marriage Archive

0August 11, 2011
Cheap Thrills Thursday: Skeeter Davis Was A Lover (Not A Fighter)

Skeeter Davis fan club pinback, circa 1970s, printed with her photo and one of her song titles, I’m A Lover (Not A Fighter). Here are the song lyrics: I only…
1August 4, 2011
Happily Ever After?

In Wedded Blisters, Neely wonders if marriage is something she even wants to enter into. With the media, as she writes, “depicting marriage as this energy-sapping, miserable way of life,…
0May 31, 2011
Walking The Line Of Bad Relationships

Kari wrote in: I was so glad to read your post on bad relationship signs – I saw myself in number 10. My husband has been two-timing me for at…
0August 11, 2010
Signs Of The Times: 1890s

An incredible antique cabinet card (from bondman2 @ eBay) showing a home decorated for newlyweds. Note the old paper lanterns and the plethora of handmade signs — most of which…
1August 27, 2009
Quick, Check Your Stone Tablet For The Date!

A recent study reports that today, in 2009, 71% of Americans think women should take their spouses name after marriage — and half of the respondents said the act should…
2August 11, 2009
It’s National Romance Week

National Romance Week was established in 1995 by Michael Webb. Set the second full week in August, it’s six moth opposite to Valentine’s Day is by design because Webb intended…
0August 5, 2009
Supreme Wiener Marriage Humor

Deanna sent me this gem from a vintage 1950′s magazine called Quick: Supreme Frankfurter Supreme Court Justice Frankfurter responded negatively to a request to marry a couple saying, “A Supreme…
1July 24, 2009
This One’s For Jon & Kate

I know you’re probably sick of Jon & Kate + 8 talk, but… I just don’t get why people keep on calling Kate Gosselin the bitch when it’s so obvious…
0July 22, 2009
Sensationalized Sexist TV That’s Mean To Men?

Have you seen these screaming headlines yet: Is your boyfriend/husband HAIRY and you are sick of it?? Now Casting and America’s Uggliest Husband — Is he yours? Can you imagine…
0July 17, 2009
Married? Wanna “Throw Down” On TV?

I spotted this casting call at RealityWanted: Looking for married couples to throw down on a nationally syndicated court show! We give you a $500 appearance fee each, airfare, hotel…
0July 1, 2009
Refreshingly Honest Pond Scum

I have mixed feelings about AshleyMadison.com, the “married dating & affairs” site… With a trademarked tagline of “Life is short. Have an affair.” they’re really putting the “tery” in adult…
0June 5, 2009
Jerry Seinfeld Wants To Referee Your Relationship Arguments. Maybe.

Variety announces that the U.S. arm of British shingle Shed Media has won the contract to produce Jerry Seinfeld’s upcoming NBC reality show The Marriage Ref. You can read the…
0June 2, 2009
Engaged? Be A Big Tease On TV

Engaged? Getting married? Want to get a free smoking-hot hair makeover for yourself, your Maid of Honor, and one of your Bride’s Maids? 44 Blue Productions is now casting for…
4May 14, 2009
When He’s (Sexually) Shrinking From You, Violet

In response to my “Helping You Get In The Mood” Contest, Violet writes in: Hey, Alessia, I have the opposite problem — I’m always ready and my husband’s never ever…
114April 28, 2009
The “Helping You Get In The Mood” Contest

Thanks to the makers of K-Y Brand, I’m giving away 5 full-sized tubes of K-Y® Brand INTENSE™– the female arousal gel scientifically shown to enhance female pleasure, arousal and satisfaction…
5April 23, 2009
When You Are Surprised To Find A Relationship Deal Breaker After Three Years Of Dating

Ashley writes in with a personal problem stemming from the Steve Ward/Vh1 mess: Hi Alessia, I’ve been following along with the Steve Ward fiasco (what a piece of work that…
0April 3, 2009
Quick, Check Your Stone Tablet For Today’s Date: More Legalized Rape News

At BUST Magazine‘s blog, a post that Afghanistan Legalizes Marital Rape — which naturally reminded me that it wasn’t so long ago that we were writing on the same stone…
3April 1, 2009
1965: Legal Marital Rape

Can a husband legally force his wife to have sexual relations when she doesn’t wish to? That 1965 Dell Purse Book by Richard T. Gallen, Wives Legal Rights, says, “Yes.”…
0March 31, 2009
Real Life Brady Bunch

Mike Mathis Productions is looking for the real life Brady Bunch: A man with at least two kids and a woman with the same about to get married. The production…
2March 30, 2009
Yes, I’m A Domestic Violence Survivor

This snippet on page five in Wives Legal Rights, by Richard T. Gallen (Dell Purse Book, 1965), breaks my heart. Not just because it’s about what we’d now call domestic…
0March 26, 2009
Marriage: We’ve Come Along Way, Baby?

In Wives Legal Rights, by Richard T. Gallen, a Dell Purse Book, © 1965, marriage is defined as both an emotional relationship and a legal arrangement, “a valid contract between…