Tracy McMillan
Tracy McMillan
Tracy McMillanis an American author, television writer and relationship expert. She's known for the 2011 viral blog post "Why You're Not Married," which for two years was the most-viewed article on Huffington Post, and is fourth most read post of all time. She also wrote a book based on the piece, "Why You're Not Married...Yet". Her screenwriting credits include Mad Men, Necessary Roughness, Chase, Life on Mars, and The United States of Tara. She won the 2010 Writers Guild of...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNon-Fiction Author
Date of Birth12 September 1964
CityMinneapolis, MN
CountryUnited States of America
I was, for some reason, born knowing how to get married.
People who find that they have a lot of drama in their relationships need to allow themselves to get 'bored'. At first, it will feel excruciating, and they may find themselves confronting a very real fear underneath all that drama: being truly close and therefore vulnerable to another human being.
One of the beautiful things about men is that they're very in the moment. That's why they don't want to have an argument about what happened six months ago.
Being all about me is not a good thing - I don't care what 1978 tried to say - because as long as you mostly think about yourself, you're not going to be a wonderful person. You're just not.
You can't trick The Universe - it's like Santa Claus that way.
Sometime between when the Summer of Love ended and the Summer of Sam began, America became a nation of cynics about love.
I think every woman has this point in her life where she's like, 'I have a great job, great outfits and great friends, but something's missing.'
I talk to women for a living. It's pretty much what I do with my day.
Though it's safe to say there are a whole lotta American gals who agree with the core ideals of feminism, they are somehow nevertheless watching 'Say Yes to the Dress' by the millions.
A sure-fire way to know you're crazy is if more than one person has told you you'd be great on a reality show - and you agree with them.
Being in a relationship is a hard, painful slog at least once a week, maybe more often - especially if you have a lot of defenses to let down, or if your parents didn't know how to love you very well.
When relationships don't work out, it doesn't mean you're a bad person, it just means you weren't meant to be together.
The deal is: most men just want to marry someone who is nice to them.
Relationships are like the world's most intense yoga! It's a daily practice.