When political differences predict more than the outcome of elections.
Beyond Limerence, Or, Why I’m Glad I’m Not Madly in Love
Mad love, lasting love, and why I know my personal preference.
The Unbroken Heart, the Marriage Container, the Marriage Trap
The reality of marriage… and divorce, for some.
“Leaving to Survive”
When marriage becomes a battlefield, how long do we put up the good fight?
Bittersweet
When he returns from nine months in Europe, he unpacks two boxes from his luggage and sets them on the kitchen counter. I recognize them immediately. My emotions are a jumble. Pleasure. Sadness. Suddenly, I feel older. I admit I’d hoped he might do this. Sometimes, he’s thoughtful that way, or perhaps he knows me […]
Clash of the Titans? Experience Versus Memory
When memories taint otherwise good experiences.
Hungry For More Attention?
Getting more attention from your spouse. Maybe.
Recovering
Recovery. It’s a term we use when we set out to retrieve something gone missing, hoping to find it. It’s a term we employ following loss or illness, hoping to regain ourselves, battling back – or through – physical and emotional turmoil. We speak of recovery when talking about relationships – the process of […]
Next Logical Steps
Must all dating lead to marriage? Expectations that post-divorce dating leads to remarriage.
Myths, Marriage, and the Gray Sweater
Myths about marriage. Myths about divorce. Myth misconceptions.