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About Gint Aras
Gint Aras (Karolis Gintaras Žukauskas) has been trapped on planet earth since 1973. His writing has appeared in Antique Children, Criminal Class Review, The Hellgate Review, Curbside Splendor, Dialogo, Šiaurės Atėnai and other publications. He's a photographer and the author of a novel, Finding the Moon in Sugar. Check out http://gint-aras.com
Finding Happiness in the Perfect Hat
June 13, 2013 by 1 Comment
We are only given a few moments in life when something feels truly perfect. For Gint Aras, that perfect feeling came with a linen cap on a street in Lithuania.
Becoming a Man Who is Ready For Love
June 10, 2013 by 7 Comments
It took a few years and a lot of broken hearts for Gint Aras to discover what it would take for him to be ready for real love.
Your Clothing Does Not Define You
June 4, 2013 by 8 Comments
Gint Aras used to believe that rejecting style made him unique. But he grew to learn that style and fashion can be an empowering sign of respect.
Running Into Your First Love
May 28, 2013 by 9 Comments
The blinking and flashing midsummer storms of adolescent love have unusual staying power.
Rejected Proposals: Stories Wanted
May 19, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Have you ever been led on to believe you were going to get married only to have your proposal rejected? The Good Men Project wants your story.
Giving Mother-in-Law Good Rap
May 12, 2013 by 1 Comment
Our culture unfortunately stresses the stress of relations between the married children and their in-laws.
Should We Forgive Apologetic Bullies?
May 8, 2013 by 14 Comments
Bullying leaves life-long consequences. Is one of those consequences a lifetime of clouded judgement?
I Married Her So She Wouldn’t Leave Me
April 26, 2013 by 5 Comments
A man with a difficult childhood marries a woman out of fear of abandonment.
Our Dangerous Wish to Simplify the Atrocious
April 20, 2013 by 7 Comments
We have a natural wish to make sense of the unfathomable, but the unfathomable isn’t anything we can understand.
All That Existed Was Her Mouth, And That Strawberry Red Lipstick
April 16, 2013 by 3 Comments
Gint Aras’ first kiss, on the shores of Lake Michigan, comes back to him every time he washes his face.
Open Thread: How Do People Perceive Us Once We Get Married?
April 14, 2013 by 1 Comment
Do married people enjoy some level of social prestige or respect, or do we just not care about this anymore?
The Butt of the Marriage Joke
April 10, 2013 by 40 Comments
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Why do some married women find it acceptable to poke fun at their husbands in public?
Call for Anonymous Submissions
March 13, 2013 by 2 Comments
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In an effort to encourage more men to write, the Marriage Section formally annouces a call for anonymous submissions.
Open Thread: Why Are Men Reluctant to Write About Marriage?
March 10, 2013 by 116 Comments
Most of the submissions to the Marriage Section come from women. Gint Aras continues to wonder if this is a symptom of something greater.
“My ex-wife knew, on some level, that I was gay, at the time we got married. We both were in such denial.”
This is a comment by on the post “Coming Out To Your Wife”.