Flings, Frolics, and Forever Afters: A Single Woman's Guide to Romance After Fifty

by Emilie Chaddock Egan and Katherine Chaddock

A practical and humorous eight-step plan to building a life filled with great romance, written by divorced and widowed fifty-something sisters. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580087167
• ISBN13: 9781580087162
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Ten Speed Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 7.1"

Customer Reviews

Romance Coach Gives 5 Stars

Yippee! Not too often am I able to write a good review about a dating books for older women. In fact, I can't remember the last one that I liked. But finally, a good one! "Flings, Frolics, and Forever Afters: A Single Woman's Guide to Romance After Fifty" by Katherine E. Chaddock and Emilie Chaddock Egan is a winner. Here's what I liked about it: This book was clearly written by two women over fifty who have been there and done that. They know what they are talking about and know how to write -- yea! Chaddock and Egan do not talk down to their reader and do not infantalize us with cutsey cartoons or think we won't see through shallow information. This book is PACKED with information. Granted, once in awhile, the authors do slip into some not-so-adorable labels like "The Pin Cushion" and "The Violin Player," but hey, none of us are perfect. There's too much good in this book for me to pick out illistrations. But I did particularly like what they called "the nightie slide" (pg. 174) for finessing the "getting naked" part. I did NOT like "The Magnolia Principle - the full court girly push." Could be because it came from a woman who lived in Oxford, Mississippi. I'm in Florida now, but Mississippi is too recent in my memory to be able to romantisize Southern Belles. So, I liked "Flings, Frolics, and Forever Afters" and recommend it to any single woman over 50 who is stepping into the dating fray. It'll help, believe me! From Your Romance Caoch, Kathryn Lord www.Find-a-Sweetheart.com

A fun read

This is a delightful read for most woman over the age of fifty who questions whether she has anything to offer a man. Even if you never use any of the insight offered, you will come away better informed on some issues. Having said this I will note that I disagree with some of the things they say. Like on page 151 where they note under a section titled 'The Aging Attorney or Silver Surgeon: He is educated, intelligent, interesting, wealthy, and retired. ..... While the situation may be perfect, he may or may not be. Men in high powered professions are accustomed to being in charge and being catered to. Outside the professional setting, they rarely take care of others.' This may be true with the professionals these women know, but its such a stereotypical thing to say since I know plenty of physicians and lawyers who are keepers. These days since the feminist movement of the seventies and since, many women hold positions that require them to be take charge people, who also outside the job aren't to great at taking care of others, unless its done so begrudgingly. I also tend to think as a widow, that the writers and their main audience are women who are divorced. My experience has been, since my husband died, that men view widows much differently than women who are divorced. Widow=success in a relationship while divorce=failure and like it or not men want success and treat widows better in my opinion. Alas I also disagree with their advise on page 176 that faking an orgasm is Ok. Sorry, but I believe that a serious relationship is based on total honesty and that men want to know what works and are not turned off if told that vaginal intercourse as an example never results in an orgasm. The authors are on target when discussing with a man what works so both partners are happy.

Itst great to learn how to frolic after 50!!

I love this book. There are too many women who don't have fun and don't know how. This book tells you how to do it and where to go to get some fun--particularly if your idea of fun is tracking down some guys.

A must read for everyone...men included!

Wow, what a delightful and witty book with an amazing amount of insight. As a connsoisseur of self help books, I expected more of the same, but intrigued with the title, I got the book. Instead I found myself laughing, smiling and recognizing so much that I have experienced as a single mature woman and dating. Now happily married I wish I had read this book while single, it would have made things so much easier. I plan to give it as a gift to all my friends...

Informative & Practical

This book is very well done. It's easy to read and full of practical, useful information about starting to date when you are over 50. My sister-in-law, a practicing psychologist, was quite impressed with the book and took my copy to pass on to her clients.