Relationships

It’s hard enough facing some of the challenges of getting older. Now imagine facing those challenges without loved ones or supportive family members to offer a helping hand. For millions of Americans, they don’t have to imagine, because that’s their reality. According to the Merck Manual, 30% of the 46…

Probably few agebuzz readers are also reading “parenting” blogs at this point. After all, if we have children they’re likely adults by now and if we have exposure to younger children, it’s likely we’re the grandparents, with a decidedly different role than the parents of these younger children. However, a…

Writer Thomas Merton once wrote, “Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone- we find it with one another.” A lucky few of us have had long marriages that are sustained by a lifetime of common interests, shared memories and love that…

The news has broken and now the wait is on: soon enough, you’re going to be a grandparent and going to take on a whole new role in life, both with your adult child and with the child to be born. Are you ready? Do you know what issues you’ll…

It could be an awkward conversation, one complicated by taboos around discussing money matters or confronting long-standing family baggage. But many of us will face this situation, either for ourselves or as the adult children of those in need: that is, the dilemma of adult children who need to step…

If you’re lucky, you may have one or two decades-long friendships (known in today’s world as BFFs, or Best Friends Forever) in your life. But as we age, few of us maintain a large group of friends. For most, having a small circle of friends is enough to make you…