There was a recent article in the New York Times that asks the question: “What to call two people who act as if they are married but are not?” While some of the conventions of our society have changed, our language has been a little slow keeping up. Since I’m hardly shy about my willingness to try out new word usages (witness my never-ending push for a genderless pronoun class), I thought I’d have a bash.
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On her blog, Amber Benson asks, Why Are Relationships So Hard? Scrolling down to the post’s comment section, you see that simple question generated a flood of comments in a very short amount of time. Apparently, this is a subject very much on people’s minds. And yes—mine, too.
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My take on this week’s group blog topic: Sex After Marriage…or this misconception among men that all women lose interest in sex after marriage.
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You know, I like to think of myself as a fair-minded individual. In the past few years, courts, and now state legislatures, have begun approving of same-sex marriages. Given the numbers of conservative-minded folk in the United States, is it no wonder that there has been a vocal backlash of sorts? I have to say, I’m totally amazed that this is really an issue at all.
Read more...I was talking to my brother about how the Black and Latino communities in California scuttled the gay marriage issue with Proposition 8. While we were discussing the you-scratch-my-back-I’ll-stab-yours aspects of this dirty business, he proposed this: remove marriage from being a government consideration for everyone.
Read more...Now that our long national election is (mostly) decided, a few thoughts in the wake of election-night emotion.
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What’s the deal with those diamond engagement rings? I just don’t get it. And no…dealing with it is not a first-person problem I’ve ever had nor am I likely to have. I think my biggest confusion is the term itself: engagement ring. To me, that sounds like it’s a
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