http://dir.salon.com/topics/sotu/?source=rss&aim=sotu en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 20 Dec 2004 11:12:00 PST By Jennifer Armstrong Mon, 20 Dec 2004 11:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2004/12/20/runaway_bride/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2004/12/20/runaway_bride/index.html?source=rss It's not that I didn't want to get married. I just wanted to make sure that I could take a break from the institution whenever I needed to. Mon, 20 Dec 2004 11:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2004/03/03/marriage_readerstories14/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2004/03/03/marriage_readerstories14/index.html?source=rss Mr. Tall, Dark and Handsome rocked my world. Too bad he also slapped my face and passed out. More tales from the front lines of marriage. By Carol Adair Mon, 20 Dec 2004 11:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2004/02/24/gay_marriage/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2004/02/24/gay_marriage/index.html?source=rss After 25 years together -- including children, mortgages, intimacy and boredom --- Kay and I stood for six hours in the San Francisco rain to become mundane and unspecial. To be married. Mon, 20 Dec 2004 11:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2004/02/18/marriage_readerstories13/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2004/02/18/marriage_readerstories13/index.html?source=rss Religious differences, debilitating illnesses, runaway brides who stop running: More tales from the front lines of marriage. Mon, 20 Dec 2004 11:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2004/02/04/marriage_readerstories13/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2004/02/04/marriage_readerstories13/index.html?source=rss Straying, sexual dysfunction, traumatic vasectomies and other tales from the front lines of marriage. Mon, 20 Dec 2004 11:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2004/01/28/marriage_readerstories12/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2004/01/28/marriage_readerstories12/index.html?source=rss Dealing with a life-threatening illness, resisting the urge to call off the wedding, searching for the desire to have children, and other tales from the front lines of marriage. Mon, 20 Dec 2004 11:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2004/01/21/marriage_readerstories11/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2004/01/21/marriage_readerstories11/index.html?source=rss Coming to terms with racist family members, dealing with the fact that you're the "other" woman, and other tales from the frontlines of marriage. Mon, 20 Dec 2004 11:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2004/01/14/marriage_readerstories10/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2004/01/14/marriage_readerstories10/index.html?source=rss Salon's female readers tell tales of extramarital temptation, emotional and physical abuse, and cowboy dreams that went awry. By Abby Ellin Mon, 20 Dec 2004 11:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2004/01/13/intermarriage/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2004/01/13/intermarriage/index.html?source=rss Why am I a strong believer in intermarriage? Because too much Jewish angst, WASPY stoicism or Catholic repression in one household isn't healthy. Mon, 20 Dec 2004 11:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2004/01/06/marriage_readerstories9/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2004/01/06/marriage_readerstories9/index.html?source=rss Salon's male readers weigh in on their marriages with revealing tales of broken hearts, cheating, cheating and more cheating. Mon, 20 Dec 2004 11:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2003/12/17/marriage_readerstories8/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2003/12/17/marriage_readerstories8/index.html?source=rss Salon's readers share their tales of newlywed angst, post-divorce shock and bridesmaid blues. By Christopher Farah Mon, 20 Dec 2004 11:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2003/12/12/nyt/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2003/12/12/nyt/index.html?source=rss More than a year after the New York Times printed its first same-sex wedding announcement, gay couples debate the need to declare their love in the most public way possible. Mon, 20 Dec 2004 11:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2003/12/10/marriage_readerstories7/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2003/12/10/marriage_readerstories7/index.html?source=rss Salon readers write about love and marriage, heartache and divorce -- fighting over spatulas, compromising on a cat, and surviving adultery. Mon, 20 Dec 2004 11:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2003/12/03/marriage_readerstories6/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2003/12/03/marriage_readerstories6/index.html?source=rss Salon readers share stories of their marriages -- first times, second tries and never agains. By Beth Heaton Mon, 20 Dec 2004 11:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2003/11/20/virgin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2003/11/20/virgin/index.html?source=rss I loved and was attracted to my husband, but I didn't want to have sex with him. Mon, 20 Dec 2004 11:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2003/11/19/marriage_readerstories5/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2003/11/19/marriage_readerstories5/index.html?source=rss Salon readers react to the Massachusetts Supreme Court decision and share their dreams of walking down the aisle with their same-sex partners. By Curtis Sittenfeld Mon, 20 Dec 2004 11:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2003/11/18/marriage_pacts/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2003/11/18/marriage_pacts/index.html?source=rss Are "marriage pacts" a mature, open-eyed approach to love -- or the ultimate in cowardly bet-hedging? By Kamy Wicoff Mon, 20 Dec 2004 11:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2003/11/14/middlebrook/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2003/11/14/middlebrook/index.html?source=rss Diane Middlebrook talks about why the marriage of Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes was a soaring success despite his infidelity and her suicide -- and why promising to be sexually faithful is folly. Mon, 20 Dec 2004 11:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2003/11/12/marriage_readerstories4/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2003/11/12/marriage_readerstories4/index.html?source=rss Salon readers share tales of ugly divorces, same-sex relationships, and love born from tragedy. By Tracy Quan Mon, 20 Dec 2004 11:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2003/11/07/quan_marriage/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2003/11/07/quan_marriage/index.html?source=rss What I learned about marriage while working as a Manhattan prostitute. Mon, 20 Dec 2004 11:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2003/11/05/marriage_readerstories3/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2003/11/05/marriage_readerstories3/index.html?source=rss Salon readers share secrets for marital longevity. Hint: Staying faithful, and having nothing in common, help a lot. By Karen Croft Mon, 20 Dec 2004 11:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2003/11/04/robilant/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2003/11/04/robilant/index.html?source=rss The author of "A Venetian Affair" says we can learn much from the story of 18th century passion between his ancestor and the woman he wasn't allowed to marry. By Curtis Sittenfeld Mon, 20 Dec 2004 11:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2003/11/04/wedding_boyfriend/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2003/11/04/wedding_boyfriend/index.html?source=rss It's a peculiar phenomenon. You hook up with someone at the rehearsal dinner and by Sunday brunch you've enacted all of the stages of courtship -- speeded up. By Rebecca Traister Mon, 20 Dec 2004 11:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2003/10/30/groom_blogs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2003/10/30/groom_blogs/index.html?source=rss You thought only brides obsessed about flowers, caterers and invitations? Wake up and smell the floral centerpieces on the latest Web craze: Grooms' blogs. Mon, 20 Dec 2004 11:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2003/10/30/marriage_readerstories2/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2003/10/30/marriage_readerstories2/index.html?source=rss Salon readers share wrenching tales of divorce, infidelity -- and second chances.