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The Science of the Heart is Sometimes Lost on Me
I used to make my wife cry because I treated her like her feelings weren’t important.
“Just because you feel…
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18 Months: A Post-Divorce Milestone
I panicked when I lost my family.
You freak because those you love are gone. You freak because you feel…
It Gets Better
I read my text message and laughed out loud because my ex-wife wrote something funny.
One of my friends at…
Hope Changes Everything
In the aftermath of my wife leaving, sometimes I would sob like a small child.
I spent so many years…
The Godsmack
He gets this look on his face sometimes. My son who is nearly six.
It looks almost like panic.
I…
The Single Dad Writer — A Tipsy Lit Guest Post
My son is gone half the time.
But he’s really gone more than that. Because he attends school or daycare…
Unfit for Fatherhood
The baby wouldn’t come.
Push.
My wife was in pain. There was a large audience of doctors and nurses. I…
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
Many aspects of the human experience unite us.
Commonalities. Things we all share. Our DNA is similar. Our biology and…
The 95 Percent
“Hey, Matt! Why are you always talking about divorce!?!?”
Because next to things like air and food and water, I…
An Open Letter to Shitty Husbands, Vol. 7
Divorce and broken homes and dysfunctional relationships are a global epidemic.
Men have the most power to help solve the…