by AnnSheybani | Jul 20, 2011 | attachment, Authenticity, choosing a mate, Claire Danes, Codependency, dating, divorce, Ebola, Honesty, Intimacy, Iran, manipulation, marriage, Uncategorized
He kissed me on the lips and told me the sorts of things an insecure girl longs to hear. “I would bring you to Iran with me. I would love it if you joined me,” the man I wanted to marry said, his warm breath grazing my ear. “ I just don’t know how I could ever justify...
by AnnSheybani | Jun 13, 2011 | adventure, Authenticity, goals, identity, marriage, Uncategorized
I’ve been running into a number of women lately who can’t seem to remember who they were before they married and had kids. About to enter the empty nest stage, they are anxious as to what to do next. For the first time in a very long time, they have time...
by AnnSheybani | May 21, 2011 | adventure, choosing a mate, dating, Dr. Laura Schlessinger, husband, Iran, marriage, match profile, Match.com, Uncategorized
Hakim’s niece was about to marry a Persian boy she’d met at school. She’d done things right, however, unlike some of her cousins. She hadn’t fallen in love beforehand. She’d accepted the offer of marriage, after considering a number of formal suitors, based on...
by AnnSheybani | Apr 14, 2011 | Authenticity, books, Cinderella, Codependency, exotic cultures, extreem dependency, goals, husband, identity, Intimacy, Islamic Fundamentalist, marriage, Muslim, pregnancy, Prince Charming, trapping a man, Uncategorized, virgin, virginity
When I was in first grade, I wanted more than anything to be Cinderella. I found the picture book character, one I’d come across in the school library, the embodiment of glamour. From her sparkling full-length yellow dress, to her pair of smashing, see-through pumps;...
by AnnSheybani | Nov 22, 2009 | Authenticity, books, Codependency, Dinah Shore, husband, Marabel Morgan, marriage, Self-Esteem, The Total Woman, the Woman's movement, wives
There are some books no twelve-year-old should read. When I was a kid, I liked to watch the Dinah Shore show on the portable TV while my Mom fixed dinner. One day, Marabel Morgan was on defending her book, The Total Woman. This was the mid-70’s, the height of...
