A View from the Bubble

Musings from outside the mainstream.

I’ve got stories too

I’m dating again and so I’m hearing women’s stories again.  Within the first few exchanges they’re telling me about men who are aggressive or looking for sex on the first date.  … Continue reading

January 15, 2017 · Leave a comment

The mansions are going to burn

I have an acquaintance who is a former sheriff who worked in the area between the suburbs and the city.  Over the course of thirty years he saw the city encroach … Continue reading

July 14, 2016 · Leave a comment

Militant loses foster kids… and for good reason.

Let’s take LaVoy Finicum at his word that he and his wife have done a great deal of good working with troubled boys.  As someone who has worked with troubled … Continue reading

January 20, 2016 · Leave a comment

Unplanned pregnancy without marriage

A young woman writes in to Carolyn Hax saying she’s pregnant, and it’s a surprise as she was on birth control. The father is her long term boyfriend who is … Continue reading

November 24, 2014 · Leave a comment

Men need to hear it from men

CLASSIC OVER ANALYZER tells DEAR ABBY that his lunch date, a woman he’s been seeing for about month and things have been going well, canceled their lunch date citing a … Continue reading

October 14, 2014 · Leave a comment

Young woman should be proactive

TORN IN OHIO is 19 years old and her boyfriend of 2 years, NED, is talking about marriage. She is worried that the relationship progressed too fast and says she … Continue reading

June 6, 2013 · 2 Comments

The Origin of a Column

This column originated several years ago when, over the course of a couple of months, I read several women writing in on the theme of contemplating divorce and not wanting to … Continue reading

April 4, 2013 · Leave a comment