“What people say matters terribly,” her friend insists, trying to get the 40-something widow played by Jane Wyman to give up her love affair with a hunky younger man, none other than Rock Hudson. She is a well-heeled woman with her place in society. He is the son of a gardener. Of course, we […]
Stacked
Looks? Sure, they matter. Health? Naturally. Money? Stuff? Of course. We all have to eat, right? Yet I look around my little house and the way I count my riches has to do with stacks of books on my bedroom floor – eighteen of them – an assortment of references and magazines that have overflowed […]
Triangle
It is the low-pitched and rolling brogue that startles me, and I look up. I hadn’t heard him enter the living room. “Surprised to see me?” he asks, cocking that irrepressible eyebrow that makes a woman’s heart beat faster, like everything else about him. I’m not sure what to say. I am surprised to see […]
Life Alone or Life Coupled?
So what’s your preference? Find the woman of your dreams? The man of your dreams? Are you anticipating a rosy romance leading to traditional marriage? Or have you been there, done that – and now prefer your life on your own? Recently on the Huffington Post, I mused on the state of affairs relative to […]
Hidden Costs of Cohabitation
Do we really know what we should when it comes to living together?
Why We Sometimes Pick a Fight
Fighting, when we don’t mean to.
JLo? Really?
Celebrity divorce news is hardly news. It seems that so-called Hollywood power couples jump in and out of marriages (and engagements, for that matter) the way most of us switch diets. The most recent split to catch my eye? Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony of course, announced earlier this week. Somehow this marital meltdown seems […]
Is LOVE A Four Letter Word?
Does the word “LOVE” do more harm than good?
All You Need is “Love, Love, Love”…
When I read about Paul McCartney’s engagement, I shook my head. The article referenced is focused on the fact that there is no pre-nup, and how British and American views differ on that score. And no, Sir Paul hasn’t taken the plunge as many times as the glittering Elizabeth Taylor for example, whose multiple marriages […]
Is There Such a Thing as Too Much Togetherness?
“Quality” time with your partner?