Columns: Tag – Marriage
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Anything but a Love Story
Humiliation
I hate cappuccinos. I’m sitting in a coffee shop, it’s boiling outside, I’m still wearing my slippers from this morning and I’m drinking a cappuccino. Why? Because I can’t think straight! I’ve been sitting here for two hours trying to think of a way to overcome the physical humiliation I had to endure this morning.
Love Bites
Love lessons learnt though food
Many lessons are learnt through food and although one would assume these lessons are culinary pay careful attention because these are very often lessons in love. And these lessons are unfortunately mostly learnt the hard way.
Characters on the Couch
Technically guilty of bigamy
Dear Gabriel
I am forty and about to get married. I am not sure whether to mention that I married at 18 for a passport.
Characters on the Couch
Will you marry me?
Dear Gabriel
Do you have any original ideas for proposing that would surprise and delight my partner?
Characters on the Couch
How many times can you say “I love you”?
Dear Gabriel
Why does my wife insist on hearing that I love her all the time? I just don’t understand this neediness in women. What could have changed since 9pm yesterday? I told her last night that, when I stopped loving her, I’d tell her. Until then, she could take it as read. She burst into tears. Why is she so irrational?
The Greatest Contraceptive in the World
A new curriculum?
I think it’s time that our schools seriously reconsidered the life skills curriculum. When do they ever give you advice on the absolute essentials? For example, consider the situation my friend Kath was faced with last week.
What do you do when your six-year-old walks into the lounge clutching your vibrator, exclaiming: “Hey mom, look at this cool shaker I found. You just twist it around like this.”
Characters on the Couch
To come out or not to come out, that is the question
Dear Gabriel
I’m a gay man in my 30s. I had one partner for 12 years until he died of a heart attack. I couldn’t really date for a couple of years, then I found it quite hard to find someone. I suppose I’m the kind that likes to settle with someone.
Finally, I have met someone. I really like him. He’s a lawyer. He’s fairly recently divorced and has two teenage kids. The only trouble is that we’ve been dating now for a couple of years and he still hasn’t come out to his kids.
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