Gender roles

Every Monday morning, I feel like I wake up in a frat house. Where did all these dishes come from? Why is the trash overflowing? How'd all this dirt get on the floor? What are all these soda cans doing here? Why is there a one sock on the dining room table? Who puts their dirty,... Read More »

My morning starts with my fiance waking me up. Now, while I do have the ability to get up with an alarm, an alarm does not snuggle or nuzzle, kiss or stroke or anything else that generally makes you feel like a princess no matter what your hair looks like or where your drool lay. Even if I get up...

"Common knowledge" tells us that in a sexual relationship, the males are aggressive and the females are passive. You know how it goes, HE wants it all the time, SHE always has a headache.  HE is just after sex, SHE is after love.  After sex, HE falls asleep, SHE wants to cuddle.  You... Read More »

Free-range childrearing (the belief that kids need the freedom to be kids, without overt parental micromanaging and helicoptering), is definitely the practice in my house, as is calling a spade a spade when it comes to body parts. We generally avoid cutesy substitutions like "down there"... Read More »

If the ubiquitous Dr. Sanjay Gupta says it's coming in the next year, then it must be true! Some quick facts, based on recent studies of this pill: fellas, you take it every day (no skipping a week or taking 7 days of sugar pills, since guys don't menstruate); it takes three months to... Read More »

These scenes play out more times than I can believe: I run into a friend who tells me in her most awe-filled voice she has seen my husband doing the week's shop at the grocery store, again! Or another marvels at how he has gladly volunteered to carpool a van full of boys to baseball tryouts a... Read More »