The other day I was at Starbucks (I know, I know…) getting my morning fix. I love Starbucks. Especially the one at the end of my street. I have said many times that it is like my Cheers, you know,…

The end that has no name: When a friendship’s over.

My son is 12 years/old. In a few months he will be a teenager. He is a really great kid, a good human being. I am proud of him and love him to bits. But things are changing. They are…

This blog post does not involve the perfectly wrapped present or gourmet platter…

Bloggers share as their marriages end; my favourites have taught me a ton about relationships.

We’ve all done it! Fantasized about a certain celebrity and how they would be in the sack. Well, us men anyways. Wives are a different matter. My wife, for example, has had this thing for Robert Wagner for the last forty years or so, in spite of the fact that there is a possibility he [...]

…are contagious. The sun-drenched common room at the south end of Columbia Garden Village retirement home in Invermere, B.C., is quiet most days. The shuffle of slippers on linoleum, the clink of a coffee mug in the sink, or the click of knitting needles are often the only sounds. But every Tuesday and Friday, 18 [...]

Beyond the disappointment of Herman Cain, this insightful little piece uses his example to talk about the kind of decorum that is necessary in order to avoid inappropriate engagements between members of the opposite sex, in government or business: One congressional wife says emphatically: “Receptions are a danger zone. Members need to quickly learn that [...]

Guest Post by Anonymous. I met a couple at a resort once. Older couple. Both in their late sixties. They had been married 40 years. In this day in age, that could be considered unusual. Hell, any marriage lasting over 10 years could arguably be considered an accomplishment. However, the fact that they were married [...]

The first time I heard Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha’s poetry was in a song on Lal’s 2008 album Deportation. The track, “Your Body Could Start a War,” is about airport security post 9/11. It starts with an eerie warped bass which crashes into a loud…

By Linda Shearman, The Canadian Press TORONTO – A study suggests the catty behaviour among women, as seen on the popular reality TV show “The Bachelor,” is pretty close to the truth. A University of Ottawa professor says her study — published in the journal Aggressive Behavior — confirms that most women use aggression against [...]

How one mother coped when her daughter left for school

Guest Post by Ryan O’Connell Have you been sent to this planet to make me feel bad? I went to your apartment the other day and was overwhelmed by how grown up it felt. You had three candles burning and it smelled like stability — a scent that I can’t seem to find anywhere — [...]

After reading What You Really Really Want: The Smart Girl’s Shame-Free Guide to Sex and Safety, I had some of the best sex of my life, and felt happier and healthier in my relationship.
No, this isn’t a phony endorsement for your run of the mill dating…

It’s an age-old tale: One partner is good handling money, the other not so much

Sure, people who marry for money are scorned, but it sure beats scrimping for your mortgage payments

My husband and I have been together for what feels like forever (in a good way). More specifically we have been a couple for 12 years, living together for 9 years and married for 7 years.  We met in high school – I was 17 years old and he was in a grade above and [...]

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The story of a mother who will lose her son to a rare genetic disorder, likely before he turns 3. She talks about how parenting is all geared to the future, as indeed, much of it is. But her job is in the here and now, exclusively: Parenting, I’ve come to understand, is about loving [...]

Most of us believe Mom’s life is worthy of a book, don’t we? Or at least a novella. How many of us though, would have the gumption to tackle writing that book ourselves?
Not a fawning portrait, but a real, difficult, fair book about what Mom is really like. After you dig past “Best Mom in [...]

You know what they say “you can’t live with em, you cant live without em”. It seems most athletes I know choose to live with em if you get what I am saying.  Relationships are just a part of life, and even though many others can be quick to point out the negatives I have [...]