I am Debra’s husband. In honor of Mother’s day, I am giving Debra the day off by writing her column. Regular readers of this blog may wonder how much of the outrageousness she writes about is true. Well, living with her is a little like living in a sitcom with Laura Petrie.
Posts Tagged ‘couple’
Self reliance
Forgive me if I sound callous or cynical, but accepting anything from anyone leaves you vulnerable and, as far as I’m concerned, vulnerability sucks.
Financial University
My youngest son asked his dad how much money he makes. Mark, as usual, came back in his standard unflappable manner with, “More than five dollars and less than enough.”
When I stand up for myself I feel…
i can’t even return things i buy that i ultimately decide i don’t want. I’m not kidding.I never take anything back. I throw out moldy Trader Joe’s produce. I donate defective electronic equipment with tags still in tact. I wont even return clothes that don’t fit me.
Fried at “Fry’s”
Yesterday my eldest son got electrocuted at Fry’s Electronics. The irony of that is not wasted on me…
Pull yourself together…or apart rather!
Somewhere along the line we learned that taking care of ourselves emotionally didn’t count nearly as much as our efforts to mend our physical selves and acknowledge our bodily problems.
Honesty is…usually the best policy
It can’t be easy to learn that your cherished mother was once a toothless carnie or a handsomely paid exotic dancer.
Birthday blunder
Finally he was acting like a normal kid which gave me the opportunity to act like a normal parent. Maybe for once I could get him some stuff that would make him happy, even if it was only a fleeting happiness.
Breaking up is hard to undo
I never in a million years would have thought that my failure to acknowledge her torrential toilet would have caused the total demise of our friendship.
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