Comments on: Are We Too Picky? http://firstpersonsingular.org/2009/07/14/are-we-too-picky/ Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:57:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: First Person Singular | A Barometer for Marriage http://firstpersonsingular.org/2009/07/14/are-we-too-picky/comment-page-1/#comment-2517 First Person Singular | A Barometer for Marriage Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:37:43 +0000 http://firstpersonsingular.org/?p=3591#comment-2517 [...] thinking about the quote all day, and it strikes me as particularly apropos of my recent post, Are We Too Picky? I’m supposing that Murdoch who married Bayley in her mid-thirties, would answer with a [...] [...] thinking about the quote all day, and it strikes me as particularly apropos of my recent post, Are We Too Picky? I’m supposing that Murdoch who married Bayley in her mid-thirties, would answer with a [...]

]]> By: Singletude: A Positive Blog for Singles http://firstpersonsingular.org/2009/07/14/are-we-too-picky/comment-page-1/#comment-2516 Singletude: A Positive Blog for Singles Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:58:10 +0000 http://firstpersonsingular.org/?p=3591#comment-2516 <a href="http://singletude.blogspot.com/2008/02/marry-him-by-lori-gottlieb-singletude.html" rel="nofollow">This sums up</a> what I think of "Marry Him" by Lori Gottlieb. Gotta love how, despite all her advice, the author couldn't bring herself to take it. This sums up what I think of “Marry Him” by Lori Gottlieb.

Gotta love how, despite all her advice, the author couldn’t bring herself to take it.

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Honestly, the Atlantic is driving me crazy, including that recent Tsing Loh piece. She seems more hip than thoughtful to me. What I’ve been thinking lately is that honesty is the most powerful aphrodisiac, and it too often slipslides away in marriages. But where better to get it back?

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