I'm kicking off today's Valentine's blog-a-thon (count on posts regularly all through the day) with the very well grounded and centered, Gruntled Center:

Gottlieb, a liberal feminist writer who had in the past written against settling, decided to have a child on her own before 40. Now, she wishes she had married when she was younger. She held out for Mr. Right, and now she is alone and regrets it.
I mostly applaud Ms. Gottlieb's sentiment. I think most young people have a distorted view of marriage. They think it is about someone who will make you happy. The core of marriage as a social institution, though, is to form a partnership that is good for your children.

But go read the rest, okay?


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