Cheryl Lavin: Seize the moment — or you may regret it for a long time
Today’s mailbox is full of letters about seizing the moment, making excuses, and celebrating living together . . . MAX: I went to the wedding of a close friend and had a fantastic time! The ceremony...
View ArticleCheryl Lavin: He started off nearly perfect, but the warning signs kept coming
You can get into trouble in a lot of places. In a bar, for sure. On the Internet, of course. But in an office furniture store? Kyla was there with her husband Terry. They’d been married 30 years. “He...
View ArticleCheryl Lavin: Dating sites help daughters filter out the riff-raff
Is there anything as frustrating as watching someone you love do something stupid? It’s double frustrating when that person is your very own child. You can give them advice, but you can’t make them...
View ArticleCheryl Lavin: Advice for woman recently out of long marriage
Kyla is the woman whose second husband left her after 30 years of a disastrous marriage that included physical abuse. She is devastated. “I lost another husband and I’m having a hard time understanding...
View ArticleCheryl Lavin: Secrets to a long-lasting marriage
I’ve given today’s column over to Brigitte, a woman who knows the secrets to a long and happy marriage. “My husband and I have been married for almost 50 years, and although we’ve had some very tough...
View ArticleCheryl Lavin: Hair-splitting difference in how you phrase your words
Dear Cheryl: Is there a major difference between No. 1: “Somebody broke the hinge on the kitchen cabinet” versus No. 2: “Do you know what happened to the kitchen cabinet? It’s broken.” Is one more...
View ArticleSean Penn has quickly moved on from Charlize — with Minka Kelly?
While we’re getting the usual “they’re just friends” from Sean Penn and Minka Kelly’s camps, it does appear that the two-time Oscar winner has wasted no time moving on with his life, in the wake of his...
View ArticleTales From the Front: 30 years later, nice guy can’t forget snub
By Cheryl Lavin Today, most men understand that no means no. But where it gets tricky is that sometimes, yes means no, too. RYAN: In college, I escorted a young woman who’d had too much to drink to her...
View ArticleTales From the Front: What looks like an affair may just be midlife crisis
By Cheryl Lavin There are some pretty good ways a man can tell if his wife is having an affair: She spends a lot of time on the phone or the computer, acts spacy, works out more, dresses up more, has...
View ArticleTales From the Front: Lonely wife wishes barfly husband would stay home
By Cheryl Lavin DEAR CHERYL: I’ve been with Jeb for more than 10 years. We’ve been married for six years and have a year-old daughter. We have a fairly good marriage, except for one major problem: his...
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