A journalist and author's musings on love, marriage, divorce and life
Posted in Beauty, Divorce, Expectations, Relationships, Wife, Women on Mar 23rd, 2015
It has been pretty amusing to watch the reactions this week to an off-handed comment actress Eva Mendes made about sweatpants: “No, no, no, no! You can’t do sweatpants. No. Ladies, number one cause of divorce in America? Sweatpants. No. Can’t do that.” She apologized with good humor on Instagram a few days later, blaming […]
Posted in Expectations, Love, Marriage, Relationships, Wife, Women on Dec 1st, 2014
Earlier this week, Angelina Jolie said marriage to Brad Pitt has changed her for the better, inspiring her to “be a better wife. I’m going to learn to cook.” It was a curious thing to say — is being a cook what “good wives” do? Maybe, for Angelina. But I’m not sure it answers the […]
Posted in Expectations, Infidelity, Love, Marriage, Relationships, Women on Nov 25th, 2014
Ever since the allegations of sexual abuse by Bill Crosby have been coming fast and furious, I — and many others — have been thinking about his wife of 50 years, Camille. We have all seen images of the long-suffering wife standing by her poorly behaved man, from Hillary to Silda to Huma to Dina. […]
Posted in Children, Cohabitation, Divorce, Expectations, Family, Marriage, Millennials, Parenting, Relationships, Single parents, Weddings on Sep 10th, 2014
Last week, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie tied the knot — or finally tied the knot if you’re a follower of pop culture websites or mags. While they didn’t follow the typical trajectory — meet, date, fall in love, become a committed couple, move in together, wed, have kids — they ended up in the […]
Posted in Dating, Expectations, Gender, LGBT, Love, Marriage, Relationships, Singles, Stereotypes, Women on Jul 21st, 2014
Oprah Winfrey is one of the most famous, richest and powerful women in the world — she recently interviewed Matthew Sandusky, Jerry Sandusky’s adopted son and launched her own tea, Tevana, with Starbucks — and beloved by many. And yet even she isn’t free from having to defend her choices. Oprah is unmarried, although she […]
Posted in Expectations, Family, Gender, Love, Marriage, Men, Mothers, Relationships, Stereotypes, Women on May 5th, 2014
Actress Kirsten Dunst, who graces the cover of Harper’s Bazaar UK this month, caused quite the kerfuffle recently when she expressed how she she feels about being a woman. “I feel like the feminine has been a little undervalued. We all have to get our own jobs and make our own money, but staying at […]
Posted in Divorce, Expectations, Love, Relationships on Apr 21st, 2014
When Andrew Dice Clay announced that he was divorcing his third wife, Valerie Silverstein, recently, I had to do a double-take on his reason: “The word ‘marriage’ was putting a pressure on our relationship and since we filed, we’ve been more in love and have had more respect for each other than ever before.” OK, maybe […]
Posted in Children, Divorce, Expectations, Marriage, Parenting, Relationships on Mar 26th, 2014
The news this week was that actress Gwyneth Paltrow and Coldplay front man Chris Martin are splitting, or as they put it “conscious uncoupling.” In a joint statement, the couple that married in 2003 said: “We are parents first and foremost, to two incredibly wonderful children and we ask for their and our space and […]
Posted in Children, Divorce, Expectations, Infidelity, Marriage, Relationships on Aug 19th, 2013
The Simon Cowell-Lauren Silverman saga sure is an interesting one: a 36-year-old married mom gets knocked up by her 53-year-old never-married multimillionaire lover who has stated quite publicly that marriage is boring, that he doesn’t know if he can be faithful, and that he’s interested in women who are drama queens: “I’m attracted to crazy […]
Posted in Divorce, Expectations, Infidelity, Marriage, Men, Women on Feb 12th, 2013
It happened to Kris Humphries, it happened to Tom Cruise and it happens to people like you and me. Being blindsided by divorce. It seems odd — how can a spouse have absolutely no clue that his or her marriage is in trouble? Wouldn’t there be warning signs — a lack of interest in sex, […]
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