Huffington Magazine Issue 32 | Page 28

Voices VICKI LARSON HUFFINGTON 01.20.13 STEVEN MIRIC/GETTY IMAGES Are Middle-Aged Women Done With Men? NOT TOO LONG AGO, I asked a friend how she’s doing. After a long pause, she said, “I keep wondering if this is all there is.” A lot of us have that feeling. She and I are both 50-some- thing and like many 50-somethings, we are empty-nesters or about to be empty-nesters; we’re either 20-something years into a marriage or any number of years divorced. We’re in midlife, crisis or not; a time when we question what we’ve done — and, more likely, haven’t done — and where Vicki Larson is a journalist, freelance writer and columnist for Mommy Tracked