Description
Love Matters: A Book of Lesbian Romance and Relationships is a collection of advice columns and personal reflections that will help lesbian couples validate and appreciate their unique relationships. With excerpts taken from the author窶冱 窶廰ove Matters窶� column in the lesbian newspaper New Phazes, this book explores real-life questions and issues that lesbians have about dating, sex, love, and relationship longevity. From Love Matters, you窶冤l receive honest, informative advice that can help you and your partner share a more open and fulfilling relationship.Offering support, care, and understanding for lesbian couples, Love Matters seeks to recognize the 窶從ew female role窶� for lesbian women. Using her 15-year long relationship as a basis for many of the responses, the author provides you with suggestions and insight into topics relating to lesbian relationships, such as:
- keeping sex alive in a long-term relationship
- handling finances fairly and successfully
- supporting your partner through the physical, emotional, and spiritual changes caused by menopause
- identifying the difficulties of dating and what lesbians look for on a date
- questioning the purpose of and emotions caused by a long-distance relationship
- realizing how homophobia affects love and relationships
While focusing on the joys and experiences of couples, this book also addresses depression and loneliness felt by single lesbians, break-ups, and the death of a partner. You窶冤l find that Love Matters offers comfort, hope, and humor that will help you understand the difficulties and rewards of your lesbian relationship.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 The Beginning; Chapter 2 Sex Lives; Chapter 3 Relationship Polarity; Chapter 4 Finances; Chapter 5 Breakup Rates; Chapter 6 Menopause; Chapter 7 Long-Distance Relationships; Chapter 8 Dating; Chapter 9 Forty Secrets for a Happy Relationship; Chapter 10 The Right Person; Chapter 11 How to Keep Love Alive; Chapter 12 Misery Side of Misery/Bliss Ratio; Chapter 13 Bliss Side of Misery/Bliss Ratio; Chapter 14 Play; Chapter 15 Anniversary Story; Chapter 16 Fair Fighting; Chapter 17 Death of a Partner; Chapter 18 Publication of; Love Matters; Chapter 19 Good Enough Relationship; Chapter 20 Jealousy; Chapter 21 Depression; Chapter 22 Solitude; Chapter 23 Mothering; Chapter 24 Singlehood; Chapter 25 Busyness; Chapter 26 Saying Good-Bye; Chapter 27 My Turn; Chapter 28 My So-Called Ending;
