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An Open Letter to Shitty Husbands, Vol. 9
Sometimes your wife cries in bed alone because she wants to hang out with you and you’d rather do anything…
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Wanting What You Can’t Have
Maybe we’re all doomed. More than half of our marriages fail already. Some of the ones still intact are brimming…
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The Number 333, Vol. 2
“3:33,” the digital clock likes to tell me. “Oh, here he goes again! Matt thinks he’s a numerologist!” Believe what…
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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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Now I Can Die in Peace
I root for professional sports teams in a city famous for not winning a championship in 50 years. It’s almost…
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The Belt Notches
I was dressing for work the other day when it happened. While buckling my belt, I noticed it needed to…
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You’re Not Supposed to Laugh at That
I was the only adult in the introductory Cub Scouts meeting without a child present. “Which one is your son?”…
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Here I Am
We never turn it off. Ever. Our minds, like a humming hard drive, always buzz, buzz, buzzing, jumping from one…
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How To Never Have Bad Days
I was offered a job when I was 28 that would have basically eliminated financial concerns for the rest of…
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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…
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