Who do I think I am to give relationship advice? I'm no psychiatrist, psychologist, psychoanalyst, psychic, religious cleric, marriage counselor nor life coach. I hold no PHD, MD or BED (Bachelor of Education), though I do own a very comfortable version of that other kind (a pillow top.) I am not even a sexologist, despite my penchant for claiming that title.
What I possess are tactical skills, kind of like a soldier in treacherous territory. And by most accounts, treacherous territory is the mere playground of relationships. 41% of first marriages end in divorce, 61% of the second and 73% of third marriages don’t last long enough for the first mate to keel over. Three out of four live-in couples won’t share the same address in five years.
Treacherous? Better let’s call it a battlefield. To try to cheat these despicable odds, I took copious notes on what works and what doesn’t from a vast number of relationships (many my own) and distilled them down to the very simple guidelines, rules and exercises contained in Love 101 – A Short Guide to a Long Relationship, available on Amazon and Barnesandnoble.com.
Prior to embarking on my future as Love Oracle, I enjoyed an extended career as an efficiency expert in the field of manufacturing, earning position #426 in Working Women’s Magazine Top 500, the U. S. Chamber of Commerce Blue Chip Enterprise Award and an esteemed post at the Arkansas Business Summit. Furthering my renown as efficiency expert, I gave birth to two sons two years apart on the same day. Though two boys together are a documented efficiency disaster, the two often entertained each other with surprisingly few visits to the ER. My reward for helping two boys achieve adulthood came in the form of grandchildren, who often send my efficiency flying straight out the window. I graduated magna cum laude from the College of Santa Fe and now reside in New Mexico.