Rita’s 600 Words
On this page you will find 600 word versions of select Providence Journal pieces which are posted in their entirety under Relationship Columns.
From my Blog — there is one 600 word piece and we will add more as we refine this new design in the coming weeks.
Columns in this Section
MARRIED BUT CHEATING (And Dr. Ruth Says…)
When I wondered aloud, “Is infidelity a sin whose time has come?” my colleague retorted, “It never left!” Indeed, the string of politicians, sports figures and movie stars cheating on their wives is an endless parade of mea culpas. “Why do men cheat?” I asked Dr. Ruth Westheimer, . .
HORMONES SPRING FEVER AND SEX
If we all had the raging hormones of youth, might we become a more content, less stressed and sexually satisfied society?
PACKAGING SEX AND ABSTINENCE From My Blog
Sex sells. Whether we wrap it in an abstinence package or talk about it through Planned Parenthood – we are talking about sex. In the abstinence world, the talk of sex translates into “no sex before marriage,” and it comes without the sound advice of safe sex based on good science.
NEW RULES FOR OPEN MARRIAGE
In a year when “Virginity Rules” became an abstinence movement motto, the pendulum swings to new rules for an open marriage.
MONEY, MARRIAGE, SEX, AND SECRETS
Money doesn’t care who owns it,” was a favorite saying of our Aunti Mame. She lived lavishly even during what she called “modest times.”
WAYS TO AVOID CELL PHONE SMASHING
Relationships that fizzle during the holidays often bubble over with anger long after the champagne has gone flat.
GRATITUDE AND SEX TRUMPS THE KING
If alovematch.com merged with aNewCar.com would relationships have a longer shelf life?
SEX AND SMILING SENIORS
When you are at a social event, do you ever look at other couples and wonder — do they or don’t they?
SEXUAL SHUTOUTS IN COUPLES MAZE OF HIDDEN AGENDAS
Hidden agendas are relationship hell that live in a cauldron of unspoken words and fiery outbursts.
OVERDRIVE IN THE PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE LANE
The discussion was animated. Men. Sex. Cars. Relationships. Yet when I announced that I wanted to be the “Sex in the City for Men Only” columnist, right after our Bill and Monica debate, silence slammed into me.
