A man with a difficult childhood marries a woman out of fear of abandonment.
Our Dangerous Wish to Simplify the Atrocious
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
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?
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
Why do some married women find it acceptable to poke fun at their husbands in public?
Call for Anonymous Submissions
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?
Most of the submissions to the Marriage Section come from women. Gint Aras continues to wonder if this is a symptom of something greater.
Missing the Days Before You Were Married
The glass of retrospect distorts, for a moment, a married man’s memories of his globetrotting single days .
A Perfect Age for Marriage?
Let’s start advising people to marry if they feel they’ve met the right person, not because they’ve come up against their 30th birthday.
When Did You Figure Out What Marriage Isn’t?
An informal survey among married (and divorced, and separated, and remarried) men.
An informal survey among married (and divorced, and separated, and remarried) men.
Marriage Leads to Gun Freedom
The story of an Austrian writer who moved to Texas to avoid giving up his guns.
Your Marriage Isn’t Typical
Sadly, our most common criticisms of marriage reveal much more about the critics than the state of contemporary romance.
What Marriage Isn’t
Conversations about marriage continue to show that we fabricate romantic myths that set us up for disappointment.
The Abusive Alcoholic is Not the Life of the Party
Writer Gint Aras reflects on how his abusive alcoholic father dominated the party and the confines of his son’s mind
A Benign Man in Bad Times: Dan Vyleta’s The Quiet Twin
Dan Vyleta turns a WWII thriller into a book of extraordinary questions.
Engaged Editing Duo Breaks Beds—An Interview
For recently betrothed C. James and Jessa Bye, bed is not merely a playground, wrestling mat or sanctuary.