The Incredible Disappearing Woman

Kristen Armstrong, the ex-wife of super-cyclist Lance Armstrong, speaks out about lousing yourself in marriage. She is not out to bash marriage or Lance. This is her attempt to reveal a truth about marriage that is very real and can affect everyone, married or not, in a relationship.

The greatest conspiracy in modern history is not Watergate or the shooting of JFK; it's something far more ingrained and insidious in the way it distorts the truth. The conspiracy is marriage. It's not that I don't respect the institution and the belief I've cherished since childhood of what such a union could be. One heartbreaking and publicly failed marriage later, I actually revere marriage more at age 34 than I did as a blushing bride of 26.

The problem is that when a young woman announces her engagement, everyone is quick to roll out the matrimonial red carpet by throwing showers and obsessing over wedding day plans. This helps a bride prepare for the reality of marriage about as much as nine months of baby showers and nursery decorating prepare a gestating woman for the awesome task of raising a child: not at all.

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