We’ve got a rather spicy edition of the newsletter today! We’re publishing a little package about Life After Divorce and the fresh start it entails. Let’s jump in the deep end, shall we? Diana Park writes: “I knew deep down I wanted and craved more in my intimate life. But I felt like I was repeatedly being told I had to keep that part of myself hidden because I was too much. I wondered if my urges for sexy talk and sharing what I liked in the bedroom were wrong.”

And then she got divorced, and it all changed.

Kelly Faircloth, Executive Editor

Divorce is never easy, but this summer, we’re taking a fresh, more optimistic approach to the newly single life. Enter: Scary Mommy’s The Divorce Issue, a place for facts, real-life stories, and all the good vibes, to give you the tools you need to take this new season by storm. Need some big screen inspo to kickstart your best life yet? Stream The Idea Of You, the new romcom on Prime Video starring Anne Hathaway as divorced mom Solène, who rediscovers her sexiest self amidst a love affair with an irresistible 24-year-old boy band frontman.

Everybody knows somebody who tried dating a younger man after a split. So how’d that work out? Becky Vieira has the scoop: “About nine months after my marriage ended, I found myself out for drinks one night with a friend. And after our second — or was that the third? — cocktail, her younger brother and his friends happened to show up. The group included one friend who was so good looking that I audibly gasped when we were introduced.” But it turns out there were some big holes in his education.