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• Makes-Me-Smile Monday

  MMSM: He Said, She Said

  05.05.08 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  We took Dick to the airport this morning, and since I had a wee breakdown on Saturday, in which I calmly pointed out that he had not washed a single dish nor picked up a single black sock since my surgery, we stopped on the way to the airport so Dick could vacuum out the [...]

• Dick, Makes-Me-Smile Monday, marriage

  Makes-Me-Smile Monday: To love or not to love

  04.27.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  I know almost to the minute when the word divorce stopped being a concept and became a possibility, a reality, a real thing in real life that could be devastating. Oh, not for me. Dick and I fought like pole cats the first couple months of our marriage, ten years ago. We fought about the [...]

• marriage

  Going Home Everyday

  04.16.08 | Permalink | 9 Comments

  I took a shower with Dick yesterday. But it had nothing to do with sex, unfortunately. Instead, with my right arm dangling uselessly after shoulder surgery five days ago, it was me needing someone to scrub the sweat from my armpits and lather up my greasy hair. I can barely snap my own jeans and [...]

• advice, marriage, sex, works for me

  WFMW: One last question about sex

  04.01.08 | Permalink | 14 Comments

  Further proof that it is preferable to give than to receive, at least when it comes to advice: My ‘greatest hits’ WFMW post so far was my ‘backwards’ edition of Am I the Only One?. I asked if I were the only one to experience greater desire for sex than my husband and expressed frustration [...]

• Family, LDS Church, marriage, sisters

  Because I could not strangle you in person

  03.30.08 | Permalink | 12 Comments

  I must warn you: This is not a funny post. I don’t even try to be funny here. But I do gain Greek-tragedy-like catharsis, and so can you! Someone made me mad at church today. Not an uncommon occurrence, though usually I just feel sympathy for the mis-opinionated. Unlike Giselle in Enchanted, I easily recognize [...]

• health, marriage, works for me

  WFMW: Sex Therapist

  03.26.08 | Permalink | 10 Comments

  I have long wished that I could be a spokesperson for Getting the Help You Need. To reduce the stigma that some people feel still attaches to those who are depressed or anxious or addicted or in need of any kind of medication, therapy, or other help to be happier people. I loved Dooce’s testimonial [...]

• Dick, LDS Church

  How open lines of communication and pet names can strengthen your most important relationship

  02.29.08 | Permalink | 7 Comments

  So, Dick works for a company that is in the top 10 of conservative companies in the entire world. He loves his job. Even though he has to wear a suit everyday and shine his shoes and be interviewed as to his personal righteousness every two years. He actually says he doesn’t notice his tie [...]

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