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When Coming Apart was originally written, a “relationship,” and especially a marriage, was generally, at least in public, considered to be between a man and a woman. As we now know, a multitude of relationships are between partners of the same gender, and many of these relationships, too, come apart.

Although the relationships profiled in this book follow the male to female configuration typical of the days of its writing, the issues and relationship dynamics apply whether you are a man in a relationship with another man, or a woman in relationship with a woman. The truth is that whether you are in a heterosexual or same-sex relationship, you may find yourself identifying with the person of either your own or the opposite gender in these stories. That's because just like relationships themselves, relationship dynamics are not confined within gender lines.

Above all, this note is an indication that our expression of love in relationships has found many new forms since this book was originally written. Whatever your relationship orientation, may it offer you the insight and comfort you need.

Daphne Rose Kingma

Santa Barbara, California