Today we have a post from Stephanie Florence, 40:20 Vision’s contributing / Millennial editor, reflecting on her siblings’ recent weddings. When I’m asked if I get home to Chicago often I typically laugh as I consider the last year. With siblings who were each married six weeks apart I think it’s safe to say I’ve […] Read more…
Archive of ‘Relationships’ category
The Problem With Other People’s Relationships…
…They aren’t yours. We often talk about how comparing yourself to others can be difficult on the self-esteem…the path to confidence is often learning to be true to yourself. Not to ignore what is out there… but to take it all in and figure out what feels right for you. That is learning to trust […] Read more…
Guest Post: All My Friends Are Engaged
Sometimes it’s hard to escape. You’ll open up a fresh webpage and load your Facebook newsfeed, look down at a text message that’s over accessorized in exclamation points, bump into an old friend on the street just to find out—again and again—that all your friends are engaged. In my life, this started to become somewhat […] Read more…
Channel Your Career (and Relationship) Energy
Yesterday morning I caught a bit of the Today Show. There was a quote from Hoda Kotb that struck me. ”If you don’t love what you are doing, you will take it out on someone you love.” Great point. If day after day you go to a job that you hate…or that you don’t […] Read more…
Supporting A Partner Financially – What I Know Now
A few weeks ago the 40-something panel answered a question about how to navigate when relationships change course. The twenties are full of transitions – from college to job, from home to own apartment, from living with roommates to living with a boyfriend. This list goes on. This particular 20-something just got her first job […] Read more…
Guest Post: Falling in Love at Forty vs. Twenty
Falling in love is a heady thing no matter your age. The feelings of giddiness, butterflies and hope when you fall head-over-heels in love at forty can be as powerful as falling in love as a twenty-something. But there are differences between love at twenty and love […] Read more…
What I Realize Now Is That I Was Looking For The Wrong Thing Before
I don’t think it’s about marrying “Mr. Good Enough”. I think it’s about knowing what you really want. I think people have this aspiration or idea of what they want and then you figure out what the next fifty years of your life could […] Read more…
20-Something Transitions: How To Deal with Relationships At Different Speeds
Dear 40-somethings, I feel silly writing in about a boy problem, but here it is. I’m graduating college and have a well-paying job nearby. My boyfriend of several years is still finishing community college and then has at least two years to go in university, after […] Read more…