A journalist and author's musings on love, marriage, divorce and life
Posted in Children, Divorce, Expectations, Love, Marriage, Parenting, Parenting prenup, Relationships, Romantic relationships on Jan 14th, 2020
Most of us would agree that kids need to be raised in a loving environment and tneed their parents to love them. But love each other? Actually, no.
Posted in Aging, Consensual nonmonogamy, Dating, Expectations, Happiness, Midlife, Needs, Relationships, Romantic relationships, Sex, Women on Jan 7th, 2020
Here’s one way older women can get the sex they crave while also giving themselves a healthy boost — practicing consensual non-monogamy.
Posted in Expectations, Needs, Relationship contract, Relationships, Sex on Dec 31st, 2019
If sex matters to you and you expect it in your romantic relationship, there’s only one way to know if your partner’s on the same page as you are — talk about it and come to some agreements and continue to talk about it.
Posted in Aging, Beauty, Expectations, Marriage, Men, Midlife, Relationships, Romantic relationships, Stereotypes, Wife, Women on Dec 24th, 2019
The older man-younger woman dynamic generally creates unequal relationships; older women-younger men marriages appear to be much more equal partnerships. Isn’t that what we, especially women, want?
Posted in Divorce, Expectations, Family, Happiness, Live Apart Together, Marital plan, Marriage, Needs, Relationship contract, Relationships, Romantic relationships, Wife on Dec 17th, 2019
The problem is many women are all too willing to give up their dreams, hopes and aspirations once they get into a romantic relationship.
Posted in Aging, Caregiving, Dating, Expectations, Happiness, Live Apart Together, Men, Midlife, Needs, Relationships, Singles, Women on Dec 10th, 2019
While older women may want companionship, they also treasure their independence. Being in a live apart together relationship can give them both.
Posted in Expectations, Happiness, Marriage, Politics, Relationships, Romantic relationships, Stereotypes on Dec 3rd, 2019
No matter how you feel about Trump, many people wonder about his wife, Melania. Is she truly happy? Is she just waiting for the right moment to divorce? What did her “I REALLY DON’T CARE, DO U?” parka really mean? Does she really need to be rescued, as the #FreeMelania meme suggested? Mostly, why does […]
Posted in Expectations, Love, Marriage, Relationships, Romantic relationships, Weddings on Nov 26th, 2019
If marriage is so important legally and socially, shouldn’t we teach teens its history so they understand why it mattered so much and whether it still does?
Posted in Aging, Caregiving, Expectations, Relationships, Romantic relationships, Singles on Nov 19th, 2019
I’ve been forced to think about death lately — my own. First when I interviewed Katy Butler about her book The Art of Dying Well: A Practical Guide to a Good End of Life earlier this year, and more recently when I interviewed BJ Miller on the book he co-wrote with Shoshana Berger, A Beginner’s […]
Posted in Coupledom, Dating, Expectations, Happiness, Midlife, Millennials, Relationships, Romantic relationships, Singles, Stereotypes, Tragedy on Nov 12th, 2019
Emma Watson’s “self-partnered” comment and the buzz over Keanu Reeves’s girlfriend illustrate our obsession with being partnered.
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