Relationships

High stress levels, low self-care of modern parenting can take toll on relationships

LAURENHILL Tribune News Service Karina Smirnoff is best known to millions as a professional dancer helping rookie partners navigate rumba, tango and more on Dancing With the Stars.

TOKYO — Ashley Madison, the world’s biggest online hookup site for married people, works only when monogamy is the rule on the surface but, deep inside, couples want to cheat. That’s why it is scoring big in Japan.

“Guys who once dropped acid are now downing Viagra; women who once eschewed lipstick are now getting liposuction.

“If I’d known I was gonna live this long, I’d have taken better care of myself.” — Attributed to jazz musician Eubie Blake (1887-1983) “You can live to be a hundred if you give up all the things that make you want to live to be a hundred.

Alex Witchel certainly is not the only seasoned journalist to chronicle caring for an aging parent, a hot topic for all those baby boomer writers suddenly experiencing it first-hand. But Witchel may be the first to include recipes.

Without offspring to help them, baby boomers worry about who will become their advocates as they age

AKRON, Ohio — It was the first day of school. You slid into a molded plastic chair in Mrs. Miller’s classroom and tried not to vomit. Another little guy, his eyes fraught with fear, walked down the aisle toward you.

“Like religion, politics and family planning, cereal is not a topic to be brought up in public. It’s too controversial.” — American humourist Erma Bombeck (1927-1996) “Kid, you better look around.

LONDON — The original Mrs Robinson’s diary and scandalous suggestions about a former heir to the British throne are all part of the latest ancestral revelations to go online. British genealogical website Ancestry.co.