Just last week we told you how researchers are noticing a trend among boomers for what they call, “late stage” divorce – marriages ending after 30 or 40 years. Now the Centers for Disease Control reports another boomer trend in the making: suicide. For many years, it was Americans older than 80 who were most … Continue Reading »

The recent announcement that Al and Tipper Gore are splitting up after 40 years of marriage is making headlines. Why, people ask, would anyone call it quits this late in the game? After all these years of loving and living together, what event or problem could possibly be so big as to tear a couple … Continue Reading »

Since we’re the generation that coined the phrase, “Never trust anyone over 30,” you might read the headline above and think “Well, what goes around, comes around.” But we were surprised when Bebe from Philly wrote to tell us about a recent experience that shows folks in the tourism industry apparently don’t realize some travelers … Continue Reading »

We were quite sad to see this week that Michael Winerip has written his last Generation B column for the NYTimes. His columns over these past months have been a source of advice, laughter and inspiration for baby boomers as we navigate the treacherous terrain of middle age. His final column was actually written by … Continue Reading »

An amazing thing happened last weekend: Boston University’s class of 1970 graduated. You read that right, the class of graduates  – now in their 60s – attended commencement 40 years after the fact. You have to think back and remember the spring of 1970 to understand why this ceremony was delayed. It was a turbulent … Continue Reading »

If you’re over age 50 and out of work, you may find the idea of starting over in a totally new career to be frightening. After all, conventional wisdom is that middle age to just too late to successfully switch careers. But now wait just a minute! We’re bohemian boomers, remember? We sneer at the … Continue Reading »

Now this is depressing! Someone has actually created a website just to count the deaths of us boomers. Did you know that another baby boomer dies every 36.6 seconds? Neither did I, and I think this is a clear case of ignorance is bliss. But a guy in Canada named James Love seems to think … Continue Reading »

That’s the headline this week in the NYTimes – apparently this is the best of times for models in middle age. The article focuses on how this new trend is showing up at one of modeling’s most prestigious names, the Ford Agency, where they’ve gone from employing 12 classic (females over 40) models in New … Continue Reading »