Yesterday's New York Times Modern Love column was by Alix Kates Shulman, author of To Love What Is: A Marriage Transformed. Shulman, an elderly woman, is the primary caretaker of her husband, who lost his short-term memory and his ability to function alone, when he was injured in a fall four years ago. Tango interviewed Shulman a few weeks ago; you can watch the video here and read our Q&A (not the same as the video) here.

In yesterday's Times, Shulman wrote about her husband's belief that he was having an affair with … Read More

"Should we renew grandpa's subscription to Playboy?," I ask my husband, as I stand in my kitchen staring at the crisp white letter with "RENEW NOW" stamped next to two shimmering stickers promising free gifts. The stickers feature buxom blondes, their hands, complete with acrylic finger nails, are covering their nipples, but sadly—in my opinion—not their overly inflated fake breasts.

"Of course," he replies, followed by a wink. "You know he loves it," he says of my 84-year-old grandfather.

Of course, I do. How could I ever forget the Saturday afternoon last fall when I discovered my grandpa's secret vice: porn.

It … Read More

Seniors turning to internet dating is actually a trend that makes a lot of sense. Seriously, where is an old guy (or gal) going to meet an old gal (or guy)? The discotheque is probably out. College or high school doesn't really work. And forget about the gym. What does that leave? Church? The market? The speakeasy? The old swimming hole? The five-and-dime? The International House Of Pancakes? Sure, you can go to the senior center but that place feels like that's the Cancun of mature living. Yeah, you can probably go home with someone after putting on a … Read More

Keep it in your pants, gramps.

From CBS

(CBS/AP) An unprecedented study of sex and seniors finds that many older people are surprisingly frisky — willing to do, and talk about, intimate acts that would make their grandchildren blush.

That may be too much information for some folks.

But it comes from the most comprehensive sex survey ever done among 57- to 85-year-olds in the United States. Sex and interest in it do fall off when people are in their 70s, but more than a quarter of those up … Read More