He left us. It was one of those terrible, awful situations you hear about happening to someone you grew up with and just cringe. No one saw it coming, not our friends, family, certainly not me. Suffice to say I came home from work on Thursday, he told me he was going, and by Sunday [...]
Lately it’s become clear to me how often men and women willfully misunderstand each other. A discussion about love, marriage and dividing household responsibilities devolved into an argument about whether socks on the floor constitute a deal-breaker. I was shocked at the speed with which rational thought turned into “men are from Mars, women are [...]
We’ve seen it play out a million times on the silver screen. The guileless camaraderie between a man and a woman. There’ll be the inevitable montage of them laughing with their heads thrown back, spending lots of time together in coffee shops and bowling alleys. But sooner or later they’ll reach for the same ball. His hand will accidentally brush against hers, and the camera will zoom in for the requisite close up. Their eyes will lock, and in that instant a knowing gaze will pass between them. They’ll kiss for the first time, and there’ll be no turning back. From that point on, they know they can no longer be just friends…
My husband Tom and I have had a “do I look fat in this dress” pact since the beginning of our marriage, when I was healthy size eight. Next to being asked to get snipped, this is the question that men fear most from women. How can he answer this loaded, Catch-22? If he answers [...]
The anonymity of the Internet does something to the human psyche. It lets you strip away all the worries of acceptance and rejection and get down to the honest, bare-bone truth of yourself. By the time you get to the end, you know what you really are all about and you know which questions you [...]
I remember being very very sensitive as a child, a young adult and into my twenties. The smallest comment would affect me in the biggest way, whether it was to me or to someone I cared about. For those I cared about, I would embrace the stubborn side of me and defend a friend or [...]