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What You Don't Know Can Hurt You! [EXPERT]

What You Don't Know Can Hurt You! [EXPERT]

Find out what chemicals are lurking in your favorite products, and how to clean up your home & body.

Just a little tired all the time, dealing with vague aches and pains...or really sick? Is your body working overtime to keep you healthy? Maryanne has three live radio shows each week, and on Maryanne Live she interviewed Deanna Duke, whose journey to health led her to write The Non-Toxic Avenger. We think her results are so important that we're sharing them here.

Man Doing the Dishes
Doing something as simple as washing the dishes can show how much you actually care.

Real Men Do The Dishes! [EXPERT]

Don't settle for calling it 'nagging.' Use those requests to take new ground in your relationship.

In relationships, women often find themselves having the same conversation with their men, and hoping that this will finally be the time that they get what they want...or that their men are finally aggravated enough to change.

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These cupboard doors are shut. The ones in my house are not.

Is This Normal? He Won't Shut The Cupboard Doors!

A husband refuses to shut cupboard doors. Is this normal?

I thought our house was haunted. Every morning and evening, the cupboard doors would be hanging wide open, like some lazy poltergeist had come through. I thought it was my fault.

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On Couples And Cleanliness: A Former Bachelor Reflects

A guy who hasn't lived with roommates for 10 years moves in with his tidy girlfriend.

Following several years of barely-restrained, insouciant bachelorhood, I'm finally preparing my first move-in with a girlfriend. I've lived alone for years, roommate- and drama-free just as I like it. I haven't had a roommate since my sophomore year of college over 10 years ago, and the only beef either of us ever had with one another was when he woke up from a nap to find I killed his bag of Better Made Red Hot potato chips.

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How To Overcome Male Pattern Blindness

Learn how to get your guy to open his eyes to the little things he does that drive you nuts.

Are men blind, or just oblivious? They don't notice the things around the house that make their wives nutso. These tips will help your man (and you!) overcome "male pattern blindness."

5 Signs You're Ready To Call It Quits

5 Signs You're Ready To Call It Quits

Parting is such sweet sorrow. So focus on the 'sweet.'

If you're having a hard time figuring out when a relationship is over and a break-up should happen, check out the list below. Cringing when they call, cleaning is more important than sex and self-sabotaging all make the list.

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5 "Man Chores" That Will Get Him To Do Housework

Advice on how to divide housework. First tip? Get him to do man chores!

According to Simon Oaks, author of Will Marry for Food, Sex and Laundry, men aren't wired for certain chores. He cites the (made-up) proverb: "Give a man a clean kitchen and he'll make a mess of the place after one meal. Teach a man to clean a kitchen and you'll probably have to clean up after him anyway." So how do you handle housework when one of you is a repeat pleaning offender? Oaks devotes a whole chapter of his book to this; here are a few highlights.

bad habit man wearing socks with sandals

13 Male Habits The World Could Do Without

We love men, but we don't adore all their habits.

Guys, we love you. You make our hearts swoon, you're the fathers of our children, you are advisors, companions and friends, but there are certain gender-specific things you do that drive women nuts. For example, leaving the toilet seat up? We know this is a clichéd male complaint, but seriously. It's rude. Your momma raised you wrong if you find it hard to flush and lower before leaving the bathroom.

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Busy Woman's Wish List: A Man Wife

What busy woman wouldn't want a man wife? Find out what happens when one gets her wish.

Many a busy woman with a jam-packed schedule has daydreamed about having a nice, cozy man-wife, with bulging biceps, at home. After all, who wouldn't want to come home to a home-cooked meal hot off the over, a neatly made bed and a stack of freshly scented laundry....that's already been pristinely ironed and folded. In Annie Sanders' new book, Busy Woman Seeks Wife, one woman gets just this.