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...]
4 ways to spend time together as a couple
My husband and I spend time alone every night, that is after we expend every last bit of energy tending to the crisis du jour drummed up by our kids, making sandwiches with just the right equation of peanut butter to jelly, remembering to wash those same pair of jean shorts my daughter has to wear to avert a fashion crisis, practicing summer reading with our 10-year-old. When we finally do get … [Read more...]
Men don’t worry and why women could learn a thing or two from them
I worry about everything. I am a worrier. I think in worrying I believe I am asserting some power over the the outcome of the issue I am worrying about. Or perhaps in worrying I believe I can have some power over that which I feel powerless, as if the actual act of worrying is in some way keeping what I am worried about in check- and letting the gds of fate know I deserve the outcome I desire … [Read more...]
The Top 5 Things Husbands REALLY Want Wives to do in Marriage
As I'm about to approach my 18th year of marriage on December 19th I thought it was a good time to ask the Sugar Daddy aka MY HUSBAND and best friend for his thoughts on 5 Things husbands REALLY want their Wives to do in a marriage. You might not agree with any, you might agree with some- but at least he's honest and his answers might provide you with some much needed perspective about your male … [Read more...]
5 ESSENTIAL Newlywed Survival Tips www.thestatenislandfamily.com
Wedding bells fade and the realization sinks in: You're married. The formal celebration and blissful honeymoon getaway is over. Now the hard work of making a life together in the real world begins. Here's some relationship advice for the first year of marriage. That piece of paper changes things Even if you live with someone and play house long before you walk down the aisle, once you get … [Read more...]