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Dr. Ruth's Sex After 50: Revving up the Romance, Passion & Excitement! (The Best Half of Life)

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Look at the cover of this book -- and while I know they tell you not to do this, you'll get a pretty good sense of what's inside. The people on the cover are not in their 40s, they're closer to 70 and they still project their joie de vivre and the ease and happiness of their physical intimacy. They obviously know how to enjoy life and each other. You look at the picture and you say, "Hey, I want that." For anybody over 50 who is frustrated by teaser magazine articles that promise to explain all and then fail to deliver any actual information, this book is a compact treasure trove of reassurance. As we extend our useful lives into 8 and 9 decades, surely it's time to demystify the secrets of keeping our sex organs as happily engaged as our hearts and minds.

I generally enjoyed the read. I thought that it would be better as a "Guide to Better Sex after 60," because today's 50-year-old is yesterday's 40-year-old. Dr. Ruth may be a little out of touch with the baby boomer generation--sexually. It's a little bit geriatric. Even the font was larger, which made it easier to read, was very perceptive, but who me?
Consider using it as an encyclopedia of information, everything included, but clearly not everything is pertinent to everyone. It has an amazing table of contents. Read it once and highlight sections and issues that you think are important to you. Give it to your spouse, partner or significant other to read and have them do the same, but highlight issues with different color highlighters, compare notes and see how your relationship has evolved. If you end up with a rainbow of colors, then you should go to counseling fast!
Dr. Ruth's honesty, sense of humor and folksy personality come through clearly with this easy to read and understand "therapy guide." Exercising naked with your mate and leaving the bathroom door open when you're using it? Women would not find that terribly mood enhancing--in my book. As the "caverject" caught my eye as something no man would find too appealing--even if only to be used if Viagra fails to do the trick. So, trust that we had some differences of opinions. Zero in on the honesty and being truthful, authentic, and most everything else should be fun! If you have not brought your lover to the promise land in 20, 30 or 40 years this may help, but there are no guarantees!

Barbara Kennedy, M.P.H., M.S.W.
Relationship Counseling & Mediation
Scottsdale, AZ

Suddenly single in my 50's.....I went back to reading Cosmopoliton magazine thinking older men were like younger men in the sex department. Wrong.....this book help set things straight and understand the changes with sex as we grow older.

I, for one, love the premise of books like Dr. Ruth's Sex After 50, Seasoned Romance, and Grandpa Does Grandma.

My late husband was over 70. Like fine wine, he got better and better with age.

And I've had enough candid discussions with other older women to know that sex can truly be better after 50, 60...

Thanks, Dr. Ruth, for encouraging us golden oldies to keep the fire lit and the passion building! It really does come down to revving up the romance, as your subtitle says, doesn't it?

What happens to sexual drive after the age of 50? There may be changes, but it doesn't dry up, so read Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer's Dr. Ruth's Sex After 50: Revving Up The Romance, Passion & Excitement! to find out what physical and psychological changes actually lend to sex after 50. Sex therapist Westheimer discusses romance and passion as well as these changes, providing a focus on how passion can be retained through the years.

Great book. I bought it after reading Seasoned Romance.

Dr. Ruth remains amazing after all these years of dispensing wonderful information, and Sex After 50 is filled with her trademark wittiness and candidness. Grandpa loved reading it too.

As I've mentioned in the comments somewhere else for another book, Dr. Ruth's book is for lovers of any age, and the best part is the knowledge that an active sex life can benefit your overall health and self-image. I mean, how cranky can Grandpa be when he's just had a good poke?

I'm writing much the same as what I commented about Seasoned Romance. This book has added a lot to our already-good relationship.

Because of books like Dr. Ruth's, SR, and Grandpa Does Grandma, I can candidly say on behalf of my sexy husband and myself that our love life hasn't been this good in 20 years. After reading Chapter 9 in SR, my husband even signed up for dance lessons. Can you believe that!

What better time in our life together than now?

Part of the subtitle says it all: "The Best Half of Life."

This is the fourth book I've read on a subject that I hardly knew existed. A friend suggested Seasoned Romance. I was so liberated and filled with hope, realizing that I wasn't the only one who desired lasting and meaningful romance.

This book by Dr. Ruth gets right to the core of the subject. I loved the interviews and stories in Seasoned Romance, but I also liked how the good doctor talks about specific ways to rev up the passion and thrills in lovemaking.

Thank you, Dr. Ruth, for continuing to show the way for all of us who are moving into our best years!

The key that comes through loud and clear from books like this that are dedicated to outstanding senior lovemaking seems to be great fitness.

After my husband passed away, I began re-evaluating everything, starting with me, myself, and I.

SEASONED ROMANCE came along at the right time. In several of the chapters I read about people much like me. Then I read DR. RUTH'S SEX AFTER 50 and HOW TO BE AN OUTRAGEOUS OLDER WOMAN.

I got started on a fitness program, and I'm understanding how important good health is to everything in life, including love and even lovemaking.

I'm on my way again! As either Dear Abby or Dear Ann Landers used to write, "Help is where you find it." Thank goodness for books like DR. RUTH'S SA50, SR, and HTBAOOW!

I ordered this book based on a recommendation of a friend who also told me about books like Seasoned Romance, Naked At Our Age, Better Than I Ever Expected, and this excellent book, Dr. Ruth's Sex at Fifty .

Unless you've been a senior and have bought into the notion that sex is over (or greatly diminished) at our age, you can't begin to understand what it means to read books like this, especially when you realize that life and lovemaking can actually be better as you get older!

Thanks, Dr. Ruth, for this book. I'm incredibly grateful. So is my husband of 57 years.