Boomers Ask Paula Zahn on PBS's Retirement Revolution

PBS Engage is featuring award-winning boomer journalist, Paula Zahn, as part of the ongoing PBS Engage Ask… series.   

The series features a PBS celebrity or insider and asks visitors to send in questions to be answered the following week.  The blog series has been very successful and PBS is excited to have Ms. Zahn as their feature this week. 

This is a chance for you boomers to ask any question that you may have about Paula Zahn's career as a journalist and her work as the host of PBS's Retirement Revolution airing on PBS.

Please visit the link below and post your comments and questions here:

 http://www.pbs.org/engage/blog/ask-paula-zahn 

Here is the question that I posted there today:

"As boomers experience empty nests and think about retirement years, their relationship begins to change. Sitting across the dinner table no longer can they avoid their couple relationship by just talking about their children.

In a conversation this week with Dr. Terri Orbuch, The Love Doctor, about her new book to be released in October, "5 Simple Steps to Take Your Marriage from Good to Great," we covered many love topics that boomers over 50 are now experiencing.

One myth that she covers in her upcoming book is, "If you are truly in love with your spouse, passion will never fade."  From her research, Dr. Orbuch concludes that the reality is passion declines over time but is replaced with a different type of love that is associated with marriage longevity and happiness.  When excitement declines or disappears, for boomers to worry about their marriage is typical.  To keep the marriage together with a loving friendship is an option but a "companionate love" of friendship, intimacy and commitment can increase the couple's happiness.

What is your take on boomer marriage longevity and happiness as retirement years approach?

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 Terri L. Orbuch: 5 Simple Steps to Take Your Marriage from Good to Great