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July 2010

July 22, 2010

“My Parents Say I Should Worry About Making More Money Than My Perfect Boyfriend. Advice?”

[Update: “So Whaddaya, Anyway? Some Kinda Fag?”] Okay, readers. The following note came in today (in...

July 15, 2010

Ever said any of these 7 things? Then you just might be a racist.

Have you ever said any of the seven things below? If so, then you just...

July 02, 2010

“What’s My Wife’s Problem?”

Either this man needs to close his laptop, or he's married to a lesbian. Tough...

July 01, 2010

How to Win Every Argument With Your Wife

The post you are looking for is included in HA!, a full-sized collection of five...

June 2010

June 30, 2010

Single Women: Do Not Try To Change Him

A bit more on the general subject touched upon with yesterday's, "Stop Wasting Time Looking...

June 29, 2010

Stop Wasting Your Time Looking For Mr. Right

A single woman recently wrote me this: What do guys want? I'm an intelligent, good-hearted...

March 2010

March 06, 2010

Top 10 Tips For Becoming a Better Husband

Thirty years of being married has taught me these ten things any man can do...

February 2010

February 11, 2010

Why Men Are So Bad at Valentine’s Day

The problem isn't that men are no good at Valentine's Day. The problem is they're...

January 2010

January 20, 2010

Five Things Women Don’t Know About Men

One of the things in life of which men are most acutely aware is that...

January 14, 2010

10 Mistakes Even Good Managers Make

My wife Catherine is a fantastic manager. In her 30-plus years as a ... well,...

December 2009

December 08, 2009

The Radical Immaturity of True Romantic Love

To the question I posed yesterday---Is It EVER Okay to Be Facebook Friends With an...

December 07, 2009

Should you be married, and Facebook friends with an ex?

Goose, gander, etc.

October 2009

October 13, 2009

Letter From a Christian Woman Whose Non-Christian Husband Committed Suicide

I get my fair share of heartbreaking letters and emails. But this one, which came...

October 08, 2009

All rape is hate rape

Rape is to sex what waterboarding is to going swimming.

October 05, 2009

Hollywood: Go Polanski Yourself

A point-by-point refutation of the arguments Hollywooders are presenting in defense of the pedophile Roman...

September 2009

September 30, 2009

When Your Husband Derides Your Faith

In response to a recent post of mine entitled When You Love Someone Who Doesn't...

September 08, 2009

My Wife and I Never, Ever Fight. I’m Too Close to God For Anything That Pedestrian.

A few people wrote to ask if a big fight between my wife Cat and...

September 06, 2009

True Love: The Cruise Ship That Can’t Stay Afloat?

In the past, and particularly recently (with You Want Me To Emote About My Wife?...

August 2009

August 30, 2009

My Wife: Beautiful on the Outside–But That’s It

They say beauty is only skin deep. But thank God for that quarter-inch of skin....

August 28, 2009

Lady at Starbucks Loudly Accuses Mom of Child Abuse! Just Now!

I'm sitting inside a dinky Starbucks. About eight people are standing in line for fancy...

August 18, 2009

You Guys Are The Best: Thank You

From the bottom of my heart I want to thank those of you who, in...

May 2009

May 28, 2009

A Great Marriage is About NOT Compromising

People are forever saying that one of the keys to a happy marriage is learning...

April 2009

April 01, 2009

Should She Return to Her Abusive Ex-Husband, Who Found Christ?

(Update: All the posts of this series have been collected into one piece, Seven Reasons...

March 2009

March 01, 2009

Women Nearly Killed by Abusive Husband Tells Us Her Story

(Update: Seven Reasons Women Stay in Abusive Relationships, and How to Defeat Each One of...

February 2009

February 26, 2009

Woman Just Abused by Husband Writes In

(Update: All the posts of this series have been collected into one piece, Seven Reasons...

February 17, 2009

Women in Bad Relationships: Eve’s Curse Isn’t Yours

(Update: All the posts of this series have been collected into one piece, Seven Reasons...

February 02, 2009

Another Testimony of a Christian Woman Who Divorced Her Non-Christian Husband

Here's another Christian woman who responded to my post, Christian Marrying a Non-Christian? Marriage:...

January 2009

January 29, 2009

From a Christian Woman Whose Marriage to a Non-Christian Failed

I thought worth sharing was this reader's response to my post, Christian Marrying a Non-Christian?...

December 2008

December 11, 2008

Top 10 Signs I Might Be Gay

1. If while talking I was ever forced to sit on my hands, it's a...

September 2008

September 22, 2008

Letter From an Atheist Married to a Christian

I get lots of questions asking about atheists marrying Christians. I have an atheist friend...