relationships
Confessions Of An Ex-Micromanager
It is exhausting and under-appreciated work, being a micro-manager. So after decades of dedicating my heart and soul to it, I am throwing in the towel and giving up.
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Decoding Your Significant Other
What seems to be one of the most challenging issues for couples isn’t so much what is said but what isn’t. Here are some common communication misconceptions.
Read More...Archie v. Meathead: Those All in the Family head-butting sessions always made me laugh and cringe. Poor or not, I would think to myself while watching the show, Gloria and Michael need to get the heck outta Dodge.
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Why I’ve Kept My Promise To Be Monogamous
I have always had disdain for people who blindly follow the crowd. You know the ones I am talking about—those who sublimate their own desires to conform to societal expectations. They could be your friend the bank employee who would rather be a yoga instructor, your neighbor who bought a BMW for show, or your […]
Read More...It’s no secret that people act all sorts of crazy when they’re hungry (why else would those “Sorry for what I said when I was hungry” t-shirts exist?), and new research found that we fight more–especially with our partners–if our bellies are empty.
Read More...I made a strategic mistake yesterday. I opened my metaphorical kimono and revealed a little too much to my husband. Sure, I know that honesty and transparency are important in any relationship, but so is a little bit of mystery. This is even truer in a relationship that is as longstanding as ours.
Read More...After I pumped out two kids in less than two years, my husband and I decided it was time to take birth control more seriously. We opted for the barrier method. The barriers were the two small kids who slept curled up between us. God knows we tried to get them to sleep in their […]
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Happily Ever After: Why I Love Our Empty Nest
It has been a quiet Saturday. My younger son Micah is in Cuba for some fun in the sun with his high school graduating class. My older son Jake is ensconced hundreds of miles away at university. This leaves my husband John and me all by our lonesome. John observed, “Pretty soon it will be […]
Read More...Twitter: ruining relationships 140 characters at a time. That may sound dramatic, but a new study from the University of Missouri School of Journalism suggests that active Twitter use can lead to conflict, infidelity and divorce among couples.
Read More...Here’s an interesting factoid. Stay-at-home dads are five times more likely to have an affair than other men. One hypothesis is, feeling emasculated by not being the primary breadwinner, they sleep around to prove they are still macho.
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