A journalist and author's musings on love, marriage, divorce and life
Posted in Expectations, Happiness, Marital plan, Needs, Relationship contract, Relationships, Sex on Jun 26th, 2018
Dear Ann: Help! My partner and I purchased a robot to care for our two boys, 2 and 4. We both liked the Ingrid model for her sweet face and pleasant disposition, with a Waldorf-like approach to child rearing. Plus, she easily managed to do some light housekeeping chores, turning into a game with the […]
Posted in Expectations, Heartbreak, Infidelity, Love, Marriage, Relationships, Sex on Jun 19th, 2018
They were crazy in love in the beginning, but in the past few years, we’ve learned a lot more about Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s marriage, from Beyoncé’s allegations of Jay-Z’s infidelities in her 2016 album Lemonade to Jay-Z’s confession and remorse in his 2017 album 4:44, which seemingly led to a reconciliation not long after Beyoncé […]
Posted in Consensual nonmonogamy, Live Apart Together, Relationships, Romantic relationships, Tragedy on Jun 12th, 2018
With the back-to-back suicides of two beloved icons, designer Kate Spade and chef, author and TV personality Anthony Bourdain, just last week, many of us are wondering — why? They seemingly had it all: money, fame, successful businesses and loving, committed partners. But as people try to wrap their head around their suicides, they inevitably […]
Posted in Expectations, Happiness, Marital plan, Marriage, Millennials, Relationship contract, Relationships, Romantic relationships, Women on Jun 5th, 2018
There are many myths about marriage and there’s a lot of bad advice about marriage, but one thing is true: modern marriages would benefit from relationship contracts. So I was truly surprised to read an article by John Gottman and Christopher Dollard of the Gottman Institute, Five myths about marriage, claiming it’s a myth that […]
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