Understanding the signs and the risks of an emotional affair.
The Code
Some codes should not be broken.
Jealousy
Are you the jealous type?
The American Man – Broken or Spent?
Men cheat. But is it inevitable, is infidelity ever acceptable, and what can women, make that wives, actually do about it? Is it really true that a good man is hard to find? Ask most single women — including unattached single mothers — and I believe they’ll say yes. So what do we think? Is […]
Turning a Blind Eye
So what do Arnold Schwarzenegger and Dominique Strauss-Kahn have in common? Both have made headlines this week, though the circumstances are dramatically different; Schwarzenegger has admitted to a love child, and Strauss-Kahn has allegedly committed assault. But they are public figures, and I think we can agree, powerful men. With the current media swirl around […]
Men and Women. Coming Closer.
Let’s hear it for cable! And for delicious films that we may never have seen when they were released to the theaters. Like Closer – an unexpected treat I enjoyed last night, so effectively constructed that I watched it twice in succession. Closer The characters are stunning. The dialog is smart and raw. Each of […]
Married Sex! (An Oxymoron?)
Furtive phone calls, marital manipulations, stats on sex in marriage.
Loving X Two: In Love With Multiple People
Have you loved more than one person at the same time? I suppose I should make a distinction between “in love” and “loving,” but is that necessary, really, if the net effect is the same? When you’re involved with multiple people, you’ve got double the pleasure. Maybe. You certainly have double the trouble. And then […]
Second Chances
“I didn’t think there were second chances. Not really,” he said to me on the phone. It was a friend I hadn’t talked to in some time. He sounded happy. He’d been through a lot in recent years – divorce, layoff, financial problems. And after five years, at the age of 50, he’d met someone […]
Mark Sanford: French Kiss Meets Last Tango in Foreign Affair Snafu
One last dance around the political floor for South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford? Affairs of the heart, not always so smart.