A journalist and author's musings on love, marriage, divorce and life
Posted in Children, Divorce, Expectations, Love, Marriage, Relationships, Sex on Sep 17th, 2014
I don’t know how anyone can make a love triangle feel good for everyone, but there are some love triangles that just appear downright, I dunno, weird. Take the Mark Sanford-Jenn Sanford-Maria Belen Chapur saga. The Sanfords’ bitter divorce drags on — five years after the married South Carolina Representative mysteriously disappeared only to be […]
Posted in Divorce, Expectations, Infidelity, Love, Marriage, Relationships, Sex, Women on Aug 25th, 2014
Women want sex and passion — surprised? If we are to believe a recent study by AshleyMadison.com, that’s why married women say they cheat. They’re not interested in ending their marriage, they’re just looking to put some spark in their sex lives and, let’s face it — once you’ve tried new sex toys, new positions, […]
Posted in Children, Divorce, Expectations, Family, Marriage, Mothers, Parenting, Relationships, Stereotypes, Women, Work on Aug 12th, 2014
You love your life, you love your spouse and you’re thinking about adding a baby into the mix because you love the idea of having a child with your beloved. No problem, right? Right … depending on your gender, something Rebecca Onion addresses so beautifully in her Slate article: I’m willing to allow that being […]
Posted in Beta marriage, Divorce, Expectations, Marriage, Millennials, Relationships on Aug 5th, 2014
The past week has brought into our lexicon the idea of a beta marriage — a limited term marital contract — thanks to an article in Time magazine by Jessica Bennett, “The Beta Marriage: How Millennials Approach ‘I Do,‘ based on a (clearly unscientific) survey conducted by the USA Network in conjunction with Satisfaction, its […]
Posted in Divorce, Expectations, Infidelity, Love, Marriage, Relationships, Sex on Jul 28th, 2014
We haven’t had any big celebrity or political sex scandals lately so we’ve thankfully been spared the rash of “How to Affair-Proof Your Marriage” articles that inundate the Internet in the days and weeks after. But from time to time they pop up, here and elsewhere, along with “How to Divorce-Proof Your Marriage” articles. While […]
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, Love, Marriage, Relationships on Jul 14th, 2014
Maybe it’s my age, but when I hear the phrase “on the radio” it’s kind of hard not to break out into Donna Summer’s “On the Radio” (where we you in 1979?) So, Susan and I were on Canadian radio last week (thank you for the love, Canada!) and I thought I’d share the conversations […]
Posted in Expectations, Infidelity, Love, Marriage, Relationships, Sex on Jun 23rd, 2014
Do you owe your spouse sex? If you stop having sex with your spouse, is he or she justified in having an affair? And isn’t the denial of sex just as much as a betrayal as infidelity? These were some questions raised in a few interesting blog posts, some as responses to reader comments, on […]
Posted in Children, Divorce, Expectations, Marriage, Parenting, Relationships on Jun 17th, 2014
I have to admit that when this Google “divorce” alert came into my email inbox, I kinda smiled: “Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin ‘consciously re-coupling’ as they cool divorce plans.” I don’t know why I smiled; I’m actually a bit horrified that I did. I know divorce isn’t always horrible, especially if you can consciously uncouple […]
Posted in Expectations, Men, Relationships, Stereotypes, Women on Jun 2nd, 2014
I have been hesitant to jump on the #YesAllWomen bandwagon, the hashtag and social media movement that arose in the wake of the horrific killings in Isla Vista last week. Yes, the 22-year-old killer was full of hatred for women, but he was also mentally ill and privileged and so it’s way too complicated to […]
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