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There are many ways to end a marriage lovingly and kindly, not only to your soon-to-be former spouse, but also to yourself.
What young women can learn from our female presidential hopefuls
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Young women seeking inspiring role models on how to build a satisfying life need look no further than the female presidential hopefuls.
Parents, stop agonizing over your millennial kid’s love life
Posted in Children, Consensual nonmonogamy, Coupledom, Dating, Expectations, Family, Happiness, LGBT, Love, Marriage, Millennials, Parenting, Relationships, Romantic relationships, Sex, Single parents, Singles on Jul 23rd, 2019
Your kid’s in their late 20s. Maybe flirting with their 30s. You know, millennials. They’re forging ahead in their career or graduate school or basically anything else that seems to indicate they are on a path toward self-sufficiency (and what parent doesn’t want to see them nail that?) and a meaningful life. They’re adulting! There’s […]
Miley Cyrus knows marriage doesn’t stop desire for others
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Miley Cyrus’ in-your-face admission that her sexual attraction for others didn’t necessarily end once she married is an important, honest discussion.
The art and science of staying together doesn’t need a ring on it
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I’m not sure how many men read articles or buy books about marriage, and I say this as the co-author of a book on marriage. Although men have historically gained the most from the institution, it’s generally women who are attuned to a relationship’s temperature and, thus, are most likely to read up on how […]
It’s love, actually, not marriage for Richard Curtis and Emma Freud
Posted in Children, Cohabitation, Expectations, Family, Happiness, Love, Marriage, Relationships, Romantic relationships on Jun 25th, 2019
“Love Actually” writer Richard Curtis and Emma Freud have been together 28 years and have for kids together. They’re not married. Here’s why it matters.
Kids and marriage don’t always lead to happiness
Posted in Children, Expectations, Happiness, Marital plan, Marriage, Relationship contract, Relationships, Romantic relationships, Singles, Women on May 28th, 2019
Unmarried and child-free women are the happiest people. Or so says Paul Dolan, a professor of behavioral science at the London School of Economics. Married people are happier than other population subgroups, but only when their spouse is in the room when they’re asked how happy they are. When the spouse is not present: fucking […]
How to be true partners, not lovers
Posted in Aging, Caregiving, Divorce, Expectations, Friends, Love, Marriage, Needs, Relationships, Romantic relationships, Sex on May 21st, 2019
Could we ever move beyond our romantic-sexual connection to our spouse or former spouse and just connect on a deeper intimacy that brought us together in the first place?
Stop assuming your husband will do his fair share
Posted in Caregiving, Children, Divorce, Expectations, Fathers, Gender, Happiness, Marital plan, Marriage, Men, Mothers, Needs, Parenting, Relationship contract, Relationships, Romantic relationships, Wife, Women on May 7th, 2019
Women do more more chores and caregiving than men do, and we are getting fed up. Here’s how to change that.
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