Category: Relationships
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Don’t Date Him Girl
There’s an amusing (yet useful) website called DontDateHimGirl.com. The website is designed to help women stay away from man-scum. They have a Find A Cheater search engine that will give detailed reports on infamous…
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Family Ties
I think I have finally gotten over worrying about becoming my mother. It took me almost three decades, but I am (almost) there. I have spent a lot of time wondering where this common…
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It’s Valentine’s Day. Ho Hum.
While we were getting ready for bed last night my husband, with foamy toothbrush in mouth, says to me “So, do you wanna just go in on a Valentine’s Day presents for each other…
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Wedding Bell Blisters
My only girl cousin is getting married in less than two months. She is taking the whole wedding planning event a lot better than I did. She is excited and eager and wants it…
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Looking For A Date Often Involves Familiar Faces
New research from the University of Liverpool suggests that when people look for a potential partner, they’re usually drawn towards people who have familiar looking faces. The research team found that people find familiar…
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Will The Jerk-O-Meter Help Relationships?
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed what they call the Jerk-O-Meter. It’s software intended for mobile phones that tells the caller if the person on the other line is paying attention…
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Biggest Bathroom Pet Peeves Among Newlyweds
Getting married and sharing a bathroom is a big deal for many newlyweds (those married for two years or less). A recent survey conducted on behalf of Roto-Rooter Plumbing and Drain Service (yes, a…
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Why Do Couples Seek Divorce Late In Life?
Margaret Dickson in Up and Coming Magazine reports: Several of my children’s friends have married in their early 20s, and I have looked at these beautiful young people filled with so much hope and…
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More college-educated women adopt husband’s surname
Nicholas Zamiska of Everything Michigan reports: In a reversal of a three-decade-long trend toward more married women keeping their own names, increasing numbers of college-educated women are taking their husbands’ surnames, according to a…
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Domestic abuse affects workplace too
Stan Henry of the The Desert Sun reports: Domestic violence doesn’t stay home when its victims go to work: it affects productivity, increases absenteeism and raises the risk of violence in the workplace. Full…