A journalist and author's musings on love, marriage, divorce and life
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 Divorce, Expectations, Needs, Relationships, Romantic relationships, Sex on Jun 4th, 2019
‘Sexless marriage’ is one of the top phrases people Google for help, usually when they already believe they’re in one. Isn’t there a better way?
Posted in Children, Expectations, Happiness, Marital plan, Marriage, Relationship contract, Relationships, Romantic relationships, Singles, Women on May 28th, 2019
Unmarried and child-free women are the happiest people. Or so says Paul Dolan, a professor of behavioral science at the London School of Economics. Married people are happier than other population subgroups, but only when their spouse is in the room when they’re asked how happy they are. When the spouse is not present: fucking […]
Posted in Aging, Caregiving, Divorce, Expectations, Friends, Love, Marriage, Needs, Relationships, Romantic relationships, Sex on May 21st, 2019
Could we ever move beyond our romantic-sexual connection to our spouse or former spouse and just connect on a deeper intimacy that brought us together in the first place?
Posted in Caregiving, Children, Divorce, Expectations, Fathers, Gender, Happiness, Marital plan, Marriage, Men, Mothers, Needs, Parenting, Relationship contract, Relationships, Romantic relationships, Wife, Women on May 7th, 2019
Women do more more chores and caregiving than men do, and we are getting fed up. Here’s how to change that.
Posted in Family, LGBT, Marriage, Politics, Relationships, Romantic relationships, Single parents, Singles on Apr 9th, 2019
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.
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.
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