Dr. Christine B. Whelan is an author, professor and speaker. She and her husband, Peter, and their dictator cats, Chairman Meow and Evita Purron, live in Pittsburgh. Her book "Why Smart Men Marry Smart Women" is available in stores or at the Halo Store.

	March 24th, 2008 Pure Sex, Pure Love Is lying a way of life for women? For three months I lied to my husband. I snuck around behind his back and I ...
	March 10th, 2008 Pure Sex, Pure Love Box, Wine and Love Letter In the living room of my next-door neighbors' house is a wooden crate. It's nothing fancy, just pieces of plywood nailed together, but Kim and Matt keep the box in a place of honor by ...
	February 26th, 2008 Mixed Marriage Picture Young Catholics might be more serious about marriage than they are about the Church Catholic young adults place great importance on marriage but have turned away from church-based ideas of how to make it work, according to a study released last week by the Center for Applied Research in ...
	February 19th, 2008 Pure Sex, Pure Love A new survey reveals significant generational differences in Catholic attitudes toward marriage Do you believe that your spouse should be your soul mate first and foremost? Do you agree that marriage should be whatever two people want it to be? Do ...
	February 4th, 2008 My Boyfriend’s Back? Men, women and sports My husband isn't speaking to me. He isn't speaking to anyone, really. He's crushed by the Patriots defeat in last night's SuperBowl. I'm not that chatty either, but not because I ...
	January 22nd, 2008 Pure Sex, Pure Love Third Wheel: Is the married vs. single dynamic causing a strain in your friendships? Anita, 26, had two close friends in college. These were the girls she could always call for a chat, who would be interested in planning a fun trip, going shopping, ...
	January 4th, 2008 A New Yorker’s First Iowa Caucus or, how I almost committed election fraud Caucusing can be confusing. But I was giddy all day about this opportunity to make a difference and shape national politics. I mean, how complicated can caucusing ...
	January 3rd, 2008 Hawkeye View Our intrepid reporter gets a birdseye look at the Iowa Caucus experience I'm a born-and-raised New Yorker. I don't make eye contact with strangers as I walk down the street. I lived in the same apartment building for decades, and couldn't ...
	December 10th, 2007 Pure Sex, Pure Love Fattily Ever After Call it the "honeymoon handles" or "love blubber": New studies find that newlyweds are more likely to report weight-gain than those who stay single. Professors at the University of North ...
	November 26th, 2007 Pure Sex, Pure Love The Marriage Myth: Scaring women about their marriage prospects distracts us from truly urgent issues Major news outlets are once again scaring smart, accomplished women into believing that they're doomed to be old maids because they intimidate men. This old saw makes great headlines—but it's dead wrong. It also distracts ...
	November 12th, 2007 Pure Sex, Pure Love The Florists Daughter beautifully captures a "relentlessly modest" life As young-adults, we're often used to reading books about ourselves and our own experiences. We're interested in entertainment, a good story, or some advice about how to live ...
	October 24th, 2007 Slutoween A Pure Sex, Pure Love Special Edition Ladies, it's that time of year to let out your inner vixen and to live out your fantasies of being a naughty nun. Guys, it's ...
	October 15th, 2007 Pure Sex, Pure Love The Challenges of Long-Distance Relationships A few months ago I received a letter from Jeff Klein, a 32-year-old BustedHalo reader. He'd recently begun dating someone who lived seven hours away. Was it feasible to ...
	October 1st, 2007 Pure Sex, Pure Love A Moral Theologian Answers Questions on Sin, Sex and the Sacraments In the last column, I shared a letter I'd received from Laura, a 20-year-old reader struggling with her decision to have sex before marriage. She raised all sorts of ...
	September 17th, 2007 Pure Sex, Pure Love Sin, Sex and Sacrament: A candid discussion When Laura was 13 she took a vow to remain chaste until marriage. She's a pretty good Catholic: She attends Mass regularly and is thoughtful about acting in accordance with the ...
	September 4th, 2007 Pure Sex, Pure Love X-Games II: Should you invite your ex-boyfriend/girlfriend to your wedding? In my last column, I asked the question: Can you be friends with your ex? Dozens of you shared your personal experiences and took our BustedHalo survey. Among BustedHalo ...
	August 20th, 2007 Pure Sex, Pure Love X-Games: Can you be friends with your ex boyfriend/girlfriend? Alysa and her boyfriend had been dating for nearly two years, and then broke up. The breakup was amicable, but painful for Alysa, who still loved her ex boyfriend ...
	August 6th, 2007 Pure Sex, Pure Love The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde: Our readers respond to Dr. Whelan's latest Pure Sex column on the challenges of cohabitation In my last column, I wrote about Bonnie and Clyde, a couple who have been dating for three years and living together for the past year, with no plans ...
	July 23rd, 2007 Pure Sex, Pure Love The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde: The Challenges of Cohabitation Recently I received a letter from a Pure Sex, Pure Love reader–we'll call her Bonnie, to protect her privacy–and I thought it was such an important topic that I wanted to share it with the ...
	July 11th, 2007 In Response to “The Misery of Misandry” Our readers sound off on Dr. Christine Whelan's latest Pure Sex, Pure Love column Readers responded from around the world with great passion to last week's column ...