By Liz Lalama of Salad At Midnight I did it again. I promised I would do better. I promised I wouldn’t keep being like this. For myself. For him. Most importantly, for us. But I failed. No matter how hard I try, my depression keeps getting in the way of our marriage. […]
Sex and Relationships
Facebook Needs a New “Memory Feature” to Remind Couples Why They Are Divorced
By Jennifer Crumly Dear Mr. Zuckerberg, With the new year behind us and people moving on with their lives, I would be remiss if I didn’t think about celebrations gone by. Albeit, those festivities included my ex-husband. Still, though, every time Facebook pops up a Memory on my newsfeed, it […]
How to Stay Happily Married. Or Maybe Not.
By Melissa Janisin of goodnessmadness.com If you’re thinking that the headline to this post does not sound very promising, then you are correct: it is not. You want to know why? Because first of all, I have only been married for around 8 years. What do I know? Very little, I […]
Dear Leo, I’m Inviting You to Take Me to the Oscars
Hey, Leo! I can call you Leo, right? First of all, I feel like I need to apologize. After watching The Revenant, I realized the purpose for the man bun all those months. The disheveled, scruffy, Jack Nicholson look had me a little worried. I should have known it was […]
How to Keep Your Long Distance Friendships Hot
By Whitney Fleming of Playdates on Fridays I have a lot of BFFs (or what some on Facebook have deemed “breasties”). Some of them I’ve known since my teens and some more recently in my mommy years, and I love them all. But unfortunately, I move around a lot. Or […]
Why Are Relationships So Dang Hard?
Why is it when starting a new relationship, each party feels the need to be an asswipe? Men and women think they have to act like emotionless robots. We are afraid of letting our hearts get involved. We block out our emotions so we can play the dating scene and […]
I’m One and Done, So Kindly STFU
By Morgan Herbert of Surviving Artfully For years, I swore I didn’t want kids. My dogs were enough; my job was enough. Naturally, my husband and I (mostly I) got a lot of grief from relatives, especially the would-be grandmothers. My mother-in-law had other grandchildren, but my mother never missed an […]
A Letter to My Fellow Breastfeeders of the World
By Grace Wisser of Wonderful Life of Mom Dear Breastfeeders of the World, Okay, I’m going to say just what I’ve been thinking: I offend people in public by breastfeeding my child. Here’s the deal: Strangers don’t mind telling me to stuff my boob back into my nursing bra. I just […]