You’ve heard there is nothing sexier than a man with soap suds up to his elbows at the kitchen sink. The suds aren’t sexy. It’s the random act of kindness. I remember early in our marriage when I came…
Category : Relationships
Relationships
Sex advice and the very married woman
I have been clicking around on the internet again, looking for sites that offer quality relationship and sex advice. What I’m seeing is this: a lot of bullshit. Articles about how to make your marriage hot–keep it, make it,…
Relationships
Would you call your marriage “stable”?
The word “stable” reeks of cable knit sweaters and calling each other “Dear.” It sounds, well, dusty. I don’t want to be dusty or dull. Far from it! I want to be sexy, fun, risk-taking, flirty, even dangerous…in my…
Relationships
My doctor is involved in my sex life
Here’s me, speaking to my gynecologist at a recent annual appointment: Doctor: Do you have sex? (I guess that’s a good question. Not everyone has sex, even married people.) Me: Yes! I had sex last night! (I was speaking…
Relationships
How we stay intimate when the empty nest doesn’t stay empty
We have one of those bounce-back kids. Due to Darling Son’s school and now work, he was gone, then back, then gone, and now he’s back. So the effect on us has been: empty nest, kid is home, empty…
Relationships
Why we don’t give up on marriage
We stood at my apartment door after our first date–dinner at a Chinese restaurant. Surely a kiss was imminent, I thought. But, no, DH explained that he was not going to kiss me because he wanted to “do things…
