Who Am I? I'm a normal, middle-class, married to my high school sweetheart Canadian mom of two. My husband and I couldn't look more like the "Joneses" if we tried. We're average in pretty much every way - except we have an open marriage, and have sex with other people. To look at us, we … [Read more...]
words for wednesday – how can I be your lover?
"How can I be your lover when I am so busy being your mother?" This is a name of a new book that caught my attention in response to what seems to be fewer and fewer married women wanting to have sex with their husbands or even having sex at all with their husbands. "In How Can I Be … [Read more...]
Sex: A Tell All Exhibition
I was in Ottawa for Race Weekend and decided, in between running, to take in some exhibits at the city's diverse museums. I could tell you how wonderful the Van Gogh exhibit at the National Gallery of Canada was, but I'm pretty sure you'd be able to figure that one out on your own. The … [Read more...]
On Waywardness and Burnt Chicken.
Oliver enjoys chicken drumsticks for lunch sometimes, so I thought I'd oblige him this week. I marinated some in a little olive oil, garlic, lemon juice, salt, pepper, thyme and oregano and put them in the fridge to get all delicious before cooking the next day. Which was last night. He saw them in … [Read more...]
What I know.
When I write here there are often strong reactions. When I share my situation, my mistakes and my feelings many people get angry. In fact, it can feel a bit like they have rallied the town together, armed with torches and pitchforks and in a wild frenzy they begin their witchhunt. And I am the … [Read more...]
I’m Wrong, Baby
A lot of my friends are pregnant right now, and for every one who is, I have a guess, nay, a feeling about the sex of their baby.I have had a feeling like this for almost all of my friends who have ever been pregnant, but you know what's funny? That feeling, my intuition, has been wrong 100% of the … [Read more...]
( oh so naughty) words for wednesday-love
"Don't knock masturbation-it's sex with someone I love." woody allen … [Read more...]
Scared Sexless
I'll let you in on a little secret: I'm not the first in my group of friends to get divorced. In fact, out of a really close-knit group of four girlfriends, three of us have split from our husbands. That is higher than the national average, but not really all that unusual. We each ended up single … [Read more...]
Love.
I have been thinking a lot lately about love. Especially as it relates to, for lack of a better description, romantic love. We all know I have a lot to figure out and sorting through some of my feelings on this topic would certainly help. My therapist has encouraged me to relax and "just let … [Read more...]
SEX AFTER KIDS? HELL YES!
Sex after having kids? Well considering that I have 8 children there must be, but I was reading an article online the other day http://www.todaysparent.com/lifeasparent/sexrelationships/article.jsp?content=20101220_102740_4976&page=1 and was saddened and shocked by this poor woman's story of … [Read more...]