A journalist and author's musings on love, marriage, divorce and life
Posted in Cohabitation, Dating, Marriage, Relationships, Singles on Jun 30th, 2014
Here’s the odd thing about being a blogger; you reveal a lot about your self but you don’t know much about the people who read you (although you can a learn a lot sometimes by how a person responds to a post in his or her comment). So, after three years give or take of […]
Posted in Expectations, Infidelity, Love, Marriage, Relationships, Sex on Jun 23rd, 2014
Do you owe your spouse sex? If you stop having sex with your spouse, is he or she justified in having an affair? And isn’t the denial of sex just as much as a betrayal as infidelity? These were some questions raised in a few interesting blog posts, some as responses to reader comments, on […]
Posted in Children, Divorce, Expectations, Marriage, Parenting, Relationships on Jun 17th, 2014
I have to admit that when this Google “divorce” alert came into my email inbox, I kinda smiled: “Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin ‘consciously re-coupling’ as they cool divorce plans.” I don’t know why I smiled; I’m actually a bit horrified that I did. I know divorce isn’t always horrible, especially if you can consciously uncouple […]
Posted in Family, Friends, Love, Marriage, Relationships, Singles on Jun 10th, 2014
He or she has stuck by you during your most trying times, makes chicken soup when you are sick, takes you to lots of fun events, listens and offers advice when you’re confused, gives you a shoulder to cry on when you were sad, understands you like no one else does. Who is that person? […]
Posted in Expectations, Men, Relationships, Stereotypes, Women on Jun 2nd, 2014
I have been hesitant to jump on the #YesAllWomen bandwagon, the hashtag and social media movement that arose in the wake of the horrific killings in Isla Vista last week. Yes, the 22-year-old killer was full of hatred for women, but he was also mentally ill and privileged and so it’s way too complicated to […]
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