Steph Auteri

Dec 25, 2024 | yourtango.com | Steph Auteri

My husband and I attended Pre-Cana (a Catholic marriage prep course) because of our moms. We were both raised in the Roman Catholic faith, and it was important to them that we were married in the church. In the end, however, we ended up hiring a celebrant to do the deed, as we were both uncomfortable with organized religion. I must admit, though: those Catholics do know a thing or two about love. Three years later, we still sometimes turn to our Pre-Cana workbook.

Dec 24, 2024 | yourtango.com | Steph Auteri

Did you know it only takes a tenth of a second to make a first impression? These are the initial opinions people form when they meet another person. They are often based on immediate observations of how others look, act, say, and generally behave. It isn't always possible to tell if you've made a good first impression on others. However, these interactions are a building block for relationships and play a major part in setting the tone for future interactions.

Dec 24, 2024 | yourtango.com | Steph Auteri

Deep down, your husband is a good person, and, well, obviously he completes you. But you just despise it when he throws his dirty clothes on the floor — right next to the hamper — no matter how many times you ask him not to. And the coffee table is a mishmash of his dirty dishes. And it's not as funny as he thinks it is when he "plays the drums" on your thighs. Stay strong. Remain calm. You're not the only one experiencing bouts of agitation with the man you love.

Dec 23, 2024 | yourtango.com | Steph Auteri

The authors of Undateable — a compendium of 311 things men do, say, or wear that renders them, well, undateable — interviewed "hundreds of smart, funny, normal women" to pin down the top red flags and deal breakers men can be guilty of. Flipping through, however, we wondered if the average woman was making herself undateable simply by being so judgy. Some habits men might have that can actually be positive within a committed relationship.

Dec 20, 2024 | bookriot.com | Steph Auteri

I stayed up past my bedtime last night to finish Gus Moreno’s This Thing Between Us. Sure, I knew I would regret it in the morning when I had to wake up early to usher my child out of bed, pack her lunch, and send her off to zero period. But the story—which had started so slowly and unassumingly—gripped me. Heck, I had spent the first third of the book wondering if things were ever going to pick up, feeling a sense of unease that grew so slowly, I barely noticed it.