It can become irksome, enduring an evening that started out lively enough, but has now morphed into pure boredom. You’d like to say to the guests, Don’t you think it’s about time you should go home? However, if the guests…
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June 22, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
Let’s get practical here. Forget the climbing up the vines to my lady’s balcony or fighting dragons. We think we all know about love from watching movies, reading novels, listening to love songs and discussing it with our friends. However,…
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When you get your invitation, use the time you have before the date of the event to get all the information you believe you’d need to be a considerate, informed and interesting guest at the cross-cultural event. Some suggestions are:…
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Sinatra said it all: Strangers in the night exchanging glances;Wond’ring in the night,What were the chances we’d be sharing love,Before the night was through. If you’re at an event, just pick up your courage and go ask for a dance,…
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June 14, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
For some people, one bad marriage is too many, and for others dozens are not enough. Ask Warren Jeffs, the cult leader now under indictment for marrying as many as 50 girls, some as young as 14. He doesn’t believe…
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Springtime has always been Mother Nature’s way of encouraging the continuing of life. Way back in the mists of pre-history, males and females of every species evolved. It then became their biological function each spring to reproduce and perpetuate their…
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There are many opportunities for men to meet women in the springtime. There are sports events, concerts, exhibits, dances and just being at the right place at the right time. Poet Alfred Lord Tennyson penned the immortal lines: In the…
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The word romance in the title makes it a bit difficult to define. For instance, you’ve met someone online and, after the careful research, you decided that person is acceptable to date. You go out several times, enjoy each other’s…
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June 5, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
We just celebrated our 41st anniversary, so, as a husband, I must be doing something right. I could answer the question with a single word. If you were to ask my wife this question, she’d give that one-word reply: Listen!…
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If the person facing you is either a politician, a lawyer, auto salesman or any of your teenage kids, it’s easy to tell if he/she is lying. Look at the face. If the mouth is open and sound is coming…
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The purpose of Halloween face painting is to create a special image to go with a costume. It can be a lot of fun, and add to the holiday spirit, as long as the paint has toxic results. Some simple…
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This may sound like a very bad movie script, but it is all true. I spent 11 years in an orphanage, and then went from there directly into the Navy in the middle of World War II. The orphanage was…
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May 16, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
There are many occasions, often in the glitzy show business world, where a highly-publicized marriage is obviously a one-sided affair. A wealthy, older sexually-obsessed person marries a much younger, financially-obsessed mate. For instance, in 1994, 27-year-old ex-stripper Anna Nicole Smith…
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May 16, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
One of my favorite upbeat Frank Sinatra love songs is, “The Best Is Yet To Come”. The origin of the song’s title was from an Elizabeth Barrett Browning poem, featuring her famous words to her beloved husband, Robert: “Grow old…
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The real danger of getting body pictures is that it merely illustrates your stupidity to everyone who has the misfortune to be forced to look at your self mutilation. Further, it makes obvious a fact you may have been able…
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You’ve met this very special person on the campus, and things were going well until winter break interrupted your idyllic relationship. Now you’ll be apart for several weeks, each back home with the folks. Once you’re with the family and…
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Breaking the cycle of bad relationships first requires a time-out period where the one who has suffered yet another defeat in the battle of the sexes can begin to recover. Before the injured person can erase the bad memories, the…
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As the song goes: “Think of all we’ve been through; breaking up is hard to do.” Being required to live alone again, whether the relationship was for 30 years or just 30 days, is an emotionally tough time. However, there…
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The internet has opened a whole new world for guys, girls and everyone else to get to know each other with lightning speed. Speed dating is a cyberspace game where participants can meet a certain number of potential dates within…
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Having retired nearly 20 years ago at the age of 65, I may sometimes feel I was a veteran of World War I. Then, the only way for spouses to communicate with soldiers and sailors was through the U.S. mail….
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Should you move in together before marriage? Today’s social attitudes are to just go ahead and do it, although some still hold on to the belief of the old-fashioned tradition to wait until the union is all nice and legal….
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Moving in together can be a very romantic thing to do. It may be the beginning of a warm and lasting love, complete with candlelight, champagne dinners, and long nights of great passion. On the other hand, it could be…
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April 26, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
NO: Please, gay activists. Hold off with the picket signs, slogans and marches until I can explain my reasons. Disagreement with this California Supreme Court ruling doesn’t imply I’m anti-gay, and I realize everyone must accept the fact that people…
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We had two kids who showed, very early, what we thought was a serious lack of social skills. Their mother is a gregarious, outgoing, chatty therapist, and their father a public and community relations specialist. As highly-social people because of…
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Why the heck would anyone want an ex back? Would you also want to be driving that 1993 Kia again that always pooped out on you on the busiest highway at drive time? If you’re a guy, would you want…
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I can’t remember what my father looked like. From the photos that have survived over the generations, he was a tall, handsome young man with an Errol Flynn smile and thin mustache. I often wish I had just a few…
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April 10, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
If I may be brutally crude about it, I’ll start with a question. Would you go into a showroom, pick out a racy-looking model, walk around admiring it for a moment or two, maybe feel the smooth paint job, but…
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April 9, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
Do we really need a list of reasons why husbands should do housework? Marriage is a partnership, and all responsibilities should be shared ones. Whatever the circumstances, whether the wife is a stay-at-home with the kids or a career woman…
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April 9, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
Before we get to the real truth about marital longevity, let’s air the tired old negative jokes about it. One says the claim that married men live longer isn’t true. It only SEEMS longer to those poor guys. Here’s another…
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This title screams for risque humor, but let’s keep it spiritual, rather than carnal. For a young woman, to know if a guy likes you, it’s simply a matter of knowing how great hunters stalk their prey. You must be…
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