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I Couldn’t Handle the Pressure of ‘Looking’ Married
— On June 30th, 2020 I woke up to a very disturbing piece of news. The Guwahati High Court had granted divorce to a man after having observed that “A lady who has entered into marriage according to...
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Shakespeare – Hidden Skeptic?
Of course, Shakespeare was a Christian. It was a crime to be otherwise in a time when church attendance was enforced by law. But whether he believed the supernatural dogmas remains a topic of debate....
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What to Do When Your Spouse Isn’t Your Soulmate
The person you’re married to—or will marry one day—isn’t your soulmate. [Insert very dramatic orchestra music here.] It sucks, I know. How can I be sure? If we begin with the basic assumption that...
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Secrets for a Successful Marriage
The Fab Hub and I have no business telling anybody else how to have a happy or successful marriage. We are by far not the poster children for blissfully happy marriage. That sounds awful, doesn’t it?...
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It’s a Gift, Not an Entitlement
In the mid-1980s I was part of the now-long-disbanded post-college fellowship at my then-church, founded and led by the church’s parish assistant who had put together a “relationships seminar” (my,...
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The Season of Thanks—Giving to Get
Ordinary and Extraordinary Jane Austen’s classic novel Pride and Prejudice begins with, “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a...
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Scary Daddies Part 2: Don Draper
The Bad Man Within At face value, Don Draper was the perfect man: a strong, silent, high-powered Madison Avenue ad agency executive with a beautiful wife and two doting children. How could there be...
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Cold Feet and Warm Hearts—Are You Afraid To Get Married?
— I’m a naturally anxious person, so when I read things like “getting married causes people anxiety,” I almost want to laugh. Everything causes me anxiety. But, I understand why marriage would make...
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Pick Up Your Socks and Other Relationship Problems
— I’m not in a romantic relationship right now, but I have friends who are married or seeing someone. I hear complaints of all kinds from my homies about how their partner (husband usually) annoys the...
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Imagine Everyone Would Say Yes
— The first date my wife, Jen, and I went on was more or less blind. I was seventeen and had seen her in a play I’d gone to watch my younger brother in. Though he’d shown her a picture of me, we’d...
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Midlife Mastery: Middle-Aged, Married and Mortgaged [Podcast]
— Today we discuss the holy trinity of being middle-aged, married and mortgaged. We touch on the dreaded midlife crisis, fresh starts and the meaning of life. This episode is based on the Midlife Tribe...
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An Open Letter to Divorcing Parents and Their Attorneys
Do you intend for your children to know and trust that your love for them won’t fade? Do they feel that, while they are experiencing your animosity towards their other parent? Humans are designed to be...
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Marriage and Forensic Pathology
As a married couple of 12 years, you quickly learn that you need new things to talk about and new experiences. Making time for date night isn’t always an easy task, but once you realize you make time...
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Strategic Recovery
Build it into the SystemMine is a 7 minute vintage Saturday Night Live sketch starring Rachel Dratch, Drew Barrymore, Jimmy Fallon, and Will Farrell. The four of them are soaking in a hot tub at the...
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Vinegar or Wine? How Has Time Affected Your Relationship?
Time passes whether you are single or married, happy or sad. In the end we are all dust. But in between birth and death when we become adults, then, for a brief moment , we can create something of our...
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Gay Elementary School Teacher Comes Out To Students
—Matthew Hay had been openly gay for over half his life but seldom discussed the specifics of his personal life in the classroom – including the person to whom he was married. That all changed one day...
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Father of Mine: Grandpa
Dads Throughout History Series – Part 1Great-Great Grandfather: Dad’s Dad’s Dad’s Dad Growing up in my extended family, there was a lot of emphasis on keeping our paternal last name alive. I was one...
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When Married Sex Gets Stale
Embed from Getty Images—Thirteen years ago, I ran through my house at breakneck speed and flung open the front door where my future husband stood. I jumped on him, legs wrapped around his waist and...
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#Daditude — Case File 1: Gratitude
Dad Attitude: Our Inner WorldsI’ve spent my fair share criticizing my own father, mostly from afar and after-the-fact. And yes, here in this column. Some of it has been therapeutic. I’ve long-since...
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Momma’s Boys
Portraits of the PatriarchyFather Time examines the progressive shift in modern fatherhoodPart 8Okay, I’ll admit: I was a total momma’s boy. As the youngest of three siblings, and the only boy, my mom...
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