My wife’s latest novel, “Blood, Oil and Love“, has just been published. It’s the second in a trilogy that began last year with “Going Ballistic“, and will conclude with the publication next month of the third and final book. I’m really proud of her. Her first two books, “Scaling the Rim” and “Shattered Under… Continue reading Saturday Snippet: Tactically correct love in a combat zone!
Tag: Relationships
Ye gods and little fishes – a “woke” romance novel!!!
I had no idea that the “woke” pandemic had invaded the sphere of romance novels; but here’s one that made me blink. The sub-title on its Amazon page is “Steamy Romance Against Fascism”. I wasn’t aware that, when in the throes of “steamy romance”, one had any time (or inclination) to be against (or… Continue reading Ye gods and little fishes – a “woke” romance novel!!!
War and PTSD, and how a marriage can help to heal it on both sides
Miss D. and I have an unusually in-depth and trusting relationship, in our experience of such things. We work hard at mutual communication, striving to understand each other and help each other over any “rough spots” caused by past problems or cultural clashes. (The fact that I was born and raised in immediately post-colonial-era… Continue reading War and PTSD, and how a marriage can help to heal it on both sides
Online dating: are you really talking, not to a person, but to a search committee?
I suppose it was only a matter of time, but it seems even online dating services are now becoming just another business. One day when I was trawling through writing jobs on LinkedIn, I stumbled across an interesting-looking role as a creative writer with what appeared to be a dating company called Vida (Virtual… Continue reading Online dating: are you really talking, not to a person, but to a search committee?
Will love find a way? Not like this!
So much for sexual orientation! Click the image for a larger view at the Web page of “Pearls Before Swine”. Heh. How far will you go for a relationship – and in what direction? Peter
What’s in a (festive) name?
I had to laugh at this unlikely wedding news from England. Tilly Christmas and Kieran White, who met at school aged 12, married at the Roman Baths in Bath on Tuesday. Mrs White-Christmas, 20, said: “I wanted to keep the name going. It just so happens the man I am marrying has the perfect… Continue reading What’s in a (festive) name?
“Why do women still change their names?”
The BBC asks that question in a long article examining the history and current practice surrounding marriage, and women changing their surnames to that of their husband. In the US, most women adopt their husband’s family name when they get hitched – around 70%, according to one of the largest data analyses in recent years.… Continue reading “Why do women still change their names?”
Saturday Snippet: Marriage proposals, noble and ignoble
Back in 1984, English author Rosalind Miles published a book titled “Modest Proposals: or, May I Call You Mine?“ It’s a light-hearted look at marriage proposals, real and fictional, down the ages. My mother bought it when it came out, and had a good laugh over it: and, when I was next at home, I… Continue reading Saturday Snippet: Marriage proposals, noble and ignoble
Locking down our relationships (NOT!)
Cartoonist and satirist Scott Adams has this take on relationships and isolation during the coronavirus lockdown. Click the image to be taken to a larger version at the Dilbert comic strip’s Web site. Fortunately, Miss D. and I have each other, so our cats have been safe! Peter
Does marriage have value anymore, monetary or otherwise?
Aaron Clarey, a.k.a. Captain Capitalism, offers an intriguing look at whether dowries are something that may become part of the modern “marriage market” in the Western world, just as they were in the not too distant past (and still are in some other parts of the world). I don’t necessarily agree with his arguments, but… Continue reading Does marriage have value anymore, monetary or otherwise?