Dear Bitter Butch, My wedding was a month ago, and things aren’t going very well. My husband is withholding sex. He has done this before, and I know you are probably going to say I shouldn’t have married someone so childish and selfish. But, I did, and now I just need to figure out what to…


I Might be Unlovable, But I Still Deserve Fine China
I’ve finally come to the realization that 3 years of law school and $150,000.00 of student loan debt have made me unlovable. But I have a plan

Is It Okay for a Lawyer to Marry Another Lawyer?
If you love to argue, then you would love to marry another lawyer.

So You Married A Lawyer…
Do I really not understand the pressure my wife, a female associate, is under? And what should I do to get her back?

10 Law School Couples, Annotated
In honor of Valentine’s Day, here’s a tribute to the most commonly seen law school couples: the good, the bad, and the thank-god-you’re-currently-single.

Why Can't a Married Woman be Friends with a Single Man?
The last impenetrably bulletproof glass ceiling hovering over the heads of women prevents us from entering into friendships with men.

Until Death or Two Years Do Us Part
A proposal in Mexico City would make marriages temporary for as little as two years, with the option to renew or dissolve it after the initial term.

Top Divorce Settlements
All claims were accurate back in 2011. One day we’ll update this, we promise. We here at Bitter Lawyer are all for finding the easy way out. Grinding it out in BigLaw can earn you some dollars, but so can at lot of other things like marrying rich. The only thing better than marrying rich,…

From the Archives: Noel Biderman, King of Infidelity
Noel Biderman runs a dating service for married/attached people. Get that? He helps people cheat. Noel Biderman, King of Infidelity

Bitter Brief 11: Sexism, Parenting, and Clarence Thomas Bobbleheads
[powerpress] In this week’s installment of the Bitter Brief, our perennial punching bag, Mr. Law School, gives us networking “advice” with which we, naturally, take issue. We take umbrage at the sexist undertones of Law Firm 10’s latest musings on marriage and parenting and Matthew Richardson’s equating the declining value of mid-level associates with the declining hotness of women. And,…