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Marriage 3.0

Relationships, love, and society in the post-romantic age

Career
What Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In Gets Right...

Pamela Haag Ph.D. on March 15, 2013

....Talented young women seem to be operating under a sad, new plight. I’m inclined to call it premature realism, or hypothetical angst....

....Talented young women seem to be operating under a sad, new plight. I’m inclined to call it premature realism, or hypothetical angst....

Forgiveness
Google: 1; Erudition: 0

Pamela Haag Ph.D. on March 4, 2013

...My Oxford English Dictionary informs me that my adolescent dream of being "erudite" is considered to be “now somewhat rare, exc. in sarcastic use...”

...My Oxford English Dictionary informs me that my adolescent dream of being "erudite" is considered to be “now somewhat rare, exc. in sarcastic use...”

Sex
Testing the Bottom of Our Humanity

Pamela Haag Ph.D. on October 12, 2012

Market reports sometimes use the phrase “testing the bottom.” It’s when a major index flirts with a new low, below which it will not fall. It seems to me we’ve been testing the bottom of our humanity in the past two days.

Market reports sometimes use the phrase “testing the bottom.” It’s when a major index flirts with a new low, below which it will not fall. It seems to me we’ve been testing the bottom of our humanity in the past two days.

Memory
The Unbearable Randomness of Memory

Pamela Haag Ph.D. on October 8, 2012

In the memory archive of a relationship, we often recall random, snapshot moments, as well as the familiar milestones. But why?

In the memory archive of a relationship, we often recall random, snapshot moments, as well as the familiar milestones. But why?

Media
Our 'Over-Sugared' Lives on Facebook

Pamela Haag Ph.D. on October 3, 2012

Social media gives us sometimes thoughtless, rude content that gets engraved in the indelible "permanent record" online.

Social media gives us sometimes thoughtless, rude content that gets engraved in the indelible "permanent record" online.

Media
'Cool' in the Time of Twitter

Pamela Haag Ph.D. on September 27, 2012

In the fast metabolism of the wired, social media era, we increasingly value things for their timeliness, not their timelessness.

In the fast metabolism of the wired, social media era, we increasingly value things for their timeliness, not their timelessness.

Embarrassment
Embrace the Cringe

Pamela Haag Ph.D. on August 6, 2012

...Cringe moments comprise the anti-resume of a life, the story of missteps and social embarrassments. It's good to share, and hear, about them once in a while...

...Cringe moments comprise the anti-resume of a life, the story of missteps and social embarrassments. It's good to share, and hear, about them once in a while...

Parenting
A Mommy Life, Unmodified

Pamela Haag Ph.D. on August 1, 2012

Have you noticed how “Mommy” has become an adjective? I find this both perplexing and troubling.

Have you noticed how “Mommy” has become an adjective? I find this both perplexing and troubling.

Media
Revenge of the Weiner, and Our Mock Shock Media

Pamela Haag Ph.D. on July 26, 2012

At some point the political media seems to have undergone a collective naïve-ification. Or, call it a “wordliness-ectomy,” by which we lost whatever cool acceptance or understanding we might have once possessed...

At some point the political media seems to have undergone a collective naïve-ification. Or, call it a “wordliness-ectomy,” by which we lost whatever cool acceptance or understanding we might have once possessed...

Marriage
What a Wedding Merchants’ Convention Taught Me about Marriage

Pamela Haag Ph.D. on May 22, 2012

I’ve always suspected, to paraphrase an adage from evolutionary science, that the marriage replicates the wedding. The wedding’s style is a germinal expression of the marriage to come, its strengths, vulnerabilities, and dreams.

I’ve always suspected, to paraphrase an adage from evolutionary science, that the marriage replicates the wedding. The wedding’s style is a germinal expression of the marriage to come, its strengths, vulnerabilities, and dreams.