Cathy and her childhood neighbor and BFF, Kirsten, reconnected a few years ago on Facebook after having lost touch for 30 (ish) years. The first thing Cathy noticed was that Kirsten was recently married and the man she married was the young man Cathy vividly remembered Kirsten being crazy for in high school. Kirsten shares her story of finding her way back to her first love, both having been through a few marriages and some hard times. She talks about what is different in their relationship now and how it's working out, eleven years in.

RBL hosts Samantha and Cathy are both single, over 50 and living in the suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio, Rust Belt, USA. They have lots of feelings, thoughts and questions about love, friendship, relationships, family, single life, dating and more…

Samantha is a master’s level independently licensed clinical social worker supervisor, licensed chemical dependency counselor supervisor and DBT-Lineham Board Certified Therapist with over 20 years of experience in field of mental health therapy. She has two children.

Cathy is a program manager in a local healthcare system and is a certified yoga instructor and coach. She has four children.

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