Over in the Dear Prudence advice column, there was a question the other day from someone related to tensions arising between her and her friend over how they are approaching sheltering in place. She wrote: “Long story short, she felt like I was shaming her for not being as strict with quarantine as I am… Read more
Most of us are in week six of hunkering down to slow the spread of the coronavirus. How is it going for you? My days have become a blur of cleaning house, doing laundry, cooking, homeschooling, refereeing sibling squabbles, and periodically drinking shots of tequila to help take the edge off. There are so many… 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
I’ve been married for ten years to a great guy I get along with great, and thankfully the relationship lessons I learn these days are pretty smooth ones, revolving mostly around making couple time and cutting some slack since we’re both tired parents of two young kids who wear us the off out. Lessons learned… Read more
A conversation over in the forums this week got me thinking about wedding traditions — specifically wedding traditions that seem outdated or don’t reflect modern lifestyles and values but still hang around (think: bridal showers; bouquet toss to the single ladies; dads giving away the brides). I’m also thinking about fairly new traditions – like… Read more
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