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Staying Together For the Kids is a Good Enough Reason For Me
It was like I couldn’t catch my breath. I was afraid. I’d never felt anything like this before. I stood…
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Three Years From Now 
Sarah asked:  “How would you like to see your relationships evolved in the next three years?” … If form holds,…
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Surprised by Election Day? Please Don’t Vote!
Facebook and Google and McDonald’s and a bunch of other large, influential organizations are encouraging Americans to get out and…
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Advertising and Kids
I know how to stimulate the economy. Not create job growth, necessarily. This plan would almost certainly not address the…
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“Dad! I Have to Show You Something.”
Uh-oh. That can mean so many things. “Daaaad! I have to show you something,” my five-year-old yelled from down the…
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An Open Letter to Shitty Husbands, Vol. 4
She’s going to leave you. And even if she doesn’t, she’s going to want to. She’s going to fantasize about…
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The First Date, Vol. 2
My shirt was untucked so she wouldn’t see the pleats. I was running late from work and hadn’t had time…
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The Hourglass Theory
Great. This guy again, I thought. It was Joe. A guy I used to work with. He was a newspaper…
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The Penis Talk: A Conversation With My Five-Year-Old Son
Earlier this week, my son, who is in his third week of kindergarten, exposed his penis to other boys in…
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An Open Letter to Shitty Husbands, Vol. 2
There’s a huge difference between being “whipped” and being a man who puts his wife first. Being whipped is cowardly.…
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