Sexual Ethics

Can Antidepressants Alone Cure Breakup Blues?

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 …

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End a Fight by Having Sex? No Thanks!

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 …

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When Your Children Want You to Marry Again

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 …

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I Remember Walter Cronkite, Part One

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 …

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