American - Writer | May 3, 1979 -
It's easy to isolate yourself when you're buried in work, or to rely only on work friends for empathy. And while your work friends will always 'get it' more than your life partner, they don't know how to comfort you like your partner does.
Emily V. Gordon
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Balanced, passionate, grounded people are the ones whose careers are ultimately the most successful.
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The benefits of a healthy, thriving relationship may not be nearly as exciting as watching your career take off, but both aspects of your life are equally important.
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Sometimes new spouses don't fully process the commitment they've made until after the deal is done, and then they panic.
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In some cases, newlyweds want so badly for things to be perfect that they ignore warning signs, both in themselves and each other.
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We all have an idea of how we like to be treated that we would like others to adhere to, and somehow we've gotten in our heads that the perfect person for us will just know what this code of behavior is.
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Unequivocally, individual human beings who live together will always have different standards of what a 'clean house' looks like.
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If you don't simply communicate with your spouse what household tasks you would like them to do, you are setting yourself up to be angry.
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People all want and need different emotional responses - some people like to be talked down when they're angry; some people want to be left alone.
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Nothing makes a girl feel as unsexy as divorce.
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Burlesque dancing didn't solve all my post-divorce problems, but what it did do was force me to court myself for a little while.
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Hindsight is always 20/20, but I imagine a lot of married and divorced people have insights to share about how they felt during their engagement.
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