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How to Have a Good-Enough Relationship
“What *is* enough?” she asked.
Fair question, I thought, since I’d just written a list of things that WERE NOT…
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Are You Paying Attention?
I think about how we treat the people and things that matter most.
The way we “Maybe later, kiddo” our…
Diagnosing Relationship Failure is Not for the Self-Assured
The white hair and calloused hands with a couple of missing fingertips darkened by sun, dirt and every type of…
It’s Not About Us
I’ve asked myself the question a bunch of times: How does some random guy in Ohio writing first-person stories about…
Poor Meal Planning Can End Your Marriage
“My DH (Darling Husband) makes me want to kill him over dinner. Kill him. I don’t know why 30 minutes…
Life & Love: When Basketball is More Than a Game
Six years ago, I sat in stunned silence on the edge of my living-room sofa with my hands covering the…
Male Dishonesty & Divorce: Choosing the Man Card Over Succeeding ‘Like a Girl’
Men lie constantly.
I think maybe everyone does.
Sometimes, they are classic bald-faced lies: “I didn’t do it!” Even though…
Throwing Stones in Our Glass Houses
I hurt my son once and had to take him to the hospital afterward.
When the little person I love…
The Lazarus Theory: Bringing Relationships Back From the Dead
They say the opposite of love isn’t hate, but indifference.
I don’t believe that. I think hate is love’s antonym.…
The Worst Thing Wives Do
During our first year of marriage, my wife was so unhappy living in Florida that she wanted to move back…
