married life
Even in wedded bliss, one woman confesses, the grass is always greener.
Don't get me wrong, ladies, I'm happily married. I love my husband and I have a beautiful family—I'm aware of my blessings. But. Oh yes, there's a "but." Every now and then, when I'm out with a single girlfriend or watching a romantic comedy, I fall prey to a few pangs. Am I really never going to have that falling in love feeling ever again? Am I truly never going to get to flirt my way into a first date? Kiss a stranger? Catch an eye? But I'm so good at all those things! The Dirty … Read More
But still claims title of "luckiest girl in town."
It's easy to look at Julia Roberts's interview in the March issue of Allure magazine and think: "Wow, that pretty woman is about ten million times happier than any of us less pretty people could ever dream of being."In addition to telling the glossy that she loves such menial tasks as removing splinters from her children's fingers and that her life is so fulfilling that "she will never be bored again," she tops it all off by giving herself the sash, crown and title of "luckiest girl in town."Damn you, Julia! We didn't even make it past the swimsuit … Read More
Pauline realizes that sometimes small differences are better left alone.
I’ve been on a bit of a blog-writing-hiatus. Switching jobs, training my replacement, and helping my dad promote the book he just wrote (see www.beyondfossilfools.com to hear the podcast we made, and search Beyond Fossil Fools at YouTube to see the video) has kept my brain too occupied and full to write. Then, on the 5th we left for a road-trip to Canada’s mountains-majesty to attend a destination wedding. We just got home a few days ago. Much more on this later.
Today, I want to write about something I’ve been thinking about for a … Read More
How being his girlfriend and his wife brought the magic back to a marriage.
"How many times did you vomit?" my husband, Andrew, asked, smiling at me as the ski lift climbed.
What? Did he really just ask me that? I thought.
Even worse, his tone suggested that there was a competitive bent to his questioning—like we were about to engage in our own game of "Who Was More Sick," right there in the sky.
Earlier in the week, we'd both fallen victim to a stomach virus that made its first attack on our toddler daughter, Sadie. We were standing at the Air Canada counter, eager to embark on our snowboarding vacation, … Read More
Infamous “Naked Chef” Jamie Oliver spills his recipe for love.
Love is: a) blind b) all you need c) a battlefield d) all of the above
Biggest difference between men and women? I know there’s a difference in cooking [styles]. I like to cook like the Italian mums—comforting bowls of pasta— instead of show-off chef cuisine, which is typically more of a male thing.
Flowers or candy? Always flowers…if they’re from my garden. Otherwise, a good bag of Maltesers [think: British Whoppers] always does the trick.
On my first date with my wife, Jools, we: Hard to say, since we met in high school. I think we tried to grab … Read More
Twenty questions to answer before romance inevitably becomes routine.
The honeymoon can last five days or five years, but at some point the heat and hormones subside. Susan Piver, author of the New York Times bestseller The Hard Questions: 100 Essential Questions to Ask Before You Say "I Do" believes that's when "the real fun begins."
Oh, yeah? "Romance can never last, but intimacy can never end," explains Piver, who created these 20 new "phase two" questions exclusively for Tango. She talks with us about her eye-opening exercise for anyone who has made a commitment—and is committed to making it last.
Does romance really have … Read More