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A woman in the LDS Dating - Midsingles Facebook group posted a meme last week that stopped the scroll for 359 people and pulled 65 comments out of a community. The image read: "There are people who had just one date, fell in love, and got married. Then there&
Dating After Divorce
A few days ago, a woman named Courtney posted a meme in a Facebook group for mid-single members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It was simple, funny, and devastatingly accurate. "Dating after divorce is weird," it read. "I don't know how
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Impact of Religious Trauma Series: The Unchaperoned Life | Post 2 of 6 She was everything the church ever told me to look for. Faithful. Devoted. A mother who clearly adored her kids. A woman whose social media feed — over six years of staying loosely in touch — told a consistent story
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Impact of Religious Trauma Series: The Unchaperoned Life | Post 3 of 6 She stopped letting him hug her. Not because she didn't want to be held. She was desperate to be held. But every hug had become a down payment on something she hadn't agreed to
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Impact of Religious Trauma Series: The Unchaperoned Life | Post 4 of 6 I want to say something that men in this situation almost never say. I wasn't ready. Not for what she needed. Not for what she was asking. Not for the thing she had every right to
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Impact of Religious Trauma Series: The Unchaperoned Life | Post 5 of 6 A woman in an online discussion about LDS singles dating put it simply and perfectly: "I think a big problem here is tyranny of choice. I have dated so many men that broke up or didn'
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Impact of Religious Trauma Series: The Unchaperoned Life | Post 6 of 6 The most intimate moment of my post-divorce life wasn't a vacation. It wasn't a candlelit dinner or a grand gesture or any of the things we're trained to think of when we
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If you’re a divorced midlife single, you already know something your younger self didn’t: love can be real… and life can still change. That’s why we’re going to say the quiet part out loud: A prenup isn’t planning for divorce. It’s planning to be
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Here's what nobody tells you when you re-enter the dating world at 40 or 50: your profile isn't a sales pitch. It's an invitation. And the goal isn't to attract everyone — it's to attract the right people. That one shift
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A practical, no-nonsense comparison of the major dating apps — with specific advice for singles over 40 from faith backgrounds.
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Not every imperfection is a red flag. Learning to distinguish between genuine warning signs and fear-based avoidance is one of the most important skills you can develop.
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You cannot create a new future while holding onto the emotions of the past. Here's how to apply cutting-edge neuroplasticity research to transform your love life.