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Q & A with author Claude Knobler

Author Claude Knobler talks to Lori Gottlieb about bringing an African 5-year-old into a neurotic Jewish family more than a decade ago, an experience he recounts in his recently released “More Love, Less Panic: 7 Lessons I Learned About Life, Love and Parenting After We Adopted Our Son From Ethiopia.”

Settle down

Lori Gottlieb isn\’t advocating marrying a man who repulses you or puts you to sleep every time he answers the question, \”How was your day, dear?\”

Guilty of Being Too Guilty

Yom Kippur reminds me of the time I spent in couples counseling with a serious boyfriend. My boyfriend believed he could be cruel or invasive or dishonest, but as long as he copped to his \”sins\” once a week, he\’d be absolved (especially if he used bogus touchy-feely phrases like \”I\’m sorry you feel that way,\” \”I validate your experience,\” and \”I respect your boundaries\”).

SWF Seeks Same

Late one night, I was giving my friend Ethan a detailed play-by-play of my date when he made a frightening observation: \”You don\’t have many close female friends in town anymore, do you?\”

V-Day Gestures

It\’s hard enough being single, but listening to those Valentine\’s Day gift-buying countdowns feels a lot like being Jewish and unable to participate in Christmas. So what if there are just five shopping days left before Feb. 14? It\’s like St. Valentine took over St. Nick\’s body, and now the whole coupled country is in another mall-bound tizzy. Maybe it\’s sour grapes, but I don\’t get all the hoopla.

Does the grand romantic gesture really pay off?

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