Remember your parents and how they divided what needed to be done? Housework and childcare were usually the woman’s job–100% hers. And if you have spent even three hours taking care of a couple of small children and tried…
Category : Relationships
When my husband looks at other women
I don’t get upset if DH looks at other women. Part of the reason is this: I understand that men do that all the time. They can’t help it. They are hard-wired to notice, glance at, and even gawk…
How to sex me up with random acts of kindness
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…
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,…
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…
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…