A journalist and author's musings on love, marriage, divorce and life
Posted in Children, Divorce, Expectations, Family, Marriage, Needs, Parenting, Relationships on Mar 24th, 2020
Maybe you’ve been unhappy in your marriage for a long time. Maybe you just came to that realization. Maybe you’ve been going to marital therapy or have been reading up about divorce. Maybe you’ve spoken to a divorce attorney. Maybe you were close to deciding what to do — and then the coronavirus pandemic hit. […]
Posted in Divorce, Expectations, Marriage, Needs, Relationships, Women on Mar 18th, 2020
On the chart of the most stressful events in life, divorce comes right after the death of a loved one. In many ways, divorce feels like a death — something has ended and couples, no matter who decided to end the marriage or not, often go through the five stages of grief. Some get stuck […]
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 Divorce, Expectations, Marriage, Relationship contract, Relationships, Romantic relationships on Oct 1st, 2019
Demi Moore’s new memoir reveals an essential truth — if you don’t know why you’re getting married, the marriage is probably not going to be a healthy one.
Posted in Divorce, Expectations, Marriage, Relationships, Romantic relationships, Sex on Aug 6th, 2019
There are many ways to end a marriage lovingly and kindly, not only to your soon-to-be former spouse, but also to yourself.
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?
Posted in Caregiving, Children, Divorce, Expectations, Family, Fathers, Marriage, Men, Mothers, Parenting, Relationships, Single parents, Stereotypes on Apr 23rd, 2019
Former First Lady Michelle Obama caught some flack recently when she compared what our country’s going through under Trump to living with “divorced dad.“ We come from a broken family. We are a teenager where, you know, we’re a little unsettled, you know, and having good parents, you know, is tough. Sometimes you spend weekends […]
Posted in Coupledom, Dating, Divorce, Expectations, Men, Midlife, Relationships, Romantic relationships, Sex, Single parents, Singles, Stereotypes on Oct 23rd, 2018
People are worried about Brad Pitt. Although he’s newly single and available now, ever since he and Angelina Jolie split in 2016, there’s been a kerfuffle about his dating life. “Who would have imagined in the year 2018 women would be scrambling to deny reports that they were dating Brad Pitt?” asks E! Online. More […]
Posted in Children, Divorce, Expectations, Family, Happiness, Marriage, Needs, Parenting, Relationships on Oct 9th, 2018
Beautiful Boy is hitting the movie theaters next week, a film based on the best-selling books by father and son David and Nic Sheff. It’s a heart wrenching look at addiction — extremely timely, as overdoses are now the leading cause of death of Americans under the age of 50. But the back story is […]
Posted in Children, Divorce, Expectations, Happiness, Love, Marriage, Midlife, Parenting, Relationships, Romantic relationships, Weddings on Oct 2nd, 2018
Gwyneth Paltrow married for the second time, to Brad Falchuk, this past week, after her 11-year marriage to Chris Martin famously consciously uncoupled in 2014. Paltrow is now 46; this marriage won’t be about having children together — she has two with Martin and Falchuk, 47, has two from his 10-year marriage to Suzanne Bukinik, […]
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