DISCLAIMER: DON'T read this post unless you have a sense of humor! This December marked my 18th year wedding anniversary- I know-- I can't believe it either. Eighteen years waking up to the same face, hearing those same tales of his rock star life pre-marriage, being schooled on the way one should dry their feet post shower and his insistence that washing a pair of jeans more than twice a year is … [Read more...]
18 years flies by when you marry your best friend
When I was 15 I remember someone asking me what I hoped for in a husband. I said I wanted someone who would love me without conditions. I wanted to be with someone who would welcome and encourage my personal growth, and would be okay with my transformations. I wanted someone who would continually challenge me to be my best self and wouldn't hinder me from evolving- perhaps into someone different … [Read more...]
My husband is at his sexiest when (fill in the blank)…
Don't get me wrong- sure I love the fact that my significantly older than me sugar daddy makes the effort to work out every day and probably admires his reflection in the mirrror a little more than I like...but more than anything what quite literally makes me want to grab my man and kiss him full on the mouth is when he does something (I'd like him to do) of his own sweet volition. Just seeing … [Read more...]
My husband is not romantic and says I just need to accept it
After 16 years of marriage- I get it-- my husband and I are very different- or more precisely we have very different ways of demonstrating our love for one another. And yet you'd think I would have made my peace with this and somehow moved on...but I can't. I want the entire package, I want the fairytale. I want the guy who, when we're sitting at a red light in the car, reaches over and takes … [Read more...]
In my May-December Marriage Timing was everything (and my husband is painfully honest)
People are LOSING THEIR minds over the fact that George Clooney- the guy who was very publicly adamant about NEVER GETTING married is indeed engaged after what seems like a short, whirlwind courtship with Amal Alamuddin, an Oxford-educated lawyer from England. And here is my feeling about Clooney's sudden chnage of heart. TIMING IS EVERYTHING. Although people immediately assume I am a member of … [Read more...]