Why Married Couples Stay Married
With 10 million readers in 2016, I have a pretty popular blog, but I’ll tell you: this guy, Mark Manson, has a way of writing first-person pieces that go viral.…
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One Big Predictor of Divorce: The Husband’s Job
These two opening paragraphs in this New York Magazine article validated what I’ve been discussing here for nearly a decade. With one new wrinkle: “Despite the myths you might have heard, half…
Read More… 175 commentsDo You Need Interfaith Therapy?
Ah, the Internet. A place where you can buy anything in the world online. A place where you can meet your spouse across the country. A place where you can…
Read More… 12 commentsA New Definition of Fidelity: Being Radically Present
True fidelity goes beyond keeping sex within marriage. Steven Kalas, a counselor in Las Vegas, astutely observes that sexual fidelity is not really the hardest task in the world; it’s…
Read More… 61 commentsSigns He Wants to Marry You
Longtime readers know that sometimes I like to reveal a little bit about how I work. It’s sometimes embarrassing to share things, but I think it’s a valuable glimpse into me and…
Read More… 24 commentsYour Ideal Partner: The One Who Puts Up With You
I’d like to call Alain de Botton the highbrow European Evan Marc Katz, but that would be too flattering to myself. He’s a Swiss-born, British based-philospher who has been publishing books…
Read More… 85 comments13 Questions to Ask Before Getting Married
“All the News That’s Fit to Print” has been the New York Times’ motto since 1896. Because it’s so vast and comprehensive, it has also been my main news source…
Read More… 89 commentsMen and Women Tend to Marry Within Their Class
You’ve read the back and forth comments on this blog. Women want to marry men with equal education and money. Men complain that women are “hypergamous,” and trying to marry…
Read More… 195 commentsHow Do You View Marriage?
My favorite New York Times philosopher, David Brooks, was at it again, breaking down people’s views of marriage into three separate categories. First, is the psychological view of marriage. The…
Read More… 16 commentsWhat It Looks Like When You’re Happily Married (An Ode to My Wife)
Yeah, this is what I’m talking about. A beautiful piece by Heather Havrilesky in New York magazine about what romance looks like ten years into a marriage. I rarely write…
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