Jada Pinkett Smith and the problem with being a wife
Posted in Expectations, Happiness, Marriage, Needs, Relationships, Romantic relationships, Wife, Women on Aug 20th, 2019
A journalist and author's musings on love, marriage, divorce and life
Posted in Expectations, Happiness, Marriage, Needs, Relationships, Romantic relationships, Wife, Women on Aug 20th, 2019
Posted in Dating, Expectations, Men, Relationships, Romantic relationships, Singles, Women on Aug 13th, 2019
Maybe instead of presenting our best and what we want in others, we might want to consider what we find challenging about ourselves as romantic partners.
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 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 […]
Posted in Consensual nonmonogamy, Expectations, Love, Marriage, Millennials, Needs, Relationships, Romantic relationships, Sex, Wife on Jul 16th, 2019
Miley Cyrus’ in-your-face admission that her sexual attraction for others didn’t necessarily end once she married is an important, honest discussion.
Posted in Aging, Children, Expectations, Family, Fathers, Men, Midlife, Parenting, Relationships, Singles, Stereotypes on Jul 9th, 2019
Posted in Children, Divorce, Expectations, Family, Happiness, Infidelity, Love, Marriage, Needs, Relationships, Sex, Wife, Women on Jul 2nd, 2019
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 […]
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.
Posted in Expectations, Happiness, Love, Relationships, Romantic relationships on Jun 18th, 2019
Considering how so many people think and say horrible things about people who leave a relationship — especially if they have children, especially if they split to be with someone new — it’s rather surprising that fans were willing to throw that out the window for the sake of the chemistry they perceived between Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper.
Posted in Expectations, Happiness, Live Apart Together, Needs, Relationships, Stereotypes on Jun 11th, 2019
Gwyneth Paltrow has done it again. She’s upset people because she chooses to follow her own path instead of one society thinks she should be in because, well, “everyone knows divorce is hard and everyone knows married couples live together. Gwyneth has proven them wrong yet again. Recently, she announced that she and her new […]