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How to Change Your Shitty Husband
“I fucking hated you,” she said.
“I hated you because you’re the guy who made a damn name for himself…
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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…
Making Sense of Your Emotions After Divorce and Beyond
I walked into my ex-wife’s house following a quick knock as I do a few times every week to pick…
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…
The 4th Wedding Anniversary (That Wasn’t)
Yesterday would have been lucky-number 13.
My wife and I celebrating 13 years of marital bliss.
Only we didn’t. Because…
How to Be Comfortable Alone on Valentine’s Day
If I’m hospitalized or incapacitated from a car accident or emergency health problem, my ex-wife will be the first person…
And Then I Woke Up Three Years Later
I spent the first year depressed and freaking out.
I spent the second year using reading and writing to get…
When Someday Gets Here
I used to believe depression was code for “weak,” and that criers were wimpy losers.
I had heard of people…
When a Partner Grieves: The Moment of Truth
“Your life is about to fall apart, you’re going to get divorced, and things will never be the same,” is…
