My husband ABHORS any type of reality show and being the COMPLETE POLAR opposites that we are, of course I am GAGA for them. I pour over their every detail, I get emotionally invested in their unreality and I speculate about their off camera lives. It's true I live for these shows. My husband, not so much. So this week I try to unmask his complete disdain for the newest Bachelor Colton and his … [Read more...]
After 20 years of marriage my husband wants me to take his last name
When my husband and I got married 20 years ago-- EEK I cannot believe I am that old married lady married 20 years- but I digress...here I was a 25-year-old writer who was truly on the cusp of a career, and well I felt like my byline was something that was all mine. My name was uniquely me--and it honestly had nothing to do with this man I was about to marry. And after 20 years of marriage my … [Read more...]
Does your spouse fish through the laundry for clothes to wear? yeah mine too but who cares I have an iLife V8s ROBOT VACUUM
Does your spouse fish through the laundry for clothes to wear? yeah mine too but who cares I have an iLife V8s ROBOT VACUUM is a sponsored post Ask my husband why he gets so angry with me over my "laundry practices" and he'll say, "Because my wife has a cleaning problem." Dig a little deeper and he might expound on the fact that he and I have very different versions of the term clean. Does … [Read more...]
Trying to appreciate the little things my husband does
I know I take it for granted too. Yet watching my husband get ready for a big date night out, how he shaves his face, preens in front of the mirror examining every last wrinkle and new growth (yes as we age all of a sudden some of us begin to grow these weird skin tags in the oddest of places- but that's another post), in those few seconds I watch him and kind of fall in love with him all over … [Read more...]
When you first meet your spouse who thinks about the possibility of breast cancer ?
When you first meet your spouse who thinks about the possibility of breast cancer? ...So I had my annual OB/GYN pap and boob check yesterday-- fun stuff I know-and my beloved gynecologist- who actually reminds me of my dad which makes me adore him that much more gave me some sobering food for thought. He said he was reviewing my medical history, and he was concerned about the fact that my … [Read more...]