When your spouse says “YES” to everything but you, eventually your relationship will pay the price.
About Maggie Collins
Telling the Truth and Testing Courage
It seems simple enough — to tell the truth — but the reality of that is much harder than it seems it should be most days.
It seems simple enough — to tell the truth — but the reality of that is much harder than it seems it should be most days.
The Gift of Time
His simple question leads to an important discovery about the connection between a ticking clock and love.
His simple question leads to an important discovery about the connection between a ticking clock and love.
Weaponizing Intimacy: Lessons From a Failed Marriage
The availability of something in your arsenal does not mean it should be used. Some choices are final.
The availability of something in your arsenal does not mean it should be used. Some choices are final.
Money Matters: Lessons from a Failed Marriage
Unwinding the financial tangle of marriage reveals all of our fault lines. Will our intent to be amicable survive the war?
Unwinding the financial tangle of marriage reveals all of our fault lines. Will our intent to be amicable survive the war?
Our End Started in Our Beginning: Lessons from a Failed Marriage
The signs were there from the start. It just took three decades to understand the implications.
The signs were there from the start. It just took three decades to understand the implications.
Deciding He Was Trustworthy Changed Everything
How I chose trust.
Deciding he was trustworthy changed everything.
Attraction to Others and Committed Relationships: Can They Coexist?
They already do, but honesty usually pays the price.
They already do, but honesty usually pays the price.
Wedding Wonderings: Lessons From a Failed Marriage
Maybe we need a better beginning to get to a better ending.
Maybe we need a better beginning to get to a better ending.
Communication and the Habit of the Quick Fix: Lessons from a Failed Marriage
The easy solution is often the wrong one.
The easy solution is often the wrong one.
Choices Have Power: Lessons from a Failed Marriage
It would be so much easier to just call him a villain, but there is plenty of blame to go around after three decades.
It would be so much easier to just call him a villain, but there is plenty of blame to go around after three decades.
Denied Joy: Lessons From a Failed Marriage
Could our relationship have been saved by a flowering bush?
Could our relationship have been saved by a flowering bush?
Reality vs. Potential: Lessons from a Failed Marriage
No matter what possibilities you see, you have to live with what you have today.
No matter what possibilities you see, you have to live with what you have today.
The End of a Marriage
In the final gasp of the decades-long journey, I finally understood that I didn’t measure up. Turns out, neither did he.
In the final gasp of the decades-long journey, I finally understood that I didn’t measure up. Turns out, neither did he.
The Trouble With Wanting, Needing, and Desire
When I have everything I ever wanted, why do I long for more?
When I have everything I ever wanted, why do I long for more?
In a Moment
Sometimes we get transported to lovely memories in an instant.
Sometimes we get transported to lovely memories in an instant.