Last week, I reviewed Emily Giffin’s Heart of the Matter, and decided that I should finally read two of her books which I had never read — Baby Proof and Love the One You’re With. Baby Proof is about a woman named Claudia, who has never wanted children. This was a problem in many of [...]

I just finished this absolutely fascinating book chronicling not only the history of marriage (written in a very easy to read way) but written with the author’s own personal experiences entwined with her coming to terms with her fear of marriage –Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage by Elizabeth Gilbert.  I was inspired to [...]

A friend of mine recently gave me a wonderful book, When A Woman Takes An Axe To A Wall
by Allegra Bennett. My friend told me that it was about how we as women grow from the challenges we face, and how we can excavate ourselves to find out who we really are and what we [...]

Take a look at this article by Ian Daly in the December issue of Details Magazine, “Everyone Else is Cheating—So Why Aren’t You? How Americans are learning monogamy is a myth”.
So….now that Tiger cheated and he’s a “good guy” that must mean monogamy is impossible? Monogamy must be a myth if good old Tiger
can’t do [...]

Dear Miss A,
My son is 9 and is behavior is very defiant. He has stolen from a classmate and from a friend of mine all in oneday,called a special needs child a retard at a telthon I attended, and he hits me and his two younger brothers. He has no respect for me or other [...]

Dear Miss A,
Firstly, I love your column and I read it daily.  I enjoy the insight you provide as a result of a well-lived life.
 
Now onto my question.  I am 30 years old and just out of a long term relationship.  I am beginning to date again.  I am also divorced.  I got married young [...]

In the past few decades, women have been closing in on men’s earning level. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, “Women’s earnings have risen to 77 percent of men’s.” In addition, nearly one-third of working married women earn more than their spouses, another rising proportion. According to Jane Sjogren, Associate Professor of Economics at [...]

Dear Miss A,
My parents divorced when I was very young, and my mother has recently given me the engagement ring from their union. It is not my taste, and it is hardly an investment piece–its value is sentimental at best. My own sentiments towards it are complicated and I don’t wear it. I’ve thought about [...]