Category: It Takes Two

  • Loving an alcoholic

    Meet Adam. Drinking is all Adam can think about. It is his reason to wake up in the morning. Alcohol is his heroin or cocaine. Like any respectable junkie, Adam will do whatever it takes to get his steady daily supply of booze. Adam does not think twice about lying. He lies about how much…

  • Daddy in the Delivery Room?

    My generation was the first allowing fathers in the delivery room. When I gave birth to my kids, it was all the rage. Women were happy to flaunt the suffering endured while giving birth. It was all about equality. It was high time men realized what women were going through and sharing the experience. It…

  • Not Tonight Honey, I have a Migraine…

    My husband would love more exercise in the bedroom. I am not in the mood. He says I changed. He says that I used to be way more loving. Well… I would love to feel that way again… but… I do not feel loving after: Cleaning the toilet bowl. Doing his laundry. Picking up the…

  • Love Dance

    Young women believe that men and women are equal and the same. That both men and women think alike. That what he does, she can do as well, whatever it is. That she should be as free with her body as he is with his. That his pleasures should be hers. They want to believe…

  • The Grass Is Always Greener…

    The courtship phase is so nice! Both make themselves look their best. Clean, made up, real nice fitting clothes, high heels on for her, best footwear for him. Hair perfect for both. And they listen to each other so well. They are all smiles. Polite and respectful. If something wrong is said, it is being…

  • Why Buy the Cow when the Milk is Free?

    Both my grandmothers used to swear by this phrase. They explained that it had to do with relationships between men and women. In their time, it was all about marriage. The saying basically meant “why would you marry a girl if you slept/live/play house with her already?” It is now another era. But the saying…

  • The Talk

    I was eleven years old when my father had the “talk” with me. This is how it went: “You are too little for all I have to say to you, and most of it, you will not understand.  But listen and remember. You may not need any of it for a while. One day, you will. You…