A journalist and author's musings on love, marriage, divorce and life
Posted in Coupledom, Dating, Expectations, Happiness, Love, Needs, Relationships, Women on Jul 17th, 2018
If you’re a woman of any dateable age, you have probably heard some version of this: have fun with the bad boys but marry the good guy. Women are constantly told we should want good guys, nice guys, and really — who doesn’t want a good guy? But what if he’s a good guy but […]
Posted in Aging, Children, Coupledom, Expectations, Family, Happiness, Midlife, Needs, Relationships, Romantic relationships, Singles on Jul 10th, 2018
When my first marriage ended and I spent several years as a single woman in my mid- to late-20s, contentedly dating but not meeting any kind of man I’d want to partner with — OK, it was Miami in the ’80s so maybe it was a Miami thing — I remember thinking, well, I just […]
Posted in Expectations, Love, Marriage, Needs, Relationships, Romantic relationships, Sex on Jul 3rd, 2018
I’ve had sex on my mind lately. From the rise of incels to a call for the redistribution of sex to the lack of sex among millennials to the claim that women over 50 are having the Best Sex Ever — ahem and amen — can you blame me? But mostly I am constantly reminded about the […]
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 Dating, Expectations, Happiness, Heartbreak, Love, Marriage, Midlife, Needs, Relationships, Romantic relationships, Weddings on May 22nd, 2018
Even if you weren’t glued to the TV to watch the wedding of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, even if you managed to avoid the hype in the months before it and even if you don’t buy into the fairy-tale wedding thing — and this is certainly a real-life “my prince has come” story — […]
Posted in Aging, Children, Divorce, Expectations, Happiness, Love, Marriage, Midlife, Needs, Relationships, Romantic relationships on May 15th, 2018
If your marriage makes it to the 20th year — when you’re likely at midlife — you’ll either be the happiest you’ve been in your marriage, according to a new study, or you’ll be heading to divorce court, as so many 50 and older people have been doing in recent years, either happily — if […]
Posted in Caregiving, Children, Expectations, Family, Fathers, Happiness, Marriage, Mothers, Needs, Parenting, Relationships on May 8th, 2018
We are coming up on Mother’s Day and I am reflecting on my life as a mom and here’s what I’ve come to realize — I was a bad mother. Not to my two boys (well, they’ll have to be the judge of that but, hey, that’s what shrinks are for), but to myself. For […]
Posted in Divorce, Expectations, Marriage, Needs, Relationships on Mar 13th, 2018
Whether you’re a fan of Melania Trump or not, one thing is clear — she doesn’t look too happy in her marriage to The Donald nowadays. And recent allegations that Trump had an affair with Stephanie Gregory Clifford, aka porn star Stormy Daniels, while Melania was pregnant with their son Barron, can’t help. Yet, in an […]
Posted in Expectations, Happiness, Live Apart Together, Marriage, Needs, Relationships, Sex, Women on Jan 9th, 2018
Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, a scathing look at Donald Trump, was just published , and while there are many shocking and horrific revelations in author Michael Wolff’s book, here are two that shouldn’t be: Trump and his wife, Melania, sleep in separate bedrooms, and they don’t spend a lot of time […]
Posted in Children, Divorce, Expectations, Family, Fathers, Happiness, Marriage, Men, Mothers, Needs, Parenting, Relationships, Women on Jan 2nd, 2018
It’s January, a new year and the beginning of what’s known as “divorce month.” But when you file for divorce doesn’t really matter — what matters is how you divorce, especially if you have young children. Say what you will about Gwyenth Paltrow and her vaginal jade eggs, and Goop’s $290 sweat set, but there’s […]
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