Tag Archives: families

Hello. My name is Adam. Let’s Get Married

In the old days, long before the Internet, speed dating, singles bars, dating apps, and online exchanging of photos, people met through introductions by family members or friends, or through religious groups. They spent a long time getting to know each other. They went on dates, usually with another couple or in groups until they got to know each other well enough to know whether they felt comfortable enough to go out as a couple without other people accompanying them. …

Cinderella, the Ultimate Stepchild

Cinderella might have been our society’s earliest awareness of the hardships encountered in a blended family. But, whereas the prince rescues Cinderella and carries her off into the sunset for their happily-ever-after ending, most families don’t have that happy ending. When a divorced parent remarries, it can be hard enough on the children, especially when they keep hoping and praying that their parents will get back together. When there are children from that marriage, whether they are going to live …

More Than You

I keep running across articles that talk about our current age as being equal to twenty or thirty years younger, e.g., today’s 65 is yesterday’s 45, or today’s college graduate is yesterday’s freshman high school student. We keep hearing about baby boomers and millennials being immature and dissatisfied with their lot in life. Millennials are also depicted as narcissists, and I wonder if the reason they are perceived that way is because they haven’t found a cause to embrace that’s …

Single and Childless

A couple of decades ago, one of the women on my message board posted a note saying that she and her boyfriend were getting married and they made a pact not to have children. At that time, it was a major decision and she didn’t know what our reaction was going to be but she wanted to share it with us. She needn’t have worried. Publicly, we all supported her decision but, privately, many of the women were secretly longing …