It’s interesting how different a serious relationship looks when you’re 24 compared to a serious relationship at 30. In your early to mid twenties, planning for the future with someone means y...Read More
Sometimes, there are people who surprise you. People with whom you have nothing tangible in common and yet, when your paths cross somewhat fortuitously, you feel like you’ve known each other a lif...Read More
Forcing 'love, marriage, and the baby carriage', while potentially appealing in the short term, will inevitably lead to disappointment, resentment, and unhappiness in the long term. ...Read More
Marrying someone doesn’t mean your love life gets any less messy. It just means that you’re experiencing all those ups and downs, and i-love-yous and i-hate-yous with one person....Read More
My mother always told me, when it comes to finding The One, “when you know, you know.” Those words bounced around my brain for years. They endured through numerous relationships – always sourin...Read More
Ring shopping. We went ring shopping. Well, ring browsing, to be exact. But is there really any difference? I’d blocked it out completely – like a PTSD-stricken combat victim – but looking thro...Read More
Someone who I was once in love / very much “in like” with got married last weekend. I’m happy for him, but sad for me. Some say he once maybe had a thing for me too, but alas, it was...Read More
I’ve written about dating deal breakers before but it’s something I keep coming back to. I’m really weirdly fixated on the seeming dichotomy between compromise and settling in relationships. It&...Read More
I can’t figure out if I’m becoming more or less picky about men as I grow up. You know how when you’re younger you’ll pretty much date anything with a sense of humor and the desired genitalia?...Read More