The Twelve Questions To Ask Yourself Before You Get Married
We go through different phases in our marriage. Sometimes we love each other with the intensity of Jack and Rose …
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Sharing Your Fantasies On A Middle-Aged Weekend Getaway
She luxuriated in the fresh white cotton bedlinen of their four-poster bed as she looked up at him. He lay …
Snoring: First-World Marital Problems In Middle Age
There’s no doubt that there are certain times in a marriage – like right now as the old man’s feelings …
A Postmortem Of Twenty-Five Years Of Marriage
As we hurtle towards our twenty-fifth wedding anniversary – celebrations and condolences for which are still under negotiation – it …
Forgiveness And The Ability To Say Sorry
Ask any member of my family and they will confirm that one of my biggest faults is my lack of …
My Kids Will Be Able To Say A Lot Of Things About Me, But Never That I Didn’t Love them.
A friend asked me the other day about how I felt about Mothers Day, and I knew that the question …
Why Every Parent Needs To Watch Lady Bird
Described by Empire as ‘A coming-of-age story like no other, Lady Bird is smart, emotional, funny and completely original. Rarely …
My Husband Seems To Have Forgotten This Year That Valentine’s Day Is A Competition
I choose not to remind the old man about special events during the year, such as our anniversary, my birthday …
My Seven Secrets To A Lasting Marriage
Apparently, marriage is back in fashion and as it was our anniversary yesterday – hence, that time of the year …
Middle-Aged Memory Loss: When You Need A Checklist Just To Leave The House
So apparently, the old man also experiences the whole dementia thing, which I had hoped was short-term in my case …
Couples Holidays For The Middle-Aged – When Sometimes It’s Easier To Stay At Home
The problem with going away when you finally reach that longed-for stage of almost empty-nesting is that anxiety tends to …
Taking The Middle-Aged Man On Holiday
Mini breaks are what you do in middle age when the kids get too cool to come away with you …
Those Embarrassing, Inane Conversations Of Middle Age
I’m not sure when the old man and I silently agreed that inane middle-aged conversation was acceptable now. It was …
Broken People
Wow! ‘Manchester By The Sea’. It’s unlike me to enthuse about movies on this site. Truth be told, it’s …
