Comments on: Ask Joan: Head vs. Heart https://seniorplanet.org/articles-ask-joan-head-vs-heart/ Aging With Attitude Sun, 15 Dec 2024 03:51:15 +0000 hourly 1 By: Joan Price https://seniorplanet.org/articles-ask-joan-head-vs-heart/#comment-542499 Sun, 15 Dec 2024 03:51:15 +0000 https://seniorplanet.org/?p=165643#comment-542499 In reply to Wendy Wilbor.

If it was a recent blog post of mine, it was the Volta: https://joanprice.com/2024/09/fun-factory-volta-versatile-vibrator.html

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By: Wendy Wilbor https://seniorplanet.org/articles-ask-joan-head-vs-heart/#comment-536203 Thu, 21 Nov 2024 05:11:48 +0000 https://seniorplanet.org/?p=165643#comment-536203 Joan,

You and Seamus reviewed a vibrator recently that was recommended for both clitoral stimulation and penis stimulation, It cost about $100 and now I can’t find it in the last few months articles anywhere. Any idea of what I am trying to find?

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By: Alison Loris https://seniorplanet.org/articles-ask-joan-head-vs-heart/#comment-498636 Mon, 25 Mar 2024 18:42:36 +0000 https://seniorplanet.org/?p=165643#comment-498636 In reply to Stephen Kilpatrick.

“Women” overthink everything? Because one particular woman did? And yet the letter to Joan was from a woman about a man who was overthinking. Misogynist much?

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By: David Dods https://seniorplanet.org/articles-ask-joan-head-vs-heart/#comment-498467 Sat, 23 Mar 2024 17:27:10 +0000 https://seniorplanet.org/?p=165643#comment-498467 In reply to Doris Wilson.

No, no, no. I was brought up in a Christian home and very firmly was taught that even in marriage sex was ONLY for procreation. I learnt when my marriage was over that the Bible doesn’t say that. My Asian Christian wife left me as she was very passionate and said she needed sex. I am a saved Bible believer but I am not a “Christian ” … 90% of people that call themselves a Christian are full of BS. They are liars. The few times I have been cheated in biz was a Christian.

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By: David Cohen https://seniorplanet.org/articles-ask-joan-head-vs-heart/#comment-498454 Sat, 23 Mar 2024 11:57:35 +0000 https://seniorplanet.org/?p=165643#comment-498454 In reply to Ed Liebfried.

This happened to me in 1985. My widowed friend of 9 years had joined a fundamentalist Christian church, persuaded by her son. They had prayed over to seek forgiveness for fornicating. We were already booked on a camping holiday abroad. Her daughter persuaded her to go and I took two tents. She started having nightmares and eventually decided to join me in my tent but on a platonic basis. When we got back home the church spirited her away. Later she ended up in a mental hospital. So sad.

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By: Stephen Kilpatrick https://seniorplanet.org/articles-ask-joan-head-vs-heart/#comment-495948 Sat, 24 Feb 2024 23:34:40 +0000 https://seniorplanet.org/?p=165643#comment-495948 The woman I was in a relationship periodically had guilt because we were having sex. One Sunday morning she heard a sermon which caused her to say “I can’t do this anymore.” I had no interest in being legally married again but we had talked about having a “covenant marriage” with no license from the state. I told her that I was very close to proposing marriage. She said “no, I know you don’t really want to be married.” From that moment on I’ve asked “why do women have to overthink everything?”

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By: Anne https://seniorplanet.org/articles-ask-joan-head-vs-heart/#comment-495757 Fri, 23 Feb 2024 05:40:44 +0000 https://seniorplanet.org/?p=165643#comment-495757 Where were this man’s convictions when they were making love? It bothers me when she says, “He wants me to watch sermons to understand and come around to his religious beliefs.” HE wants HER to COME AROUND TO HIS religious beliefs. He wants her to change. He has not offered to meet her halfway at all. She should take this experience and move on. I am having a similar thing with my husband; he is suddenly reverting to religious convictions that he told me years ago did not matter to him.

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By: Bernice Prince https://seniorplanet.org/articles-ask-joan-head-vs-heart/#comment-495607 Wed, 21 Feb 2024 14:22:06 +0000 https://seniorplanet.org/?p=165643#comment-495607 This is a very sad story. The male knew in the beginning what his religious reservations were, yet he took advantage of the situation and enjoyed the pleasures of a sexual relationship before he felt a conviction and then decided to put the brakes on. That conversation should have been had at the very beginning.. How many times is he going to break his promise to God at the woman’s expense.

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By: Doris Wilson https://seniorplanet.org/articles-ask-joan-head-vs-heart/#comment-495580 Wed, 21 Feb 2024 02:44:45 +0000 https://seniorplanet.org/?p=165643#comment-495580 Hello Reader,
Growing old as a senior there’s more to life than sex. Have you ever thought about companionship. Just having someone to communicate with, & exploring compatibility, is better than sex. And I don’t believe in sex before marriage. That is my belief. Putting God first and He will direct your path. Forget about intimacy & work on your religious relationship. Just remember with God all things are possible.

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By: Elizabeth https://seniorplanet.org/articles-ask-joan-head-vs-heart/#comment-495575 Wed, 21 Feb 2024 01:22:50 +0000 https://seniorplanet.org/?p=165643#comment-495575 I am suspicious of the man’s intentions. Within three months he is intimate in a new relationship AND recalls that he is a devout Christian? Is the woman’s bank account healthier than his? Move on from him ASAP!

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By: Pamela Beck https://seniorplanet.org/articles-ask-joan-head-vs-heart/#comment-495564 Wed, 21 Feb 2024 00:13:42 +0000 https://seniorplanet.org/?p=165643#comment-495564 Many things don’t change with age. As a women we want to care for others. This goes into all our relationships. At our older age we have to stop ourselves. Most of us need to now direct our energy to ourselves. It’s time for ourselves.

If any relationship requires you to conform and help them you need to runaway.

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By: Laura https://seniorplanet.org/articles-ask-joan-head-vs-heart/#comment-495559 Tue, 20 Feb 2024 23:00:44 +0000 https://seniorplanet.org/?p=165643#comment-495559 “He wants me to watch sermons to understand and come around to his religious beliefs.” That doesn’t sound good, because it probably won’t end with his attitudes toward sex.

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By: Brenda https://seniorplanet.org/articles-ask-joan-head-vs-heart/#comment-495556 Tue, 20 Feb 2024 22:51:48 +0000 https://seniorplanet.org/?p=165643#comment-495556 As hard as it may be she should move on. I respect his decision but she has a right to have a complete relationship with a man. At 70, I am not sure I agree with abstaining unless married.

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By: Stella Fosse https://seniorplanet.org/articles-ask-joan-head-vs-heart/#comment-495495 Tue, 20 Feb 2024 04:33:46 +0000 https://seniorplanet.org/?p=165643#comment-495495 It is not beyond the realm of possibility that third man has found another partner he prefers and wants to let the reader down gently (though she may not find his method gentle). Whether or not that’s the case, the reader would do well to thank this man for their time together and move on. The reader is right: We don’t have time to waste – on a situation that will not improve.

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By: Lexy https://seniorplanet.org/articles-ask-joan-head-vs-heart/#comment-495482 Tue, 20 Feb 2024 00:53:55 +0000 https://seniorplanet.org/?p=165643#comment-495482 Your spot on Joan. Several years ago, I had a 65 yo widowed friend who ended up marrying due to his religious beliefs, exactly the same as this man. Ended up divorced within the year. Their values were not similar when it came to intimacy and religion.

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By: Joan Price https://seniorplanet.org/articles-ask-joan-head-vs-heart/#comment-495476 Mon, 19 Feb 2024 20:44:19 +0000 https://seniorplanet.org/?p=165643#comment-495476 For readers here who use Facebook, there’s quite a discussion going about this column on my “Naked at Our Age with Joan Price” Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/JoanPriceAuthor/posts/pfbid0K3Kje24SLjsa2SDW2oVLcAWTCbRC5DJSzmrz7kkNTVGkbJZZeedLE3VzwSEzEMRyl . (I hope posting this link is permitted.)

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By: Ed Liebfried https://seniorplanet.org/articles-ask-joan-head-vs-heart/#comment-495473 Mon, 19 Feb 2024 18:43:38 +0000 https://seniorplanet.org/?p=165643#comment-495473 I totally agree with Joan.

I lost my (second) wife and soul mate in 2022 and have been exploring life as a single for over a year. I’ve had several relationships lasting 1-3 months. All wonderful women.

What I’ve seen is that as much as we fall for someone and WANT it to work, there are a lot of moving parts. We need to be on the same page sexually. We also need compatible dreams and desired lifestyle.

You both will need to meet each other more than halfway for this to work.

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