Enjoying a recent happy hour with a girlfriend, when she grinned and pointed across the room to a man she said was smiling at me. The first table I saw was occupied by four young 30-somethings, and as I was flashing them my brightest I-know-I-could-be-your-mother-but-I’m-not, she burst out laughing. “No,” she said, “It’s the man […]
7 Things Never to Say to Your Best Friend
Childhood friendships are delightfully simple. If someone is nice to us, we like them and want to be friends. If they’re mean to us, we don’t like them and don’t play with them. We forgive easily and forget quickly. We share our toys. We share our secrets. We can be goofy or silly without judgment […]
16 Reasons Women Love Married Sex
Having lunch with a girlfriend who remarried about a year ago and, anticipating her one-year anniversary, she waxed on throughout the afternoon about how beautiful her wedding was (that’s true, it was), how in love they were (also true), and how it was the “happiest day of her life.” What? You’re kidding, right? I always […]
How to Seduce Your Wife
A few weeks ago, I posted a piece called “Not Tonight Dear, I Have a Headache,” listing some of the things men do that can torpedo a woman’s desire to get nekkid and hit the sheets with their partners. A short time later, I received a message from a gentleman, saying “Great list, but I must be a total tool because […]
Sex. The Good, the Bad, and the What the Hell Were We Thinking?
Sex. We think about it, talk about it, chase it, avoid it, admit to it, deny it, yearn for it, or maybe content without it. Some women believe it’s second only to chocolate, while others, frankly, don’t understand what the fuss is all about. But it weaves itself into our lives in context with where we’re at, at that moment. Sex […]
He’s 89? Yeah, He Wants Me
Enjoying a recent happy hour with a girlfriend, when she looked at me with a big grin and pointed to a table across the room, where she spotted a man looking at me with obvious interest. I turned around, and the first table I noticed was occupied by four young 30-somethings. As I was flashing them my brightest I-know-I-could-be-your-mother-but-I’m-not smile, she burst […]
He Tried to Dump Me. We Got Married Instead
Kenny and I almost didn’t get married. During our dating year prior to the wedding, he dumped me. Twice. He’d be quick to jump in here and state that it wasn’t for lack of love. He just wasn’t sure we could go the distance. He’d been married a couple of times before (as had I) and was […]
Summer Workouts. Maybe I Should’ve Started in the Spring
As the weather gets warmer and clothes get, well…smaller, I decided it was time to get into shape for summer. Nothwithstanding the knowledge that unless you’re 12, with the tone and definition of youth, AND you can lose 10 pounds on a 3-day juice cleanse, summer is, admittedly, a bit late to get in shape […]
The 8 Fit So Well, I Bought It In a 12
Working in women’s retail for 2+ decades, I’ve learned a lot about our gender. When men shop for clothes, they tend to hold the item in question up, give it a quick, cursory glance, and grunt “Looks good. I’ll take it.” 3 older brothers, 2 dads, and a couple of husbands, and I’ve yet to […]
Don’t Leave, I Think I Love You
So I open facebook this morning, and up pops a window that says “Someone special is looking for you!” Unable to resist the tag line, I clicked the link (okay, never a good idea) to find seniorpeoplemeet.com. Well, ouch! Seems the computer dating fairy has limited my pool of alternative soulmates to 75-yr-old divorcees or […]
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