The Halfway Mark

Ask a majority of married couples what their most tough time together was and the answer is usually the first year of marriage. “If you can survive giving up your space this year, you can survive anything,” says a married friend.
Adjustments, compromises, dealing, settling- even the words we use to describe our advent into marriage [...]

and they lived happily ever after,

I sat with hussy in church, covered in goosebumps, as the bridal entourage walked in. K, with the other 2 best men, escorting the bridemaids, the rise and fall of the music, the poignancy of the words and the feeling of anticipation in the air. Having grown up watching cartoons and movies, the concept of [...]

setting patterns

I used to be fascinated by books in which a character would mention that she had lunched with her best friend “every Saturday for the past 20 years”. I imagined a relationship flourishing just as a result of lunches and conversation and in my 18 year old life then, imagined that I, too, would form [...]

Dinner for Two and a Half.

one of the best ways of truly getting to know a person, of truly connecting with someone, is over a great dinner, prepared with painstaking attention to detail and had unhurriedly and leisurely, savouring each bite and feeling.
main course: almond chicken in a chunky tomato pesto sauce with fromage potatoes and a cold greek salad [...]

kaboom.

what is it about some combinations that does not work at all, no matter how hard you try, and what is it about others that just spontaneously, without effort, combusts?

resolving 2005.

I think post the age of 25, the struggles have changed.I remember a time when my list of resolutions had “lose weight” and “not waste money” on it amongst “not fight with sisters” and “be home more often”.as 25 moved to 26 and 27 happened, the resolutions became more inward, more specific to “resolve things [...]