I miss stormy. Okay. I’ll rephrase. I miss occasionally stormy. It isn’t what I experienced in marriage, and at the time, I thought that was a plus. Of course, things were rocky at the end, and that’s to be expected. But the relationship itself seemed to run smoothly. Quietly. We rarely fought. If anything, we […]
Are You Selfish In Your Relationships?
There’s selfish, and self-interested. Do you know the difference?
Marriage Minded Men!
It works every time. Ten tips for this. Ten things you don’t know. It gets your attention, doesn’t it? Yesterday I came across 10 Things a Man Should Know About Marriage. The fact that this series of snippets was directed at men? That made it even more irresistible – advice offered to guide the guys […]
Is Romance Dead?
Defining and understanding… romance.
Man Cave Instead of Dog House?
So what’s up with this Man Cave concept? Is it a place for men to hide out in their own homes? The millennial version of the 1960s paneled private club, or a place to escape before being sent to the proverbial Dog House thus avoiding a tiff with the Missus? Man Cave, a concept whose […]
Living Together – Separately
Are you part of a non-traditional couple? Committed or married, but not actually living in the same residence as your partner? Living together can be tough. Very tough. I’m reminded of an early episode of Sex and the City, in which Sarah Jessica Parker’s Carrie asks her love interest, Mr. Big, what his ideal living […]
Why Must We Marry?
Why must we marry? Scandalous little question, isn’t it? Flies in the face of convention! After all, we’re past the 60s and early 70s. We’ve tossed away our peace symbols and sitar music. Am I proposing free love? Romantic anarchy? Hardly. But in my cozy neighborhood of writing cohorts-in-crime, and we’re a mighty varied group, […]
Something Like Marriage
A marriage. Or something like it.
Married Sex! (An Oxymoron?)
Furtive phone calls, marital manipulations, stats on sex in marriage.
Remarriage Rules of Grammar: Past Imperfect, Future Conditional?
Oh, those French tenses! Imperfect, simple future, future perfect… If only life were that easy! I heard from a 40-year old colleague recently, about her upcoming remarriage. It got me thinking about pasts perfect and imperfect, present imperatives, and futures – of all sorts. And then of course – ghosts of marriage past. The woman […]