Love & Relationships

Do You Have Couple Friends?

June 9, 2013

Do you have some couples that are close friends? When I was a kid, my parents hung out with three other couples that were similar in age. Since my parents were in midlife, I was the only young child of the group – the rest of the couples had college age kids.

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Does Birth Control Choose Your Man?

June 5, 2013

There is some research that suggests that being on birth control can affect your choice of a mate – and not in a good way. Your attraction to someone is based on many factors including looks and personality, but apparently body odor plays an important part – those pesky pheromones. The body sends aromatic molecules [...]

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Does Your Kid Have a Super Power?

June 3, 2013

My “super nose” has come up a few times, and then there’s that whole being able to see with an eye (or eyes) in the back of your head that moms can do, too. My husband’s incredible memory is his “super power,” and he mentioned that to my daughter, too. She got really upset about [...]

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How Far Do You Take the “Eye(s) in the Back of Your Head?”

June 2, 2013

It started as a disciplinary tool on a road trip when my daughter was misbehaving and my husband and I couldn’t take anymore. When she finally got a little quieter about what she was doing, I had to pull out the trusty old “eye in the back of my head” thing. She didn’t believe me [...]

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Being the Cool Mom Is More than What to Wear

May 29, 2013

I don’t ever remember thinking my mom wasn’t cool, but then I don’t really remember thinking she was cool either. She was Mom. The Mom who let me lick the spoon and help frost the cookies, and the Mom who expected me to help around the house. The important thing, now as an adult, is [...]

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Are Your Dreams on Hold?

May 29, 2013

Before I had my daughter, I had a whole list of things I wanted to accomplish by the time I was 30 or 35. Some of the things have been on my list for so long, 30 or 35 seemed ancient. Some of them were career-related while others would’ve just made me feel like a [...]

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Your Texts May Not Be as Private as You Think

May 28, 2013

Text messages are probably one of the most popular ways to communicate, today. They are convenient, you can “talk” anywhere, and they are private. Aren’t they? Actually they may not be as private as you think they are. Your carrier keeps texts for anywhere from a couple of days to a couple of months. Police [...]

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Relationship Get Out of Jail Free Card

May 27, 2013

When I was younger, a teen really, when everything was extreme, love was something you did with your whole body and you couldn’t fathom going on in life without your significant other at the time. You spoke in absolutes and swore your undying love to one another, but that is not reality. Reality is that [...]

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Skipping a School Day for Family Fun

May 26, 2013

It’s rare that my husband gets a long weekend, and the last long weekend just happened to pair up with gloomy, cold weather on Saturday and Sunday and a gorgeous, warm, sunny Monday and Tuesday. We surprised my daughter with a day off from school on Tuesday and drove up to “Candy Mountain,” which is [...]

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