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Do Weddings Exist Today Just So We Can Document Them On Social Media?
By Jean Hannah EdelsteinMay 15, 2013
These days, it's practically part of the liturgy—the moment before the wedding ceremony when the celebrant asks assembled guests to put away cameras and phones. Every time I witness the sliding of smartphones and cameras back into pockets and wedding-only beaded clutch bags, I can't help but think the whole situation has become a chicken-and-egg question: Do we document weddings because ...Posted in Culture and Politics, Internet and Social Media, Marriage, nfti-home, Pop Culture | (0) Comments »
When My Marriage Ended, So Did Many Of My Friendships
By Laurel HermansonMay 14, 2013
Do rough times show you who your real friends are? Laurel Hermanson says it's not that simple. I sometimes think my daughter’s third birthday party was the best day of her life. She wanted a pirate theme, so we decorated the backyard and ordered a custom cake in the shape of a parrot. Since it was July, I bought an inflatable pool with a slide and a fountain. She was surrounded by kids a...Posted in Husbands, Marriage, nfti-home, Sex and Relationships, Wives | (0) Comments »
What I Learned About Friendship After Going Through A Divorce
By James Bernard FrostMay 07, 2013
Sometimes, the best way to be a friend is just to listen. There is a picture taken of all of us in the backyard of my house the summer before it happened: my wife and our two kids; Lilith, her husband, and her little scientist; Monique, her husband, and her future goth; and Ophelia, and her two towheads. In the picture, my son has his fists full of chocolate birthday cake, my daughter has a ga...Posted in Husbands, Manhood, Marriage, nfti-home, Sex and Relationships, Wives | (0) Comments »
Learn To Ask For What You Need
By Charlie GlickmanMay 06, 2013
I’ve been leaning into some edges lately and learning how to ask people for help. Specifically, asking people I don’t know well for things has been a difficult thing for me. It’s been coming up since I’ve been on tour for The Ultimate Guide to Prostate Pleasure because I’ve asked a few people I didn’t know all that well if I could stay at their places when I...Posted in Marriage, nfti-home, Sex, Sex and Relationships | (0) Comments »
You Can Still Love Your Friends And Not Agree With Their Choices
By Jenn LeyvaMay 05, 2013
Jenn Leyva is not a fan of marriage, but that doesn't mean she can't support her friend who's getting married this summer. A close friend of mine is getting married this summer. I’ve imagined myself attending this lavish affair for years, but I’m missing all of it. I’ll be in Korea teaching English for a year. And honestly, I’m a little bit grateful. I love my friend, b...Posted in Culture and Politics, Feminism, Marriage, nfti-home, Womanhood | (0) Comments »
My Husband And I Sleep In Separate Beds
By Jennifer AdamsApril 22, 2013
I’m going to lay my cards on the table straight away. My husband and I sleep in separate rooms and have done so since he moved into my house eight years ago. If I was going to describe our ability to share a bed in contemporary parlance, I would have to say we are an "epic fail." When Fraser moved into my house, we had only been seeing each other for five months. But the lease on his ap...Posted in Husbands, Marriage, nfti-home, Sex and Relationships, Wives | (0) Comments »
Are Women Delaying Marriage Because They're Being Too Picky?
By Hugo SchwyzerApril 21, 2013
A new study reports on the rising average age of first marriage in the United States. While 20-something men delay for reasons that are primarily financial, women are described as overly picky and fearful. It may have been easy to miss in the recent wall-to-wall coverage of the Supreme Court and gay marriage, but a new study out this month heralds more “bad” news for the state of h...Posted in Current Events, Hugo, Marriage, nfti-home, Sex and Relationships | (0) Comments »
Why Are Women So Obsessed With Marriage?
By Carrie LaskiApril 18, 2013
With the amount of wedding propaganda shoved down our throats and into our brains by popular culture, how can women not be obsessed with it, asks Carrie Laski. “That’s it. I’m deactivating my Facebook!” I’ve heard this declaration several times over the past year from in-real-life friends who are sick of seeing engagement notices from their online-only friends. I...Posted in Internet and Social Media, Marriage, nfti-home, Sex and Relationships, Womanhood | (0) Comments »
As Much As I Tried To Avoid It, My Marriage Looked Just Like My Parents'
By Laurel HermansonApril 09, 2013
Do we subconsciously seek partners who can fill the roles in our lives our parents once held? Before he walked me down the aisle on my wedding day, my father tried to say something, but what came out was a choked hiccup-sob. If I hadn’t had a glass of champagne and a Valium, I might have cried, too. Instead, I steadied myself on his arm. My father, my hero, my first love, delivering me t...Posted in Marriage, nfti-home, Sex and Relationships | (0) Comments »
The Friday Five
By Role/Reboot StaffMarch 29, 2013
This week's roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. ‘Roe’ Didn’t Incite The Culture Wars, And Neither Would A Supreme Court Ruling For Marriage Equality by Jill Filipovic of The Nation says the Supreme Court Justices should ask themselves: Does history look kindly upon those who, when presented with important challenges, ...Posted in Culture and Politics, Current Events, Friday Five, Internet and Social Media, LGBT, Marriage, nfti-home, Politics, Pop Culture | (0) Comments »
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