The most memorable doughnut of my life was from the Do-Rite that used to be right around the corner from Petterino’s. It was the morning of my divorce. My soon-to-be ex-husband and I were meeting for coffee before walking across Randolph to the Daley Center, where we would kick our three-year marriage to the curb. […]
Tag: marriage
Why get married?
On commitment, ultimatums, and masturbating into your wife’s used panties
No complaints
Roosevelt Myles spent 28 years in prison, only to be released into a world in lockdown. He’s happier than he’s been in a long time.
When ‘I do’ quickly becomes ‘you can’t’
How engaged couples and wedding industry professionals are coping with corona-related cancellations.
‘The big house and the picket fence’
Tonya Crowder still dreams that she and her fiance, Roosevelt Myles—who’s been in prison for decades fighting what he says is a wrongful conviction—will one day build a life together somewhere “nice, quiet, and simple.”
‘Help, I’m a real-life 47-year-old virgin!’
Dan offers advice for losing it in middle age, handling potentially destructive secrets, and more.
Seams from Scott McClanahan’s marriage
The Sarah Book, the author’s latest, is a “fictional” account of his personal experiences.
Kate Bolick’s new book surveys the past, present, and future of the unmarried woman
And, in the process, determines that “spinsters” should no longer be sad
When your partner is ‘one of those women’
Dan Savage advises a husband frustrated with female sexuality, a lesbian not attracted to transwomen, and a gay guy whose wiring has his insecure partner feeling inadequate.
Spinsters of the world unite!
A new book surveys the past, present, and future of the unmarried woman.
A cuckold’s dilemma
Dan Savage advises a cuckold with a quandary, a girl in love but longing for an open relationship, and a married gay male with a dilemma of his own.
Does a lifetime of lousy sex legitimize cheating?
Dan tells us what he would do if faced with a lifetime of lousy sex, and offers tips on how to reignite a sex life without killing your husband.
Uncle Dan’s grab bag
Dan Savage offers advice and PSAs on safe dildo use, the dangers of smoking, navigating a first three-way, and more.
I’m poly and happy—do I have to come out?
Dan Savage on closeted poly folks, exes and open relationships, and a threeway-or the-highway fiance.
Married . . . with chagrin on USA network’s Satisfaction
A show about life after marriage is really whole lot of male fantasy.