A journalist and author's musings on love, marriage, divorce and life
Posted in Divorce, Expectations, Marriage, Relationships, Stereotypes on May 19th, 2015
Is it OK to view marriage as a financial plan? Before you get all “gold-digger” on me (because I’m pretty sure you thought of beautiful women marrying wealthy men as a way to have a lifestyle they want and not beautiful men marrying wealthy women, but OK), let’s explore what’s been in the news recently. […]
Posted in Children, Divorce, Expectations, Fathers, Men, Mothers, Parenting, Relationships, Women on May 12th, 2015
We just celebrated Mother’s Day and even if you believe, as I do, that it’s another Hallmark holiday like Valentine’s Day, it is always nice to reflect on the women who birthed us or raised us or both. Sometimes, they are not one and the same; many of us were raised or mentored by women […]
Posted in Divorce, Expectations, Infidelity, Marriage, Relationships, Sex on May 4th, 2015
A few friends and I were talking about the affairs we either experienced in our own relationships or that we knew of among other friends. And that’s the context in which a married former neighbor’s one-night, tequila-fueled fling while on a gals get-away in Cabo San Lucas was brought up. “I think we’d all forgive […]
Posted in Beauty, Expectations, Love, Relationships, Sex on Apr 28th, 2015
OK, I will admit it — I grew up a bit of a sci-fi geek. I loved Twilight Zone, Outer Limits and Star Trek and read books by Asimov and Bradbury. But I lost my passion somewhere along the way to adulthood with the occasional lapse when movies such as E.T. and Close Encounters of […]
Posted in Divorce, Expectations, Love, Marriage, Millennials, Relationships, Sex on Apr 13th, 2015
Dear Anthony D’Ambrosio, I usually don’t say “I’m sorry” when I hear someone tell me he or she’s newly divorced — often, it’s a happier, healthier outcome — but in your case, I’m truly sorry. You seem a tad nostalgic. You have been blogging about love and relationships since your divorce and a recent post, […]
Posted in Children, Divorce, Expectations, Marriage, Mothers, Parenting, Relationships, Single parents, Women on Apr 7th, 2015
It wasn’t too many years ago that people believed children should be seen and not heard. Now kids have become the center of their parents’ universe. But that hasn’t necessarily been good for the kids whose parents hover over their every thought and action: According to recent studies, college students who have helicopter parents were […]
Posted in Aging, Children, Dating, Relationships, Women on Mar 31st, 2015
Believing things between the sexes have gotten tense, Esquire magazine explores the state of men and women today in April’s issue. While I can’t say I understand any better what’s going on now that I’ve read the essays, I was particularly drawn to Jen Doll’s essay, The Burden of Choice: What it Means to Be […]
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 Beta marriage, Expectations, Infidelity, Love, Marriage, Millennials, Relationships, Sex on Mar 9th, 2015
The wedding season is approaching and just as weddings have changed into grand and expensive events, and with an expected boom in weddings for same-sex couples, there are some major shifts afoot in the way we love, partner, become parents and indulge our sexual passions. Given that, here’s what I predict, based on current trends […]
Posted in Children, Divorce, Expectations, Infidelity, Relationships on Mar 2nd, 2015
A few of my friends have made a name for themselves by their work, whether as an ER doctor or an author. One made it by her husband’s infidelity. Not to say that she wasn’t an amazing woman on her own; she clearly was and is. But when local media picked up on the blog […]
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