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Tag Archives: marriage
Oh, Go Upgrade Yourself
A new computer operating system upgrade had been widely advertised for some months, though the reviews that were coming out were equivocal. Stephen keeps up with computer technology, and I skim the tech section in a couple of newspapers, more to prolong breakfast than because I fully understand what I’m reading. Still, I ventured, “Looks like they’re saying we don’t need this upgrade.”
“That’s what … Read more
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Tagged computers, life, love, marriage, relationships, upgrades
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Does “Faith” Separate Us?
“You ruined my life,” my mother told me. The first time she said it was decades ago, when I first married, and she’s repeated it more than once since then.
The distress I caused her (which, perhaps oddly, never seemed to impact our loving relationship), was due to my marrying a non-Jew. Nominally, he was Greek Orthodox.
He and I had two children. And, according … Read more
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Tagged agnostic, America, atheist, children, Christian, divorce, faith, intermarriage, Jewish, marriage, parenting
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A Radically Rational Approach to Marriage
Most of the world’s cultures advocate some form of the Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. You’d think treating your mate according to such a rule would be ideal.
Not necessarily. Not if it means you’d be giving what you want for yourself, not what the other person wants. I like to think in terms of an … Read more
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Tagged change, couple's manifesto, fairness, golden rule, good will, loving in flow, marriage, rationality, relationships, susan k. perry, tit for tat, trust
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