Heartstrings

Punishment

Where Do All Our Memories—and Younger Selves—Go When We Age?

Elizabeth Roper Marcus on March 25, 2021

Many people age into what can look like a shell of their former selves. My father's astonishing experience suggests something very different.

Many people age into what can look like a shell of their former selves. My father's astonishing experience suggests something very different.

Relationships

Visiting My First Love With My Husband in Tow

Elizabeth Roper Marcus on March 9, 2021

I knew that revisiting my first love was risky. I just couldn't resist. It was the only chance I was ever going to get.

I knew that revisiting my first love was risky. I just couldn't resist. It was the only chance I was ever going to get.

Sex

When My Father Became an Elderly Skirt-Chaser

Elizabeth Roper Marcus on February 25, 2021

Lecherous behavior in the elderly is so common as to be considered normal, even comic. But that's because for thousands of years we've misunderstood what drives it.

Lecherous behavior in the elderly is so common as to be considered normal, even comic. But that's because for thousands of years we've misunderstood what drives it.