the three most common myths of modern romance: 1. Single men would prefer being married. 2. Married men actually leave their wives. 3. Men who wear gold chains give gold rings.

Sex is probably the most fun you can have in life without gaining weight or having a hangover the next day.

Single people slip out of the dating market for many social, economic, psychological, and ideological reasons including marriage, illness, bankruptcy, job promotion, exhaustion, and common sense. Inevitably, however, they return because of divorce, boredom, loneliness, and memory loss.

If you don't understand how a woman could both love her sister dearly and want to wring her neck at the same time, then you were probably an only child.

As for breaking up, once the relationship is over, you never really know what went wrong; you just feel nauseous whenever the subject comes to mind. After a plane crash there's the black box that tells the FAA what caused the crack-up. Too bad there's no black box of relationships.

After living with Richard, I discovered that men are only good at cleaning stuff they can hose down.

I discovered, quite early in motherhood, that the longest and most painful deliveries occur when you give birth to stepchildren.