Recent Posts
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In LoveFrom Total Intimacy to Total Strangers
...One day, after 6 months…one year…two years, those butterflies turned to moths and started tearing at your clothes, then your heart. How did that bubble burst?
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In LoveSometimes, That Old Flame is a Trick Candle
With enough positives to raise hopes but enough negatives to raise doubts, sometimes that old flame is a trick candle, impervious to the first attempt...
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In LoveBreaking Tradition
In 2007, I got engaged and nearly had a nervous breakdown while pursuing a career that I did not like, and planning a type of wedding that I did not want.
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FictionMy Bitter Valentine
“How does this always happen?!” I thought angrily to myself. Here I am, sitting alone in a little coffee shop on Valentine’s Day, stood up. I think. It’s either that or he was in a freak car accident that caused him to be two hours late... At this point, imagining him in a serious wreck did make me feel a little better. I smiled internally at the thought of him getting his eyebrows singed off.
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In LoveThe Unconventional Dater
Getting inebriated and adding another notch to your ever-expanding belt seems to be the new form of dating. How romantic. However, there are a few places outside the confines...
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In LoveTo Pre-Nup Or Not To Pre-Nup
I don’t see a marriage as just an emotional or physical union, but as a financial one as well. Some people think of prenuptial agreements as divorce insurance, while others think that the mere mention of the word “prenup” instantly kills a relationship.
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Sex and SexualityNon-Monogamy: Can It Work?
Non-Monogamy. It’s not for everyone. Are you game for sharing a lover? Can you bear the thought of your man or woman spreading their seeds of love and intimacy with a stranger—or with someone floating in your own circles?
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In LoveMoving in Together
You wouldn’t buy a car without ever test driving it, would you? I tell you what, if my grandparents would have had the chance to live together before they got married, they would have saved themselves fifty plus years of silent, probably sexless, resentful cohabitation.