Man-to-Man With John Heard
Actor John Heard talks love, devotion, honesty, and the privilege of playing a character that embodies all of those traits in a Hollywood world that obfuscates what’s really important. Though most...
View ArticleSeeing Your Family Home
How one man responds to a grave situation can epitomize the enormity of his love Three years ago, my sister-in-law Mary was living the life she’d always hoped for. Parenting two beautiful 12-year-old...
View ArticleThe Unquoting of Marriage
Removing the quotes from “Marriage” and making it a choice available to this last, vast segment of society is deeply affecting. — Well, it has happened. What I’ve cautiously said, many times over the...
View ArticleA History of Secrets: What it Takes to Tell the Truth
James Michael didn’t know how to tell his wife about his addiction. A movie changed that for him. ——— When the credits rolled, after my first viewing of “A History of Violence”, I sat in the theater a...
View ArticleRacing Like a Pro
Eric Robillard comes to terms with his wife and her depression. — Sometimes you get up and bake a cake or something sometimes you stay in bed sometimes you go la di da di da di da da til your eyes...
View ArticleHer Last Breath: Husbands and Their Wives’ Deaths
Rev. Neil O’Farrell thinks about husbands and their wives’ deaths. — Ruby (not her real name) sat in her hospital bed, a place I’d seen her with increasing frequency. Her doctor had just told her that...
View Article#58: Husband Seeks Kidney for His Wife
A Colorado man is trying to save his wife’s life. — Bob Stewart’s wife, Michelle, needs a kidney. Now. His blood type isn’t a match, so he can’t donate one of his own kidneys. But he knows that...
View ArticleWhat Does Your Father’s Day Gift Say About You?
Ladies, do you need to get a Father’s Day present for the dad in your life? Let’s find out what your gift idea says about you. — It is officially Father’s Day season! Time to celebrate the great dads...
View ArticleI’m Not An Expert On Women, But…
Doyin Richards is not an expert on women, but he has some ideas on what qualities they find to be sexy in men. — As a dad who often writes about Daddyhood, I’ve learned a lot from my wife, my friends,...
View ArticleThe Hard Truth Behind Marriages that Last
Embed from Getty Images There isn’t a list of things that these couples do differently. There’s one difficult thing they choose to accept. ____ Wouldn’t it be great if some pithy listicle really could...
View ArticleShe Says One Thing, Does Another. How to Handle Contradiction
Embed from Getty Images He’s just as good at doing this as she is. How to understand mixed messages in your relationship. ____ Paul watched his wife Marilyn eating pie for dinner after they both came...
View ArticleThe Power of the Vulnerable Man
We share here, yes? Good. Grab a chair because I want to talk about this thing we call “vulnerability”. We hear about it constantly, how men should be more vulnerable in relationships. That’s all...
View ArticleWhy I am Delighted My Wife Turned 30
Embed from Getty Images — I had moved from the south of England (Plymouth) to the north (Cumbria). I had followed a girl, who, it turned out, was not the love of my life. But as part of that...
View ArticleThe Dirty Little Secrets Your Wife Wished You’d do for HER This Mother’s Day
— Do you still see your woman’s eyes sparkle when she looks at you? Do you want to get the fire back in your love bed? Does your relationship with her become more like a sister/best friend instead of a...
View ArticleHere’s to Loving and Being Loved
— This 84-year-old simply wants to care for his wife during a very scary time. — — ◊♦◊ Are you a first-time contributor to The Good Men Project for the first time? Submit here: ◊♦◊ Photo: Screenshot...
View ArticleHow ‘Black Panther’ Defines Success for Fathers
Embed from Getty Images — It is 5:30 and two of my children are awake. On most mornings, they wake up at 6:00 to get ready for school, but today they decided to make an earlier than normal appearance....
View ArticleThe Big, Scary Parenting Lesson From My Husband
Jill Simonian believed that living a safe life would be best for her family, until her husband told her otherwise. — If my life (up to this point) had a theme, that theme would be: “SAFE.” Be careful....
View ArticleBarber for Hire
One month ago my wife made a significant decision. She decided to get a drastic haircut. For reasons traceable to her childhood, she carried negative energy with her hair and needed to let it go. My...
View ArticleThe Subtle Difference Between S***ty and Non-S***ty Husbands and Wives
The difference is so subtle that I didn’t recognize it until now. And now that I have, it isn’t hard to see why so many pissed-off guys stumble on these articles and miss it too. My own inability to...
View ArticleSurviving a Sideline Seat to Pregnancy
Apart from mourning the devastations of the current pandemic, COVID-19 has given me a gracious gift — uninterrupted time to reinvigorate and relive all the mistakes I’ve made in my life. (Thank you,...
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