The Most Frustrating Gender Difference
Every few months I come across this dismaying statistic: women utter 20,000 words a day; men, 7,000....
Married
12 Reasons Sex Is Better After 50
No one expects thongs and thigh-highs under everything you wear. ...
The Importance of the Father/Daughter Relationship
If I could pass along a message to all my sisters out there who've felt the pain and shame of a poor father/daughter relationship, the message would be in two parts....
Why You Need to Make a Sex Date
I love how my friend and her husband are working actively to keep their sex life vibrant. ...
The Price Of My Affair
Had I known the emotional price I would pay, and the scope of collateral damage, I may have chosen differently....
The Best Money System For Couples
To me, having a personal account isn’t about secrecy or about building an escape hatch from the marriage but about day-to-day freedom. ...
8 Ways To Express Your Needs Without Nagging
Whether you are single, dating or in a relationship, this will help you express your needs- without whining....
Give Yourself Permission To Say What You Need
You lie there thinking, “lighter, slower, a little to the left”—but you don’t say a thing....
They Saved My Husband’s Life
Who would have saved my poor Bill from that evil garbage truck were it not those skilled volunteer firefighters?...
Healing is Exhausting and Hard Work
So we pull back on our reins, painful as that bit feels on our jaws, and we are humbled into baby steps....
Is Sexting Cheating?
We hold our noses when we hear about celebrities getting caught sexting... but they're not alone....
Remembering Is Easy–Forgetting Is Hard
A few Chardonnays later I couldn’t help mull over my past relationships and whether or not I would choose to erase the memory of them....
Survival For Menopausal Wild Women
What kind of a-hole wouldn’t even get me a drink when I needed it more than heroin? ...
My Secret Affair
This post is my declaration, and those who read it are witness to my grief....
Alone At Sea And Totally Out Of My Comfort Zone
Yes, I knew what I was getting into. Yes, I wanted to take the adventure. But now it is 1130 PM, and I am alone on deck until my shift ends at 2:30 AM. ...
I Almost Poisoned My Kid
Poison control, the ambulance, the emergency room. See what can happen when you let your family members drink from the bottle?...
In Praise of Single Parents
By the end of the weekend we had had enough of one another. My children demanded that we leave the Cape a day early...
Scrooge Father’s Day
Is it sexist to say that all most guys really want is action on Father’s Day? I bet a hundred bucks that this would be better received than a $4.95 card that sings....
Peking To Paris: Love And Marriage On A “Short Drive”
If you have problems in your relationship, get in a car instead of going couple’s therapy and let the open road show you the way....
My Husband’s Midlife Crisis
My husband has grown a beard. A crazy, woolly, middle-aged , grey beard....