A journalist and author's musings on love, marriage, divorce and life
Posted in Expectations, Infidelity, Marriage, Men, Needs, Relationships, Sex, Stereotypes, Women on Sep 3rd, 2019
Recently, I was asked why my former husband cheated on me. I hadn’t really been asked that before although I certainly have talked openly about his affair — how it impacted me, our kids, our marriage, etc., etc. But why he had an affair? That was a new one, so I had to think, all […]
Posted in Marriage, Mothers, Politics, Relationships, Romantic relationships, Single parents, Singles, Stereotypes on Jul 30th, 2019
Young women seeking inspiring role models on how to build a satisfying life need look no further than the female presidential hopefuls.
Posted in Aging, Children, Expectations, Family, Fathers, Men, Midlife, Parenting, Relationships, Singles, Stereotypes on Jul 9th, 2019
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 […]
Posted in Caregiving, Children, Divorce, Expectations, Family, Fathers, Marriage, Men, Mothers, Parenting, Relationships, Single parents, Stereotypes on Apr 23rd, 2019
Former First Lady Michelle Obama caught some flack recently when she compared what our country’s going through under Trump to living with “divorced dad.“ We come from a broken family. We are a teenager where, you know, we’re a little unsettled, you know, and having good parents, you know, is tough. Sometimes you spend weekends […]
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 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 Coupledom, Dating, Love, Relationships, Romantic relationships, Singles, Stereotypes on Dec 25th, 2018
The world discovered last week that singer-songwriter-poet-visual artist extraordinaire Patti Smith and actor-producer-director extraordinaire Ralph Fiennes are dating. Well, maybe. All we know for certain is that they certainly are good friends for a long time, and have only been spoken of as good friends. But when Smith posted a loving tribute to Fiennes on […]
Posted in Coupledom, Dating, Divorce, Expectations, Men, Midlife, Relationships, Romantic relationships, Sex, Single parents, Singles, Stereotypes on Oct 23rd, 2018
People are worried about Brad Pitt. Although he’s newly single and available now, ever since he and Angelina Jolie split in 2016, there’s been a kerfuffle about his dating life. “Who would have imagined in the year 2018 women would be scrambling to deny reports that they were dating Brad Pitt?” asks E! Online. More […]
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