Emily V. Gordon

If you don't simply communicate with your spouse what household tasks you would like them to do, you are setting yourself up…

— Emily V. Gordon

In my professional and personal life, when I meet people who feel broken after a divorce, they can usually be divided into…

— Emily V. Gordon

You're not a victim of your divorce. What you decide to do with yourself and your personal life after your marriage ends…

— Emily V. Gordon

Marriage is not a magical potion that serves to amplify adoration, reduce deep-seated feelings of resentment, erase fears of commitment, or answer…

— Emily V. Gordon

I had a tightly knit group of female friends in elementary school - we called ourselves the Sensational Six.

— Emily V. Gordon

'The Babadook,' written and directed by a woman, is a gorgeously told female-focused story of grief, longing, loneliness, and what mourning can…

— Emily V. Gordon

In high school, I decided that all of my female friends were stupid and traded them for guy friends. I loved horror…

— Emily V. Gordon

No matter how you handle alcohol at your wedding, you will most likely be upsetting someone.

— Emily V. Gordon

Far from 'rotting my brain,' as I was often told would happen, TV helped me feel less alone at a time when…

— Emily V. Gordon

If you've had a marriage that ended because of a betrayal in trust on your spouse's behalf, the idea of trusting another…

— Emily V. Gordon

Cheating is very rarely about the actual act of being with another person.

— Emily V. Gordon

Marriage, or any committed partnership, has become sacred to me, powerful and fragile all at the same time.

— Emily V. Gordon

Love is a good thing.

— Emily V. Gordon

When someone insists that you watch a show that's already been on for a few seasons, they're basically saying, 'Hey, you're not…

— Emily V. Gordon

In Hollywood, it seems that the people least successful at being married are the ones most eager to tie the knot over…

— Emily V. Gordon

I grew up in a very small town in North Carolina, weird and pudgy, without too many other kids to play with.…

— Emily V. Gordon

Holiday food is rich and indulgent. Going-home-to-see-family food is richer and even more indulgent.

— Emily V. Gordon

Sacrificing your relationship for your career sounds noble and romantic from the outside, but the reality is that it can create a…

— Emily V. Gordon

Hindsight is always 20/20, but I imagine a lot of married and divorced people have insights to share about how they felt…

— Emily V. Gordon

As my marriage was slowly dissolving into silent meals and awkward nights of avoiding conversation, I started pondering an unmarried future and…

— Emily V. Gordon

The benefits of a healthy, thriving relationship may not be nearly as exciting as watching your career take off, but both aspects…

— Emily V. Gordon

Being completely independent doesn't make you a strong woman - it's being strong enough to trust yourself in other people's hands that…

— Emily V. Gordon

Burlesque dancing didn't solve all my post-divorce problems, but what it did do was force me to court myself for a little…

— Emily V. Gordon

There's nothing like listening to the drone of QVC's always-bubbly pitchwomen, as they try to move loose-fitting tunics with 'just the right…

— Emily V. Gordon

We all have an idea of how we like to be treated that we would like others to adhere to, and somehow…

— Emily V. Gordon