I hate the term “broken home,” meaning a family where the parents are divorced. I grew up in the generation of divorce. I can remember children from school who were one day exactly like me, carefree and fair game for teasing and name-calling, and the next they were just another casualty of the growing divorce [Read more…]
Mothers-In-Law Are Not Romantic: Advice For My Sons’ Future Wives
Dear future daughters-in-law, You will one day think of me only as “mother-in-law” or “his mother”, but I can still remember being 18: the world was full of possibilities, love was all consuming, and marriage was the end of a fairytale. I thought I had it all figured out, but I’d forgotten one very important [Read more…]
Why I’d Choose My Husband Over My Fantasies
I’m just going to come right out and say it: I indulge in the occasional fantasy about men other than my husband. I’ll wait while you digest that Earth-shattering bombshell. Of course, my fantasies are not always hot, steamy, nights of passion and athletic sexual prowess either. Sometimes I fantasize about Adam Levine vacuuming my [Read more…]
Clash of the Couples
Hey, guess what everyone! I have an essay in an upcoming anthology about the troubles and strifes of marriage. I can’t tell you how excited I am to be part of this project (although my husband might not agree!) and to be among the first to reveal to you the fabulous and slightly scandalous cover. If you’ve [Read more…]
10 Reasons I’m a Terrible Wife
I spend a lot of time worrying that I’m a bad mother.Do I feed my kids healthy meals?Do I give them enough one-on-one attention.What will they be telling their therapists about me in twenty years?The internet is a wonderful tool for feeding these insecurities. When my youngest son was six weeks old, he got a minor [Read more…]
Talk Dirty To Me: The Secret To Good Sex in Marriage
Today I’m lucky enough to have Meg, from Megsanity: Women, Psychology and Expletives, talking dirty for your entertainment. When I asked Meg to write something for me I told her that sex sells and to make us laugh. She took it one step further and wrote an amazingly funny and surprisingly insightful piece about sex [Read more…]
The Journey
Time passes almost without us noticing. Our lives have changed so much. Our bodies change too, imperceptibly at first but becoming faster and more pronounced with every year. Like a snowball rolling down a hill growing larger and it gathers more snow. One day we wake up, look in the mirror and we don’t recongize [Read more…]