I think it’s great, at times of extreme stress, to have someone who remembers who I am and what I believe when the stress is not there.
What I Like About Being Married
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Four Ways to Look at Your Current Mess
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Let’s say you intended to stay home with your babies, but now your full-time job is the only way to pay the rent and buy the groceries. Or perhaps you have a burning passion to launch a business, but it is not practical right now, because you want to be available to get your mate to dialysis appointments. Or you are this close to a college degree, but you cannot register for courses next...
TV Star Caught on Set Fighting with His Wife
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Many thanks to my son for spotting this and to xkcd.com for letting me share it with you.
I’m Not Happy
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“I’m not happy.” How awful to realize this, awful enough to make you want to make a big change, like leaving the person you imagined could make you happy for the rest of your life. “I’m scared silly” would be different. So would “I’m really angry, and I’m not going to take it any more.” “Not happy” carries no danger, no...
We Did Not Know Any Better
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From a disturbing report on All Things Considered, right before the start of this year’s Smart Marriages Conference: “Many of these parents are children of divorce — born in the early ’80s when divorce rates peaked. Today, these parents say they’d rather raise a child alone or with multiple partners than risk putting that child through a divorce.” I want to...
