Marriage

Awaiting the Royal Wedding

Awaiting the Royal Wedding

My interest in the royal wedding doesn’t extend far beyond the Times style section dress speculations, Kate Middleton For The Win and wondering how in the world Our Future Princess gets her hair that shiny (seriously how? The people have a right to know). I didn’t even realize the wedding was happening so soon — [...]

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Admissio #2: I would consider marriage if I wore this dress. MAYBE.

Say Yes to the Dress: Big Bliss

Admission: I love wedding shows. LOVE THEM. Say Yes to the Dress is my favorite because even though I do not particularly endeavor to get married and the idea of wearing a wedding dress makes me nearly break out in hives, I love wedding dresses on other people. They’re so pretty and lacy! And the [...]

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Ten Women to Settle For

We just discussed how ladies should definitely focus on dating men who they don’t find physically attractive, who are significantly older or younger than they are, who are emotionally needy, who they don’t share common interests or values with, and who have hygiene issues. Well, the same dude who brought us “10 Underrated Men and [...]

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Ten Men to Settle For

My pal Jamil sent me this article, saying “this has to be one of the worst (and funniest) relationship-advice things I’ve seen in a while.” And… yeah, it is. It’s a list of “10 Underrated Men and Why You Should Date Them,” and basically instructs women to quit being so picky and settle for dudes [...]

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I’m tired of having sex.

No, I’m not actually (I’m a feminist and we don’t have sex, duh, except when we’re getting pregnant on purpose so that we can get abortions from Planned Parenthood), but according to the New York Times maybe I will be tired of sex soon, because I am a lady? THIS is the story a friend [...]

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Female infidelity: “It’s different”

Says… this guy. Why is it different? Because men cheat for sex. Women cheat for True Love. Obvs. But let’s start at the beginning: In a committed relationship nothing hurts more, or is harder to recover from, than infidelity, and this is even truer when it’s the female partner who’s been doing the cheating. Even [...]

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There are serious consequences to allowing same-sex marriage.

Really you guys, this could get bad.

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Traditional marriage is dead. Let’s celebrate.

My latest in the Guardian.

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I’m not married because I’m a selfish bitchy slutty shallow liar

Actually, all of those things other than “liar” are totally true. Mad Men writer Tracy McMillan explains to all of us ladies why we aren’t married (and we all want to be, obviously — just admit it, girls). How does Tracy McMillan know why we’re not married? Because she’s been married three times. Loves it. [...]

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More on Kay Hymowitz

So I should probably stop beating this Kay Hymowitz horse to death, but her “successful women have made men TERRIBLE” really stuck in my craw. In her piece, she suggests it’s a big problem that “Not so long ago, the average American man in his 20s had achieved most of the milestones of adulthood: a [...]

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The best news you’ll hear today

The Obama administration has ordered the Justice Department to stop defending the Defense of Marriage Act, because it’s unconstitutional. President Obama has decided that the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional and has asked his Justice Department to stop defending it in court, the administration announced today. “The President believes that DOMA is unconstitutional. They [...]

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