No matter how you feel about Trump, many people wonder about his wife, Melania. Is she truly happy? Is she just waiting for the right moment to divorce? What did her “I REALLY DON’T CARE, DO U?” parka really mean? Does she really need to be rescued, as the #FreeMelania meme suggested? Mostly, why does […]
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Andrew Yang wants to subsidize family counseling for couples but by the time people seek counseling, damage has been done. Here’s a better idea.
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Young women seeking inspiring role models on how to build a satisfying life need look no further than the female presidential hopefuls.
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The variations on a theme of family our would-be Democratic presidents are presenting can only help those who have chosen a similar path — or would like to.
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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.
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Russian agent Maria Butina used age-old seduction — flattery and flirtation, and playing to the desires of powerful older men — to attempt to influence U. S. policy. What do so many men, who have so much to lose, fall sway to young babes?
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Posted in Children, Expectations, Happiness, Love, Marriage, Needs, Politics, Relationships, Wife, Women on Nov 13th, 2018
On the surface, it would be hard to find a more picture-perfect healthy, happy marriage — especially an uber-public marriage — than Michelle and Barack Obama’s. Despite the temptation to compare our romantic relationships with the curated happy relationships we often see on Instagram and Facebook — and some of us are guilty of that […]
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Posted in Aging, Children, Divorce, Expectations, Family, Happiness, Heartbreak, Infidelity, Marriage, Mothers, Politics, Relationships on Sep 4th, 2018
This past week, the country mourned for U.S. Sen. John McCain, who died Aug. 25 at age 81. He was lauded by Barack Obama, Joe Biden and others as a hero, a friend, a voice of reason, an “extraordinary man.” While I didn’t necessarily agree with McCain’s politics, I agree that he was a man […]
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Emmanuel Macron made history this past weekend — at 39, he’s the youngest man to be elected president of France. While many might applaud that, as well as his centrist policies over the nationalistic views of his former opponent, Marine Le Pen, others were astonished by the 25-year age gap between Macron and his wife, […]
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Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner have evidently bounced back from a much-publicized “strained period” during which she almost filed for divorce. Affleck recently finished rehab in hopes of becoming a better father. They’re not back together, People reports, but a source described as close to Garner said the actress has backed off from filing for […]
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