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Why Couples Always Have the Same Fight
There are always exceptions to the rule. People who never smoke sometimes die of lung cancer, and some smokers live…
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Why Online Dating Might Not Be For You
Maybe I was just doing it wrong. Totally possible. I’m good at several things, but there’s no reason to believe…
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‘I’ve Ruined My Marriage and My Wife Hates Me’
She liked to shower at night. The downstairs bathroom, just down the hall from the guest room I was sleeping…
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Try Something Else
I was 15 minutes early for the church thing. My ex-wife lives close so I expected her and our son…
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Maybe Pain and Misery is the Only Way
I was drinking a lot of vodka to numb the pain. Not scary amounts. Nothing dangerous. But I was using…
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The Best Relationship Advice I Know: Give More Than You Take
There are three common reactions to my ‘An Open Letter to Shitty Husbands’ series, and I hate two of them.…
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Why Marriage Counseling is a Bad Idea, Vol. 2
I’ve been to marriage counseling twice. By that I mean, in two separate instances during my marriage, I agreed to…
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Why Marriage Counseling is a Bad Idea, Vol. 1
A wife asked her husband to read my ‘Shitty Husbands’ posts, which happens more than I’d like. (Because passive-aggressively telling…
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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…
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Do People’s Feelings Matter? That Depends.
I once wrote that feelings are bullshit. Except I wrote it more dramatically: “Feelings. Are. Bullshit.” That probably seems rich…
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