FULL COLUMN: Are you ready for some football?
Ladies, quit complaining and enjoy football season. I live with three boys, counting Husband, and every year, when our oppressive Florida heat downshifts into simply sweltering, they begin The Ritual. This annual event involves fantasy spreadsheets, sports radio and worrying about things called “stats.” It involves sitting on the couch with sperm-killing laptops. It involves [...]
Two days of freedom
Last week, Spring Break began for my children. Many people remarked that it seemed awfully late this year. “Have you and your kids been going crazy?” they asked. Crazy is such a relative term. Combine seasonal allergies with an impending holiday season that includes arguments over whether rice is Kosher for Passover and we’ve passed [...]
Including kids in an anniversary celebration, and other dipshit decisions
Husband and I celebrated a wedding anniversary last week and headed back to Rusty Pelican, the charming restaurant where we were married fifteen years ago. We took our boys with us back in 2005 and showed off two little men who, at five years of age, looked adorable in suits and ties. This year, for [...]
No sex please, unless you’ve earned it
Camille Paglia’s op-ed for The New York Times last week made me laugh. While entertaining and a great way to learn new words for grad school, her column is nonetheless way off track. I agree with Paglia that most women suffering from low libidos don’t need a Viagra-like pill; however, we disagree on a) why [...]
How to be a good wife – we can learn a lot from the 1950s
The Good Wife’s Guide, supposedly from a 1950s textbook, advises women on how to get along with their husbands. Read it here. You probably expect me to gripe about unenlightened days before Calgon took us away; a time when most women needed prescription drugs just to get out of bed each morning. Wrong! Where has [...]
Weekend observations, plus a plug or two
I usually spend my weekends knee-deep in dirty laundry and sports-related injuries. Sometimes a bit of excitement finds its way in, like that time I emptied my son’s school supplies and screamed because a Ziploc bag, filled with the contents of an owl pellet, looks a lot like weed. Factor in at least a half-hour [...]
Amnesia victims might be runaway moms – and who could blame them?
“I’ve been looking for some shred of evidence of our life together, and now it’s become entirely clear why I’ve chosen to block it out!” Every once in a while, you hear news of this sort – A woman was struck by a car and arrived at the hospital with amnesia. Thankfully, these women are [...]
If going away is this much work, maybe I should stay home
Have you ever put aside your wifely and motherly duties for a getaway with the girls? If not, I highly recommend it. Spending time with cherished girlfriends is life-affirming. Not only will you come back refreshed and at peace with the world, despite a slight hangover and post-traumatic-stress disorder, your husband and children will also [...]
United we stand, divided we fall apart
“You’re a lucky woman.” “You’re a lucky man.” How many times has an older person said that to you? Women over sixty watch your husband changing diapers, making dinner, or taking the pennies out of his pockets before missing the hamper. They practically genuflect. Retired men see your wife earning a living, carting the kids [...]
I know what kind of day I’m going to have before 7am
My children are genuine harbingers. How they behave in the morning tells me what kind of day to expect. I’d book them on talk shows or sell them to NBC executives, but my mom would never speak to me or make Eggplant Parmesan again. I’m better off thinking positive thoughts and hoping for at least [...]
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