The discovery that Bernie Madoff was having a 20-year affair shocked many people. I’m not sure I understand why. Here’s a guy who lied to and cheated everyone for decades. What makes us think he wouldn’t lie to and cheat his wife of fifty years? What fantasy is THAT on our parts? I guess it …
Women often ask me how to assess a new lover–what questions to ask whose answers will reveal important information about this man. Well you know my answer to this: How he behaves is your answer. But for the impatient among you, there’s one question I’ve found to be revealing: “How did your family express affection?” Many possible answers will …
Q. Dear Goddess: I’ve been through hell with a guy and just finally broke up with him. But I’m deeply depressed. A psychopharmacologist has given me Lexapro, which helps, but can’t afford a therapist. Am I making a mistake? –Sick at Heart A. Dear Sick at Heart: I’ve just read that the number of Americans …
Q. Dear Goddess: My boyfriend likes to make up after an argument by having sex, and says I’m “carrying a grudge” if I don’t go along with it. I hate to, and also start to hate HIM for his insistence on making up this way. Am I wrong? — Grudge A. Dear Grudge: Some people can resolve fights …
Q. Dear Goddess: A man I really liked, who told me after our first date that he’d call, didn’t call. So I called him. He said he was glad to hear from me, and that he’d been meaning to call me but had been swamped with work, and asked if we could see each other. …
Q. Dear Goddess: I’ve been engaged to a nice guy-and I know how you feel about nice guys–and a guy I’m comfortable with and sexually compatible with–for over a year…
Q. Dear Goddess: I’ve been trying to find a dating site that really zeroes in on people; one that can help me find Mr. Right. Any thoughts? –Looking A. Dear Looking: Well, dearest seeker of love, of COURSE I have thoughts. All I do, it seems, is think of how to match people together so …
Q. Dear Love Goddess, I have two young kids, a girl, 7 and a boy 10, who have fallen in love with my boyfriend–after finally mourning the loss of their father, whom I divorced four years ago and who doesn’t see them much. They are dropping hints about our getting married; they’re even calling Mike “Dad” sometimes–which …
My 1985 interview with Walter Cronkite, part 2.
Only 25 years ago–it was in 1985 (a mere moment ago in the life of your Love Goddess!)–I spoke with Walter Cronkite about his wife, his work, his recent retirement, his feelings about the environment, the military, and aging. I don’t usually share my magazine interviews unless they’re about love, but in this case, I share …
