This week I had a couple seeing me as a therapist state a very common problem for those in long term relationships: “We’ve been together for so long, we don’t know what to talk about. We already know everything about each other, or at least don’t know what new things we can discuss.” I’m a … [Read more...]
The Perfect Fight
After 11 years together, my wife and I finally had the perfect fight. My apologies if you are hoping for a description of a fight with brilliant Hollywood witticisms being tossed back and forth while clothes are chucked out the window with Michael Jackson’s Heal the World being sung in the … [Read more...]
How to make a point & not start a fight
The other week a contractor friend was at my house doing some work with me. He had promised to come do some work on his day off because I had helped him earlier in the week on my day off. Unfortunately, when he arrived he was not his normal friendly self because his wife was angry with him – not a … [Read more...]
You Might Suck at Communicating & Not Know It
A lot of people think they’re good at communicating (aka women), but the truth is they’re terrible (if I end up dead tomorrow you can assume a woman did it, so that cuts down the suspect list to about half the population). As this opening line points out, I’m pretty terrible at communicating. I … [Read more...]
Questions You Should Ask When You Date
Dating is exciting, buuutttttttttt it can really suck. I’d even argue it gets suckier as you get older because us older folk get more set in our ways, we collect baggage and responsibilities (sometimes it’s hard to tell the difference between them), and it becomes harder to find things to do … [Read more...]
What Men Like Better than Porn
A few years ago I was in a bookstore... a legitimate bookstore, which I want to point out because of the title of this blog. On the one shelf I noticed a book called Porn for Women. I know I’m not a ‘women’ or woman, but I was intrigued. I know what guys think is sexy: (lame guy) “I like a girl’s … [Read more...]
The Best Xmas Gift to Give Your Partner
So finding the right Christmas gift for your partner can be a challenge unless you like spending a ton of money. In that case it’s pretty easy: Jewelry for the ladies and manly adventures for guys like a pass for stunt driving school. Since I’m not rich... and, more importantly, I’m cheap, I like … [Read more...]
How to survive commitment
I once heard someone say that their marriage was easy... liar; it’s easy to screw up, but it’s never easy; why? Because people are dumb and at times we are really, really dumb. On one hand you have different perspectives and misunderstandings and on the other hand you have pride and selfishness … [Read more...]
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