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Home » marriage

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Posted inBest of Chicago

Best cross streets for marriage and divorce

by KT Hawbaker March 4, 2022March 18, 2022

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 […]

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Why get married?

by Dan Savage August 10, 2020August 18, 2021

On commitment, ultimatums, and masturbating into your wife’s used panties

Posted inNews & Politics

No complaints

by Mari Cohen July 30, 2020August 18, 2021

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.

Posted inCity Life

When ‘I do’ quickly becomes ‘you can’t’

by Brianna Wellen March 27, 2020August 18, 2021

How engaged couples and wedding industry professionals are coping with corona-related cancellations.

Posted inNews & Politics

‘The big house and the picket fence’

by Mari Cohen November 20, 2019August 18, 2021

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.”

Posted inColumns & Opinion

‘Help, I’m a real-life 47-year-old virgin!’

by Dan Savage October 10, 2018August 18, 2021

Dan offers advice for losing it in middle age, handling potentially destructive secrets, and more.

Posted inArts & Culture

Seams from Scott McClanahan’s marriage

by Dmitry Samarov July 12, 2017August 18, 2021

The Sarah Book, the author’s latest, is a “fictional” account of his personal experiences.

Posted inArts & Culture

Kate Bolick’s new book surveys the past, present, and future of the unmarried woman

by Aimee Levitt May 14, 2015August 18, 2021

And, in the process, determines that “spinsters” should no longer be sad

Posted inColumns & Opinion

When your partner is ‘one of those women’

by Dan Savage May 14, 2015August 18, 2021

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.

Posted inBlogs

Spinsters of the world unite!

by Aimee Levitt May 5, 2015August 18, 2021

A new book surveys the past, present, and future of the unmarried woman.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

A cuckold’s dilemma

by Dan Savage March 19, 2015August 18, 2021

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.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Does a lifetime of lousy sex legitimize cheating?

by Dan Savage February 5, 2015August 18, 2021

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.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Uncle Dan’s grab bag

by Dan Savage January 29, 2015August 18, 2021

Dan Savage offers advice and PSAs on safe dildo use, the dangers of smoking, navigating a first three-way, and more.

"The only way to dispel myths about poly people and poly relationships—poly people are all burners, poly relationships don't work out for the long term—is for poly people to come out when and where they can."
Posted inColumns & Opinion

I’m poly and happy—do I have to come out?

by Dan Savage November 13, 2014August 18, 2021

Dan Savage on closeted poly folks, exes and open relationships, and a threeway-or the-highway fiance.

Posted inBlogs

Married . . . with chagrin on USA network’s Satisfaction

by Danette Chavez August 20, 2014August 18, 2021

A show about life after marriage is really whole lot of male fantasy.

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