The journal

Notes on marriage and serious introductions

What we learn accompanying people who want to marry: compatibility, faith, money, family, and everything couples discuss too late.

20 April 20263 min read
Matchmaking agency or dating app: how to choose when you want to marry
Dating apps are built to hold your attention, not to marry you. Here is what a matchmaking agency changes, what it actually costs, and how to tell which one fits you.
6 April 20261 min read
On Resolving Disagreements
Disagreement is not a sign a match was wrong, it's a sign two real people are in the room.
23 March 20261 min read
On Family Life
Where the couple ends and the wider family begins.
9 March 20261 min read
On Parenting
Raising children between cultures, generations, and continents.
23 February 20261 min read
On Immigration and Building a Life Here
What it means to build a shared future across two countries, or none at all.
9 February 20261 min read
On Finances as a Couple
Money conversations are values conversations wearing a practical disguise.
26 January 20261 min read
On Communication
The difference between talking often and truly being understood.
12 January 20261 min read
On Marriage
What we mean when we say we build for marriage, not for dating.