Conversations at a bridal shower — Factual, down-to-earth conversation would be how I would describe what was happening at the end of the table where I was sitting at a bridal shower last night. It was not ill-intended. It was not a criticism of what our friend in the spotlight was about to embark herself into…

Her story, and that of many others like her — Her. She was the other woman, she had come to terms with the term, but the term did not fit her. Her. The sole mention of that word was like that sharp finger pointing straight, at her with blame, with judgment. Her. She after all had accepted that it was not in…