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How To Date Again After Losing A Husband
How To Date Again After Losing A Husband

How To Date Again After Losing A Husband [VIDEO]

How to begin your search for love again.

When you find yourself alone after losing your loving husband, you may feel completely clueless as to how to get back in the dating game. How will you meet someone new? A Young Widow On Loss And New Love In this video, Lifestyle Transitions Coach and YourTango Expert, Inez Bracy offers her helpful and comforting advice. Only when you realize who you are on your own can you learn what kind of man you're looking for now.

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"He's Still Here": A 9/11 Wife On Love's Endless Bond

Author Bonnie McEneaney shares hope from beyond, as well as love lessons for all women and couples.

Bonnie McEneaney, an author, former business executive and mother of four, lost her husband on Sept. 11, 2001 after he experienced premonitions that his life would end in a terrorist attack on New York City. Ten years later, Bonnie opens up on how the tragedy strengthened her spiritual bond with her deceased husband and what all women can learn about love based on the signs she's received from beyond.

Dating Take 2: A Side Effect of Widowhood

Dating Take 2: A Side Effect of Widowhood

Tools & resources for a successful mid-life return to the dating scene. Tips for singles, too.

It seemed strange that one of the thoughts that flew through my head in the hour after learning I’d been widowed was the less than appealing, “Oh, my God, I am going to have to date again!”

Growing Through Sorrow: Good Grief Helps You Heal

Growing Through Sorrow: Good Grief Helps You Heal

Everyone alive will experience the loss of someone they love. Grieving is a normal process and sorrow is unavoidable. At the same time, sorrow does not have to define you from now on. You can heal from the grief.

6 Sexy Stars Who Wear Single Well

6 Sexy Stars Who Wear Single Well

Whitney, Susan Boyle, Jen: these female celebs are happy without romance. Go girls!

Whitney Houston, Susan Boyle, Jennifer Aniston: these female celebs are happy without romance. Go girls! Visit YourTango's Celebrity Love for the list.

Remembering Patrick Swayze's One Of A Kind Romance

Remembering Patrick Swayze's One Of A Kind Romance

Patrick Swayze's battle highlighted love with Lisa, his "soulmate" and wife of 34 years.

Patrick Swayze's battle highlighted love with Lisa Niemi, his "soulmate" and wife of 34 years. Visit YourTango's Celebrity Love for the story.

Life After Infidelity And Widowhood

Life After Infidelity And Widowhood

An interview with author Julie Metz about losing her husband then discovering his infidelity.

In 2003, after nearly 14 years of marriage, Julie Metz learned that her husband Henry had been cheating on her with multiple women. Shattering to any wife, news of his infidelity hit Metz particularly hard—Henry had passed away six months prior. The revelation of his rampant adultery—including a three-year affair with a close family friend—dealt Metz a second, equally wounding blow. In her memoir, "Perfection: A Memoir of Betrayal and Renewal," Metz recounts the aftermath of this revelation and chronicles her path to self-renewal and rediscovery of both love and trust.

Love Bytes: Chocolate, Sex Or Your Best Friend?

Love Bytes: Chocolate, Sex Or Your Best Friend?

Lemondrop asks us some tough questions. Plus, hermaphrodites, 9/11 and "Sex and The City."

Love Bytes: 10 must-click love and relationship links. Lemondrop asks us what we'd give up for an unlimited clothing budget: sex, chocolate or our best friend? Plus, hermaphrodites, 9/11 and Sex and The City.

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8 Celebrities Whose Deaths Left Mourning Exes

DJ AM's death reminds us of the late stars whose ex-lovers miss them most of all.

DJ AM's death reminds us of the late stars whose exes miss them most of all. Visit YourTango's Celebrity Love for the heartfelt list.