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Scenes from a Marriage, part deux3 comments

starryrift wrote 1 month ago: In response to the interesting NYT article on equally shared parenting, I’ve just read Francin … more →

Tags: Families, 28 Days Later, Adult & Entertainment, I Am Legend, marital spats, Movies

Love, Love, Love

starryrift wrote 2 months ago: Happy Loving Day. Today is the 41st anniversary of Loving v. Virginia, in which the Supreme Court ov … more →

Tags: feats of ignorance, Gender, Justice, Politics, Equal Rights, Freedom to Marry, Gay Marriage, Human Rights, Loving Decision

A Dream Within A Dream (2)

starryrift wrote 2 months ago: When my single friends ask me what marriage is like/whether they should get married, I always remind … more →

Tags: Love, Marriage, commitment, capitalism, gallows humor

'Til Death Do Us Part1 comment

starryrift wrote 4 months ago: The family I babysat for from age 11 to 19, a stunningly successful power couple with three lovable … more →

Tags: Families, Relationships, Divorce, Love, Marriage, strife., Frustration

Love and Marriage

starryrift wrote 5 months ago: In honor of the fact that this is Monday and it’s a cruel, cruel world out there, and the only … more →

Tags: Families, Romance, Relationships, Love, Marriage, Longevity, Courtship, not believing this world has totally gone to shit, cute old people

Two Steps Back5 comments

starryrift wrote 8 months ago: So I’ve been a little preoccupied with women’s right to keep their last names lately, as … more →

Tags: Justice, feats of ignorance, Families, Politics, Freedom, names, Feminism, Last Names, self respect

We Are Still Married

starryrift wrote 8 months ago: I am often amazed that I am still married, because a stable relationship, to me (as a child of ugly, … more →

Tags: idiosyncracies, Kayo, Relationships, Love, Marriage, Husbands, issues, emotional problems, neuroses

Dysfunctional, Yet Charming

starryrift wrote 8 months ago: Like most people, I frequently wonder what I’m doing married or, as I was telling my uncle-in- … more →

Tags: Families, Kayo, Relationships, Love, Marriage, codependence, happiness

Unsubstantiated Claims

starryrift wrote 9 months ago: “I am not a crapweasel. I am a supportive and loving husband and partner.” … more →

Tags: Relationships, Love, Marriage, self-deception, dysfunction

A Rose by Any Other Name1 comment

starryrift wrote 9 months ago: I like to think I have a reasonably Zen-like humility, at least in my good moments. I like to think … more →

Tags: Justice, Families, Politics, Freedom, names, naming, Marriage, Feminism, Last Names

Happy Birthday, Franz Peter

starryrift wrote 9 months ago: I was writing the date on a bottle of expressed milk this morning and out of the depths of my consci … more →

Tags: Relationships, Love, Past Lives, Pasts, History, Memory, clumsy tenderness

Joni Mitchell: The Hydra that Just Won't Quit2 comments

starryrift wrote 10 months ago: This morning I got up and my living room was filled with the noise of Joni Mitchell’s “C … more →

Tags: Music, Kayo, Dating, Romance, Relationships, joni mitchell, Sentimentality, disingenuousness

Only the Strong Survive2 comments

starryrift wrote 11 months ago: When do you know you’re an adult? Really an adult, not just clinging to the I.D. that says you … more →

Tags: Relationships, Divorce, Maturity, Adulthood, rites of passage, human frailty

The Ones that Get Away

starryrift wrote 1 year ago: I’ve been meaning to write an inspired diatribe about why I hate Baby Boomers (not personally, … more →

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Star-struck Lovers

starryrift wrote 1 year ago: My husband has a framed “glamour shot” of Natalie Wood on his desk. My appreciation for … more →

My Youthful Promise

starryrift wrote 1 year ago: Lately I’ve been thinking that I should quit my day job and start writing an advice column for … more →

Looking for Love in all the Wrong Places

starryrift wrote 1 year ago: Some married fiftysomething named “Don” has been checking out my Friendster page. This w … more →


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