Back in 1914 when he was around 26 and a graduate student at Harvard, T.S. Eliot professed his love to his friend, Emily Hale, a speech and drama teacher at various schools. Hale did not appear to reciprocate his feelings at the time and Eliot moved to England where he quickly met and married another… Read more
An article in The Atlantic this week explores what it calls “a uniquely modern phenomenon”: how the boundary between being treated like part of your significant other’s family and being treated like an outsider has been made unclear in recent generations since sex, cohabitation, and parenting outside of marriage has become much more widely accepted… Read more
The writer/ inspirational guru, Anne Lamott (author of cult favorites like Bird by Bird, Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith, and Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son’s First Year [which should maybe be required reading for expectant parents], as well as lengthy Facebook posts in which she shares the secret of life) got married… Read more
A furious bride in Australia called one of her guests to demand more money after the guest gave her “only” $200 and a $75 “luxury” candle off her registry as a gift, saying that the presents didn’t come close enough to cover the cost of the guest and her date’s plates at the wedding. Check… Read more
The two weeks before Christmas are thought to be peak breakup season, according to Match.com. But UC Berkeley psychology professor Dacher Keltner, author Born to Be Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life, which explores how to be happy in relationships, says there’s one thing couples should do on a regular basis if they want… Read more
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