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Are You Afraid When the Elevator Doors Open?
(Image/The Belltower – the Mount Aloysius College student newspaper)A friend of mine—female—was in a work meeting with a bunch of…
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What Being Drugged and Robbed Taught Me About Rape Culture
I’d only been conscious for a half-hour or so, and I was fighting tears because as a general rule, I…
Podcast Interview: The Mindset You Must Change if You Want a Great Marriage
I know what you’re probably not thinking: I really want to listen to Matt blather on about conflict in relationships!…
How to Comfort (and Not Comfort) Someone Going Through a Divorce
Only two kinds of people could help me feel better during my first year of coping with, adjusting to, and…
Preparing for that Last Goodbye
Nothing sparks contemplation for me quite as intensely as the news of someone’s death.
One of my best friends from…
The Moments When Men Lose Their Wives
Our relationships work like a weight scale. Like a math equation.
With every person we know, there’s a ledger. There…
I Have No Idea What You’re Talking About; Do We Say What We Really Mean?
In January 2016, I published an article titled “She Divorced Me Because I Left Dishes by the Sink” which became…
The Myth of the Nagging Wife — It’s Invisible Burns That Actually End Marriages
We sometimes hear husbands complain about their stupid, bitchy, nagging wives.
Some of them probably are married to petty, unkind…
The Subtle Difference Between Shitty and Non-Shitty Husbands and Wives
The difference is so subtle that I didn’t recognize it until now.
And now that I have, it isn’t hard…
I Am the Monster You Should Be Afraid Of
How far back can you remember?
I’m pretty sure I can remember moments when I was 3. We must have…
