A journalist and author's musings on love, marriage, divorce and life
Posted in Expectations, Relationships on Nov 18th, 2013
I’ve been busy interviewing couples for The New I Do recently who experimented with opening their marriage (these have been fun interviews!), and was struck by what one woman told me. Monogamy can be dangerous, she says, because if you’re unable to express your sexuality, express being attracted to other people and be able to […]
Posted in Beauty, Children, Expectations, Relationships on Nov 12th, 2013
Honesty is essential in a relationship. But just how honest should you be? That question is at the center of a rather curious legal suit that made the news last week. A Chinese man divorced his wife for giving birth to what he considers an ugly baby girl, sued her and — astonishingly — won! Believing […]
Posted in Children, Dating, Divorce, Expectations, Family, Relationships on Nov 4th, 2013
I’m sure I was as surprised as anyone else to read that Norway is promoting date nights for couples as a way to stop the country’s 40 percent divorce rate. Solveig Horne, Norway’s new minister for children, equality and social inclusion and a divorcee herself, says, “It is important to find small pockets of time where […]
Posted in Expectations, Marriage, Relationships, Sex on Oct 29th, 2013
I decided to “like” Psychology Today’s page on Facebook today, and while scrolling through the stories highlighted, I was intrigued by the teaser, “While it takes two to couple up, it takes only one to make things a whole lot better.” OK, sold, so I clicked on the link that lead to an article highlighting […]
Posted in Divorce, Expectations, Marriage, Millennials, Relationships on Oct 15th, 2013
Men and women are pushing back marriage — if they’re even getting married, that is. While our parents may have married in their early 20s, most women nowadays are marrying at 27 and most men at 29. Should we really be worried? Delaying marriage has its perks, especially if you’re a woman: Women accumulate more […]
Posted in Dating, Expectations, Marriage, Men, Relationships, Women on Oct 8th, 2013
The Good Men Project recently pondered, what’s a man without money? That’s a good question. I’ve never been one to focus on money — my own or someone else’s — or see it as a path to happiness. Now that I’m at midlife, however, and helping to get two kids through college, hoping to retire […]
Posted in Expectations, Infidelity, Marriage, Relationships, Sex on Sep 17th, 2013
A few years ago, a friend pooh-poohed the idea of open relationships. “They only work until someone better comes along, and then the new partners decide to be exclusive,” my friend said. It was an interesting commentary from someone who had been unfaithful and eventually left the marriage (granted, it was an unhappy marriage to […]
Posted in Divorce, Expectations, Love, Marriage, Relationships on Sep 9th, 2013
I have been furiously working on Susan Pease Gadoua’s and my book, The New I Do: Reshaping Marriage for Cynics, Commitaphobes and Connubial DIYers, the past few months, and during the midst of it was an article about wedleases. Wedleases? Never heard of it — have you? Probably not, because the word didn’t exist before […]
Posted in Children, Divorce, Expectations, Infidelity, Marriage, Midlife, Mothers, Parenting, Relationships, Sex, Women on Sep 3rd, 2013
I had the pleasure of interviewing local chef and author Toni Piccinini about her book, The Goodbye Year: Wisdom and Culinary Therapy to Survive Your Child’s Senior Year of High School and Reclaim the You of You). OK, it’s a long title, but as we sat at Book Passage, chatting about the take-away messages of […]
Posted in Children, Divorce, Expectations, Family, Love, Marriage, Parenting, Relationships on Aug 26th, 2013
Watch out — “broody” women are on the rise, or so says the Daily Mail in a story on “time-poor, cash-rich 40-something singletons” whose biological clocks are ticking. But, they don’t want a husband or even a relationship — they just want a baby, and someone to coparent the child with. So, they are turning […]
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