R.A.D.I.C.A.L. Thoughts for R.A.D.I.C.A.L. Women
“Two-thirds of people with HERPES show no symptoms.” From The Paranoid’s Pocket Bible: Hundreds of Things You Never Knew You Had to Worry About by Cameron Tuttle
I feel like a dorm mother at the college for Advanced Midlife Divorce Recovery Studies. I worry about you. I want to tell you like I used to tell my daughter in one way or another before a date: “Remember who you are, Who’s you are and what you stand for.” Some on this site are not ready for dating at all, but I know some are at least exploring the possibility and testing the waters. That’s why the quote above makes me nervous. In a RADICAL Women Support Group last night all of the women said they struggled with loneliness in some form or another. One woman in my very first support group said, “I would just like to put a sack over a man’s head and a sack over mine and just have a good screw. I don’t want any commitment. I don’t want a long-term relationship. I just want to be in someone’s arms for a few hours.” We all can relate to that. Divorce and the recovery period afterwards are lonely. They are difficult, and the absence of physical touch is a devastating loss. That’s one reason so many women get into new relationships before they are ready. They are hungry for the physical part of it. Not just the sex, but just physical closeness. Be careful. Guard your heart. If you are beginning to explore online dating, e-mail me and I will send you a free document about precautions to take in that area. It is also applicable for any return to dating. My e-mail is suzysuccess@kc.rr.com. Put as the subject Online Dating. I am also going to send the document to those of you who have signed up for Free Divorce Recovery Updates from my www.midlifedivorcerecovery.com site. A dorm mother can never be too careful!
“Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body. Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.” 1 Corinthians 6:18-20
“Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.” Proverbs 4:23 (NIV)
