Lane
Thanks to an article on BBC.com, we now know that the vast majority of movie goers would prefer not to see people post-60 having sex onscreen. This fact dovetails with the vast majority of people post-60 who would prefer not to watch themselves having sex. In spite of this, film makers have lately started to […]
Blind Man With Blind Dog
August 24, 2015
by Life in the Boomer Lane
On a bench at Alki Beach in West Seattle, there daily sits a blind man with his blind dog. The blind man let Life in the Boomer Lane into his life, and told her that his dog loved people and loved to be petted. LBL obliged, and the dog responded, much the same as people […]
Should Men Even Exist?
August 14, 2015
by Life in the Boomer Lane
The following was inspired by a recent article in the Washington Post, sent to Life in the Boomer Lane by an alert reader. The fact that LBL is writing about this is in no way indicative of her disrespect for men. Nor is it her intention to be the female version of Donald Trump. She […]
Dating Review Sites: Avoiding the Downside of Online Dating
August 11, 2015
by Life in the Boomer Lane
Back in the Dark Ages of online dating, it was believed that dating sites were populated mainly by serial killers. Life in the Boomer Lane, a firm believer that even serial killers deserved to find true love, signed up for the service immediately. Her friends were horrified. The horror went to even higher levels when […]
Why Boomers Should Suck Up to Millennials
August 10, 2015
by Life in the Boomer Lane
Those of you who have been distracted by the awful tsunami composed of the demise of the American political system, combined with the arrival of Covid, may have missed, way back in 2019, the most startling news to hit the planet since we learned that Trump wears diapers and flushes important government documents down the […]
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September 30, 2015
by Life in the Boomer Lane
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