Love

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…
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How the New Math vs. Old Math Debate is a Lot Like Your Marriage
Those of you living outside of the United States might not know this, but in 2009 the federal government launched…
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Maybe Your Love Life Sucks Because You Don’t Know What Love Is
There’s a guy. He’s having a really bad day because this girl he likes a lot decided to stop seeing…
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Should We Get Married? (Part 1)
In Wonder Woman lore—including the 2017 Gal Gadot film—there exists an island of Amazonian women unknown and invisible to the…
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I Didn’t Know Ponds and Cigars Could Do That
That’s my grandparents on their wedding day about 62 years ago. It’s one of my favorite photos. The handsome gentleman…
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You Can Check Out Any Time You Like, But You Can Never Leave
I’m good at hiding it. The emotional baggage I drag around all the time. Most of the time, I forget…
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Pain is History’s Most Effective Influencer of Human Behavior
I don’t know how many times I had to be burned by the hot steam that escapes a simmering pot…
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The Search for Beauty in Divorce
Six short years ago, my wife was selfishly choosing her emotions over the wellbeing of our family. She was breaking…
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3 Ways to Move Past or Protect Yourself from Rejection in Relationships and Dating
When I wasn’t crying over my divorce and broken family, I was mostly getting dating wrong. Must Be This Tall…
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The Coming Divorce Decline? I’ll Believe it When I See It
It looks and sounds like awesome news—like everything I want for my little boy and everyone else’s kids. The divorce…
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