At first look, taking advice from How To Love Like A Hot Chick: The Girlfriend-to-Girlfriend Guide to Getting the Love You Deserve might seem imprudent. The authors, Jodi Lipper and Cerina Vincent (from Not Another Teen Movie) are two decidedly hot chicks, so the idea that they'd be able to relate to everyday Plain Janes is as believable as The Supermodel's Guide to Getting Pants Hemmed.

But, then, beauty is both relative and subjective. While looking pretty might get you free things, … Read More

I am talking with my husband and the discussion gets heated. The next thing I know, I see the sign in his eyes flip. My husband is now closed for business.

It’s a cliché because it’s true. Getting your significant other to listen is often a colossal chore. SavvyMiss.com lets us know that not all hope is lost: "That grunting, mumbling, heap of man slumped on your couch may not be Shakespeare, but he’s perfectly capable of carrying on adult conversations."

The article offers six helpful ways to communicate with your man. And while some are intuitive—No. 3: … Read More

Carrie and I hadn't even been on the highway for an hour when the fighting started. We were in my little Honda Civic hatchback, puttering along I-76 East, en route to Baltimore. She'd been giving me a stone-faced version of the silent treatment, and even though I'd tried everything to get her to open up – begging, pleading, cajoling – I wasn't having any luck whatsoever. Occasionally I would get a sarcastic comment in response, or a mean-spirited laugh.

I almost blame myself for what happened at the rest stop. I was opening the Honda's hatch to look for a … Read More