“Do you know what your love language is?” the pediatric podiatrist asked my son. While the doctor tended to the tenacious wart at the bottom of my son’s foot, he patiently explained the basic tenets of Love Language theory. That there is one type of love that each person seems to want the most, […]
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Love Languages – A Throwdown
Posted in Children, Cooking/Food & Wine, Doctors, Love, Marriage, Parenting, Psychology, Relationships, Television on May 27, 2013 | 1 Comment »
Hurray for Hallmark!
Posted in Emotions/Inner World, Holidays, Love, Marriage, Psychology, Romance, Roses, Valentine's Day on February 14, 2013 | 1 Comment »
There are those who love Valentine’s Day. There are those who hate it. It is deemed artificial, a contrivance, a plot by a greedy consumerist society to force people to purchase overpriced flowers, chocolate, prix fixe dinners, and, of course, the just-right Valentine’s Day card. Opt out, and you run the risk that your partner […]
Truth or Dare
Posted in Love, Marriage, Personal Growth, Relationships, Reminiscences, Young Love, Youth on January 29, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Back when I was (more) awkward about relationships and sexuality, back at the time when I was, perhaps it’s more accurate to say, first awkward about relationships and sexuality, there was Truth or Dare. Answer a sadistic question designed to reveal your most private insecurities, inexperience, and unrequited crushes; or, preserve your tattered and inadequate […]
“You know what they say . . .”
Posted in Husbands, Marriage, The Genders, Travel on October 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Small talk with a stranger on a plane can be many things, often adding up to not much of anything. Last weekend I met a guy who told me something I hadn’t heard before, but was, to him, common knowledge. He was a handsome, trim man, hair styled and clean shaven, wearing well-fitting jeans, a button-down […]
Barry White Radio
Posted in Fantasies, Finery, Marriage, Music, Romance on October 9, 2012 | 1 Comment »
“Wait, I thought I had pants on when I started this song.” “My clothes caught fire and fell off.” -Anonymous YouTube comments for Barry White