The Late Blooming Bride Blogs

Let The One That Got Away Get Away
We’ve all had that one that got away.
It’s the boyfriend you dumped, the girlfriend that didn’t last, the relationship that didn’t work out, the marriage that didn’t make it. The one that got away may either be long gone, or still hanging around-- if just in your mind. They have you reliving…

Stop Waiting For People To Love You
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the things we do for love. The knots we twist ourselves into, the hoops we jump through. In the pursuit of love (affection, acceptance, and approval too), we compromise our standards and abandon our identity. We work too hard, wait too long, and people-please…

If You Ask Me, Love Isn't Blind Enough
Before online dating, before dating apps, social media, and the internet, there was this thing called a “Blind Date.”
Your friends or family would fix you up with someone--like their cousin or cute dentist--and you’d say yes. First, you’d ask some questions, get some general information,…

A Bad Relationship is a Terrible Thing to Waste
“You don’t develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.” – Epictetus
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I have a client who just broke up with her longtime boyfriend, and even though she's heartbroken, she knew it had to end. The…

Put Yourself On Your Own Damn Pedestal
There was a time in my life when love was so elusive, when committed relationships felt so unobtainable, and marriage so out of reach, it had me convinced I wasn’t good enough, and that everyone was too good for me.
I was in my late 40s, still single, and on a horrible losing streak. Nonstarters…

Breaking Up With Donald Trump
We lasted four years together, which is shocking since I didn't think we’d make it past his 2017 inauguration.
I thought we were over so many times; I thought he was out the door; I thought we were splitsville, but after every fuck up, controversy, or scandal, he managed to hang in there, for better…

Undecided Voters, Maybe You Should Rub One Out
I came across a Reddit thread the other day about "Post Nut Clarity." I had no idea what the term meant, but the word "nut" gave me a clue. So after scrolling down a few hundred comments from mostly horny millennial guys, it became clear: Post nut clarity is an epiphany or realization you have after…

Treva’s Statement On COVID-19
The pandemic has turned our world upside down. The way we live, interact, and connect, have all have been disrupted. Being single seems harder, dating feels more challenging, and it takes more effort to stay focused and motivated. But it doesn’t have to be this way. There are creative solutions and…

10 Life & Love Lessons from Me and Navy SEAL Admiral McRaven
I bet you didn't know (and I'm sure he doesn't know either) but Navy SEAL Admiral William H. McRaven is an accidental dating and relationship expert.
When he offered his 10 life lessons in a commencement speech to the University of Texas at Austin, he wasn't exactly talking about LOVE, but he could've…

Falling In Love Is Scary AF
Falling in love is a death-defying act.
You're head-over-heels, topsy-turvy, with zero gravity, zero certainty, and no way of knowing which way is up.
When you fall in love, you have no control, no grip, no balance. You're vulnerable, powerless, dizzy, exposed. You don’t know how you’ll land,…

Dating Post-50: You Just Might Get What You Need
So what does a single man in midlife looking for love really want? A lot less than you’d think.
A few weeks ago I read an article about a widow in her 50s named Kerry McAvoy, who had just entered the online dating world after 30 years of marriage. What she found shocked her, but it didn’t shock…

Single In A Pandemic? You've Got Options
How’s your dating life going since the pandemic? Non-existent or “what pandemic?”
Has it ground to a halt or going gangbusters? Have you gone into hibernation or gone wild? Or, have you realized you just don’t give a shit and deleted all your dating apps? There’s no bad answer here.
It’s…

Post-COVID Dating: The People You Still Need To Avoid
There's going to come a time when life gets back to normal, and normal dating will resume. Other than still practicing some social distancing and washing your hands every five seconds, chances are, you'll still be the same person you were before the pandemic, and so will the people you'll be dating.
Except…

Vulnerability Is The New Black
Did you see Brené Brown’s interview on CBS 60 Minutes a few weeks ago, where she sang the praises of vulnerability? It spoke to me. In fact, it moved me so much, I watched it again online because I didn’t want to miss a single piece of her wisdom. And it wasn’t just wisdom she doled out, it was…

Keeping Love Alive In The Time Of Coronavirus
If there was ever a time to rethink how we love and live, it's now.
The coronavirus has changed life as we know it: how we live, function, do business, socialize, and date. But all is not bleak. Life will go on, and hopefully with more awareness and mindfulness. In the time of coronavirus, I think…

We Need To Have A Talk About Having "The Talk"
Picture this scenario:
You’ve been in a relationship for a few months, and things are going well. There’s intimacy and possible signs of real commitment. There's potential here, but you’re purposely keeping it light and letting things unfold. You see a future with this BF/GF, so you’re making…

One Day You Will Thank The Ex Who Dumped You
Believe it or not, your anger will turn into gratitude.
It might not be tomorrow, or next week. It might not be a month, a year, or even a few years, but in time, you will look back upon the ex you once reviled and the breakup that almost killed you, and say thanks.
I had a boyfriend I was madly…

You're Not Truly Compatible Unless You Have This
Before I got married for the first time at 51, I thought I knew what true compatibility was: connecting on a mind, body, and soul level. If we connected on enough levels, we were compatible. Compatibility meant we had potential, possibility, maybe even a real shot at love.
Everyone has their own definition…

I've Co-Hosted A Podcast About Love For A Year, Here's What I've Learned
It began five years ago when I got married for the first time at 51. My husband, also a marriage first-timer, was 57.
I thought it was an interesting story. Here we are, two people in our 50s, with no exes, no kids, no baggage (emotional, maybe) manage to find each other after a lifetime of looking.
To…

Self-Improving Your Chances At Love
“I am the most important mover of my chances in life.”
I don’t know where I found this saying--probably in a self-improvement or personal growth blog—all I know is that it resonated so much with me, I highlighted the text, enlarged the font, printed it out, cut it into a strip, placed it on…