Fat Wife
My friend, Alina, posted the video above, and following commentary to her tumblr account. The video is hilarious– and her commentary is spot on.
“I hear a lot of chatter about how it’s so unreasonable that all these sitcoms star chubby, oaf-like men with incredibly hot wives. It’s usually slanted in the direction of “It places [...]
Should you stay or should you go?
Dear Reader:
You asked whether or not you should stay in your marriage. You say you are looking for advice from me, but it sounds more like you’re looking for courage and permission.
I can’t give you either. I can only speak from experience, and my experience wasn’t pretty. I’ve written about it before, but let me [...]
Number two
Have I ever explained how I play catch with Uncle Rico?
You know, Uncle Rico from Napoleon Dynamite. The once almost football hero that lives in a trailer on the edge of town, reliving his glory days over, and over, and over… Yeah. I play catch with him—metaphorically speaking, of course. In fact, most of my [...]
Survivor’s grief
“I just wish she’d hurry up and die,” my friend says, staring into her coffee cup. It’s a bold statement to which I find myself nodding sympathetically. I wasn’t in the least taken aback by her “death wish.” And though it made me desperately sad, through the course of our many conversations I have come [...]
Take it outside
“Can he come over later?” our 17-year-old daughter asks, hopeful that six o’clock is not too late for her boyfriend to swing by. He is a nice boy, a dedicated son to a single mom, a good older brother to two younger sisters; overall, a very positive influence in my daughter’s life.
“Sure,” I [...]
