Love: that amorphous word that brings us into such deep intimacy with one another, and yet can be the tool of such profound separation.If I had one prayer, it would be that no one would ever again say to another, ‘I love you, but I’m not in love with you.’
Read More..>>I know that it seems counter-intuitive and unhelpful to be told that the best approach to your partner who’s showing signs of a midlife crisis is ‘hands-off,’ but it’s exactly true. Take for example the advice that’s given to people who are in a relationship with people in active addiction (not an unusual situation during a midlife crisis either, I dare say): detach with love.
Read More..>>Once you’ve accepted the fact that you can define ‘adulthood’ as ‘childhood without the parental constraints,’ you begin to see the seeds of the problem right away: too many people go into marriages that are founded upon little more than hopes, feelings, and wishful thinking.
Read More..>>What can you do when you’re faced with some midlife disruption in your most intimate relationship? Like every significant life event, you have a fundamental option: how are you going to look at it? What meaning are you going to assign to it for yourself?
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