What Older Heterosexual Couples Can Learn From Older LGBTQ Couples.

What Older Heterosexual Couples Can Learn From Older LGBTQ Couples
Sexual scripts can prevent them from getting the pleasure and intimacy they want in their long-term relationship
Vicki Larson
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5 min read·
Feb 9
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Courtesy of Centre for Aging BetterI am not a poster child for long-term romantic relationships. My longest romantic relationship lasted about 17 years, 15 of which were in a marriage. Hardly “until…
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Written by Vicki Larson
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Award-winning journalist, author of “Not Too Old For That: How Women are Changing the Story of Aging,” coauthor of “The New I Do,” mom
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