POLITICAL TIDBITS

This originally appeared in Multilingual Living Magazine. As many of us know and have experienced, living in another country changes you forever. You will never be the same and will never see things the same way again. I mentioned this to a friend after having lived abroad for a year. My home town, which before had given me a sense of comfort and belonging, upon returning seemed stifling and bereft of warmth.

When he was still dating his wife, they had a conversation at the Irish Potato Famine Memorial just a few blocks up from the New England Holocaust memorial. Jason, being of Irish decent, said at the time, “Imagine having to change your name to get a job.”.

Are you seeking sex without any obligations? The article sparked an avalanche of e-mails and comments from women who were feeling panicked over the state of their relationship. Most understood the point I was making in the article, but rather than relaxing and just going with the flow, they wanted to know: This is exactly the problem Eric and I have been addressing at length, not only on the site, but also in the newsletter and on our Facebook accounts.

But I realized that identifying the problem is only half the battle. The next step is to get to the root of it and figure out how to solve it.