It feels like a threesome is one of those things that everybody giggles about, and some people fantasize about, but when faced with the reality of it, most of us are actually pretty hesitant. Especially if one of the other two people is someone with whom we’re in a monogamous relationship. Because one night of spicy fun has the potential to...
Look, not to sound like a 90’s stand-up hack comedian but what’s the deal with engagement rings? No matter what kind of person you are – young, old, conservative, liberal, pious, non-religious, partier, teetotaler – one of the few points of cultural agreement we all seem to have is that if you’re going to get married,...
Have you ever heard that “rule” about how you’re supposed to spend three months’ salary or whatever on an engagement ring? For an increasing number of paycheck-to-paycheck Americans, the idea is absurd on its face. What are we gonna do, nibble on the diamond for the next 12 weeks? Is it gonna pay my rent somehow? And still...
Look, I’m not a good cook. I’m a fine cook. And the only reason that I’m fine is that I stay in my lane. I don’t reach beyond my means. I make stuff that I know I can handle not screwing up. Sandwiches, salads, soup, frozen foods, tacos, mac and cheese, the kind of thing that’s idiot-proof. But for those who try to...
I’m going to make a controversial statement now and I hope that you’ll stay with me when I do: I think we should improve society somewhat. Before you grab your pitchforks or scream in madness, I should add the caveat that I don’t really actually know HOW to improve society, and am thus unlikely to do much of that. But maybe, as...
I’m terrible at cooking. Like, truly awful. It’s a war crime, the food I try to make. So obviously I don’t have any room to talk when it comes to the culinary disasters of others. But that’s not going to stop me from pointing and laughing at them all anyway. It’s just not. Especially not when Reddit makes it so darned...
I think it was William Shakespeare who wrote, “Thou art the apple of mine eye, and fruit so sweet hath been beholden not by mortal man, Yet still doth the heart hunger, per adventure, for the errant grape, the tangerine, And yon pear is dummy thicc as well.” Either that or I just made that up. But it’s the kind of poetry these...
It’s ridiculous to think that just because you’re in a good relationship with someone that you’ll never find anyone else to be physically attractive. Obviously that’s that true, and we set ourselves up for some weird failure and disappointment if we expect it. The question is – what do you DO about it. If the answer...
It can sometimes be difficult for me to imagine cheating on someone you care about. Even if you have your doubts, even if things aren’t going great, to actually commit that sort of betrayal – it’s something I think my body just wouldn’t let me do. What I find more understandable is the gradation that can lead to the full-on...
Regrets are a funny sort of thing. You don’t want to spend all your time obsessing over them – that doesn’t get you anywhere, and it doesn’t help anyone else either. But rumination aside, there is some kind of inevitable value in being able to look back on your past self and say “I want that part of me to go, and...