How does passion become obsession?
Personal Essays: First Love
Essays on first love, by a selection of fine writers.
Does Marriage Kill Passion?
A look at the demise of desire in marriage.
Using an Ex to Make Your Man Jealous?
Using the jealousy trick?
In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb
Declarations of belief, to conjure an early spring.
How Many Great Loves Do We Get?
Great loves. Do we only get one – and that’s if we’re lucky?
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 Importance of Beginnings
What the beginning of a relationship says about how it will unfold.
Is LOVE A Four Letter Word?
Does the word “LOVE” do more harm than good?
Butting Heads
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 […]