relationship

Assault does not disappear because the new identities of “spouse” or “mother” accumulate in your wake. This is how my husband and I handle intimacy.

It's over. I know it's over because at least three people have told me that if you have your partner's name tattooed literally anywhere on your body (but especially if it's visible), your relationship is going to fall apart.

“What in the hell did I do or say that made you think I wanted to be in a relationship?” I asked him.

When we adopt the “caretaker” role, we minimize our partner’s contributions and exaggerate our own, which creates an unbalanced dynamic that prevents intimacy from developing.

If your partner is still connected to his horrible ex in a way neither of you can do anything about, here are six ways to cope.

I smiled and walked out the door, choosing myself over a guy, choosing my business over a person who wanted me to be someone I no longer was.

We texted day and night over weeks about novels, single parenting, farming, and writing — proof positive of an extending courtship. But then we met!