There’s bad news, more bad news, and eventually some good news, and then more good news when it comes to men and women in relationships.
The first piece of bad news is that Jonathan Gray was right:  men and women truly are different species.  Men really are from Mars, as embodied by the Roman God of [...]

One of the best bits of advice I’ve ever received was from my high school French teacher.  In the upper left hand corner of the blackboard, in small letters, he had written “Don’t Think” at the beginning of the year. 

Having identified my top five reasons not to stay married, I’ve been pondering some good reasons to stay married.  These are my top five reasons that any couple would want to stay married.  None of these reasons by itself would create a stable enough foundation for a strong relationship, but together they create a marriage [...]

My partner and I had our second therapy session this week with a highly trained, intuitive and talented therapist.  In the course of the session, however, she said something that has us looking for another therapist.  And, it got me thinking about reasons why people should and should not stay married.

Lately the question of monogamy has surfaced a number of times for me.  I’ve been contemplating whether I genuinely believe that long term (20 or more years) monogamy is a natural state for humans.  This is a pretty intense contemplation, as it runs counter to virtually everything we’ve ever been told in our society.