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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…
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This is Why Your Wife Hates You
“Why does my wife hate me?” My initial reaction was to tell you that your wife doesn’t hate you, but…
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3 Secrets for Getting Your Spouse or Romantic Partner to Do What You Want
Imagine a famous influencer—say, Oprah Winfrey—criticizing her audience and demanding that they do something she wanted them to do without…
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The Mistake Smart People Make That Causes Divorce and Other Miserable Things
How well do you know your spouse or romantic partner? Your parents? Siblings? Best friends? If you were to take…
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Here’s How They Chop Hot Women in Half
Spoiler alert #1: When magicians perform the Saw-Woman-in-Half trick on stage, he or she is not actually sawing a human…
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Love vs. Respect—Which is More Critical for Making Relationships Last?
I didn’t respect my wife even though I loved her a lot. And even though my wife loved me back,…
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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…
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The Missing Ingredient that Ruins Valentine’s Day (and Every Other Day)
Flowers are pretty and smell nice. They make nice gifts as a symbolic gesture to those you care about. Unless,…
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Always Something There to Remind Me
There’s something appalling—nearly unforgivable—about the things we forget, like, 98-ish percent of our known existence. We forget that we breathe.…
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She Divorced Me Because I Tried to Fix Her Problems
In nine years of marriage, it’s safe to assume my ex-wife and I ate dinner together between 2,500 and 3,000…
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