Category Archives: Married People
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Ten Things that Aren’t Love
Leave a commentJune 2, 2019 by lucieromarin
Trauma-bonding Mutual convenience Mutual addiction Transference Countertransference Grooming behaviour (or ‘training’, if you like that word better) Groomed behaviour (or …
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The Single Life is Not a Vocation – Part Two
Leave a commentMay 7, 2019 by lucieromarin
I’ve written already about why the single life is not a vocation and should not be thoughtlessly described as such. …
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On Turning Forty
Leave a commentJuly 18, 2018 by lucieromarin
Single women raised in conservative communities dread their fortieth birthdays. (I don’t know if the same is true for men; …
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Beauty – a Postscript
Leave a commentMay 1, 2014 by lucieromarin
I forgot to include two important points in the previous post (true to form!): It is true that a small …
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Blessed or Barren or Both?
1October 27, 2013 by lucieromarin
So, there was a post about how babies are a reward from God. Don’t follow the link if you struggle …
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The Fairy Godmother (and Santa)
Leave a commentSeptember 21, 2013 by lucieromarin
The vexed question of friendship between the married-with-children and the unmarried-and-childless in the Catholic loop will certainly remain vexed for …
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In Which I am Forced to Reconsider Married People, Americans and Trads
8September 17, 2013 by lucieromarin
I’m gobsmacked. See, there are some things I just don’t expect of the blogosphere: I don’t expect to meet my …
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That No One Dates You Doesn’t Mean You’re Called to Spiritual Motherhood!
3July 25, 2013 by lucieromarin
Having reached the age at which confessors no longer advise me to storm Heaven with prayers for a spouse, and …
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Anniversaries
4June 10, 2013 by lucieromarin
The best column I ever read on the single life (this was in the days before the internet, and, therefore, …
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What do a Georgian Bachelor, a Trafficker, and a Cult-Leader Have in Common?
1April 4, 2013 by lucieromarin
Ambling past the shelves in a bookshop today, thinking about a post related to food, health and money, my eye …
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Roadkill Rhapsody 