Last night my husband and I went to see a new marriage therapist. Or couples counselor. Or whatever you want to call it. We are approaching twelve years of marriage, and this is the fourth therapist we have seen. Our first therapist was a super nice lady. We liked her. But we both liked her […]
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What Your Wife Wants
A couple weeks ago after writing this post about how marriage is really fucking hard, a friend of mine wrote a comment about how men generally want to be respected first and loved second but women more want to feel loved and validated first, and then I wrote this post based on conversations with my […]
Your husband just wants your respect. But are you giving it to him?
Last week a reader left a comment in response to the post I wrote about marriage being really fucking hard. It was a comment from a male reader, and in it he said: What I do know is this, wives want to be loved and they want their husband to validate their love for them […]
The 10 Qualities Women Really Look For In a Husband
The other day I was wasting time on Facebook and somehow I ended up reading an article entitled: 10 Qualities Your Future Husband Must Have. It was full of things like a strong moral code, and a good relationship with his family, being selfless, respecting your femininity and other stupid bullshit like that. Sure, I […]
Confessions of a Cotton Wool Dad
Today’s post comes to you from….my husband. A post from Not Your Average Dad. I didn’t know what he was going to write about. I just asked him if he’d consider writing something. On any topic. He’s never actually said this to me until now. So it’s a big deal to me. A big thank […]
And the rest, as they say, is history.
Back in my single days, I used to go out for happy hour on a fairly regular basis. Most Fridays I went to this place called Dry Dock with a bunch of other teachers. It was my Cheers. After a couple years, I got to know the regulars. I had become one of them myself. […]