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One Year Later, Vol. 2
I’m back in Illinois, where my father lives and where I typically visit twice a year to catch up with…
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One Year Later
A year ago, I was crying at least once a week.
Drinking all the time, because distracted fun was the…
A New Page on Shitty Husbands
Because my An Open Letter to Shitty Husbands posts continue to be the most-popular things on this blog, I decided…
The Moments
It was a slow death.
Not a major trauma—like a shooting or stabbing—that killed the marriage.
More like a terminal…
Unfit for Fatherhood
The baby wouldn’t come.
Push.
My wife was in pain. There was a large audience of doctors and nurses. I…
The Storm
My phone made a sound I’d never heard before.
I picked it up and looked at the screen. Tornado warning.…
The 95 Percent
“Hey, Matt! Why are you always talking about divorce!?!?”
Because next to things like air and food and water, I…
How to Be Hopeful
She would just smile and roll her eyes at me.
My pretty wife.
We’d be standing in the kitchen, or…
An Open Letter to Shitty Husbands, Vol. 7
Divorce and broken homes and dysfunctional relationships are a global epidemic.
Men have the most power to help solve the…
If You Could Only Choose One: Love or Marriage?
I’m pretty good at beating myself up.
If they awarded fighting championship belts for kicking one’s own ass, I’d be…
