A journalist and author's musings on love, marriage, divorce and life
Posted in Expectations, Men, Needs, Relationships, Romantic relationships, Sex, Stereotypes, Women on Mar 19th, 2019
The myth that men always want sex and have higher sexual desire than women not only hurts men, but it also wreaks havoc on their relationships.
Posted in Dating, Expectations, Love, Marriage, Needs, Relationship contract, Relationships, Romantic relationships on Mar 12th, 2019
J.Lo didn’t need to marry again, but J.Lo said didn’t need to marry again but now that’s engaged, was she really telling the truth to her partner and herself, or did she just change her mind?her engagement proves that there are no guarantees in love.
Posted in Children, Cohabitation, Coupledom, Expectations, Marriage, Millennials, Relationships, Romantic relationships, Singles, Women on Mar 5th, 2019
What are we to make of a feisty, smart, independent 29-year-old Latina like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez? Well, we’re probably going to wonder about her romantic love life.
Posted in Expectations, Happiness, Marital plan, Millennials, Needs, Relationship contract, Relationships, Romantic relationships on Feb 26th, 2019
Relationship contracts aren’t really about limiting a partner’s NPR listening and football watching.
Posted in Expectations, Love, Marriage, Millennials, Needs, Relationships, Romantic relationships, Sex, Wife on Feb 19th, 2019
It’s easy to see why marriage feels scary for Justin and Hailey Bieber. But it’s not marriage per se that’s scary — it’s the idea of marriage as an “until death” commitment that’s scary. And who is taking on more of the scary stuff.
Posted in Caregiving, Children, Expectations, Family, Needs, Parenting, Politics, Single parents, Singles, Stereotypes, Women, Work on Feb 12th, 2019
If conservatives continue to tell women not to have abortions, how will society support those women when they actually listen to them? Because they’re going to need that help.
Posted in Coupledom, Dating, Expectations, Marriage, Men, Relationships, Romantic relationships, Sex, Singles, Stereotypes, Women on Feb 5th, 2019
Presidential candidate Cory Booker has never been married while presidential candidate Kamala Harris once dated a powerful politician. Why are we still questioning the romantic choices of single people?
Posted in Aging, Dating, Expectations, Happiness, Love, Midlife, Relationships, Romantic relationships on Jan 29th, 2019
At midlife, many of us are not following the typical romantic script. We may have been hoping for love, but we didn’t necessarily expect it. And that turns out to be a gift.
Posted in Caregiving, Children, Expectations, Family, Fathers, Gender, Happiness, Marriage, Men, Mothers, Needs, Parenting, Relationships, Single parents, Wife, Women, Work on Jan 22nd, 2019
The transition into motherhood impacts a woman in numerous ways and the decisions that are made in the first critical weeks after birth have long-lasting and often unhappy consequences for a marriage.
Posted in Caregiving, Children, Divorce, Expectations, Family, Gender, Infidelity, Marital plan, Marriage, Men, Mothers, Parenting, Relationships, Romantic relationships, Wife, Women, Work on Jan 15th, 2019
Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos both contributed to the wealth of their family. She isn’t “walking away” or being “awarded” that wealth: she earned it.
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