The subtitle of Getting Naked Again (available hardcover or Kindle) by Judith Sills says it all: Dating, Romance, Sex, and Love When You’ve Been Divorced, Widowed, Dumped, or Distracted. If you’re getting into the dating/ romance/ sex/ love world again after being out of it for a long time, this is absolutely the book you need to read.
 Author Judith Sills, Ph.D., clinical psychologist and author of several psychology books, writes for women in a warm, pull-no-punches style and zooms in on those issues that concern – or should I say, obsess? – us when we’re considering reentering the dating game and becoming naked physically and emotionally again. It’s a modern, how-to book about dating again, and it’s also a guide to preparing yourself to make that transition.
You’ll look at your last relationship and how it will shape your new one, mistaken fantasies and beliefs, and fears. You'll learn your best mind-set for dating success.
Whether you lost your last relationship to death, divorce, or a breakup, you were part of a romantic partnership which is no longer. You likely experienced the depths of heartbreak. Dating after heartbreak isn’t anything like dating after college graduation. If you’re ready to forge a new relationship, or even just to tip your toes (or other body parts) in the dating waters to see how it feels, the world you’re entering is not the same as the one you left. Being single again isn’t even close to what it was in your past. Sills walks you through all this and more.
Although you don’t have to be over 50, 60, or 70 to benefit from Sills’ insights and tips, it helps. Many of her anecdotes and quotes are from women our age. And Sills doesn’t presume that you’ll wait until love or remarriage before you get naked – quite the opposite: she warns you not to mistake a first partner-assisted orgasm after emerging from a “sexual coma” for love.
For more about Getting Naked Again, including a FREE BOOK GIVEAWAY from the publisher, see this link.
© 2009 by Joan Price, may not be reprinted without permission.
Joan Price is the author of Better Than I Ever Expected: Straight Talk about Sex after Sixty. Visit her website at joanprice.com and her sex and aging blog at betterthanieverexpected.blogspot.com.
You can write Joan at joan@joanprice.com.
Read Joan’s earlier Suddenly Senior columns:
If Not Now, When Do We Live Fully?
Our Last Kiss
Straight Talk about Sex and Relationships after 50
Sex and Older Bodies: Tips, Tools, and Tricks that Work!
Safe Sex for Seniors: Tips for NOT getting a gift that lasts a lifetime
(Read this even if you’re in a committed relationship!)
Straight Talk about Sex and Relationships after 50
Doctor, Talk to Us about Sex...
Sex Then and Now
Seniors Having Sex Despite "Bothersome Problems," Says New England Journal of Medicine
Book Review: For Keeps: Women Tell the Truth About Their Bodies, Growing Older, and Acceptance
How to Talk about Sex with Your Partner
Bad Sex Between the Covers
Sex and Intimacy after Cancer
Copyright © 2009 Joan Price
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