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Love & Marriage

A wedding with my children, as a metaphor for marriage

10.04.2009
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In a successful marriage, you need to lean on each other, through good times, and the bad. Ask for support when you need it, try not to get too frustrated, and always communicate your needs, whatever they may be. Remember to always look ahead, stop to smell the flowers, and know that nothing is perfect. [...]

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A Gift from Daddy

09.16.2009
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My husband travels a great deal for business. Every now and then, especially if the trip has been long, he will return with goodies for the kids. Last week, he brought Lily pajamas with a matching set for her doll. Though excessive, they were just what she’d been longing for and functional as well. Ten [...]

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The glass is half empty and I’m never answering the door again

09.14.2009
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I am not normally a sucker. I am pessimistic and skeptical and generally a hard sell. Unlike my pussy of a husband, I have no problem saying no to salespeople. I am the one to haggle down car prices or turn down a “once in a lifetime” deal. I pride myself on this. We live [...]

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The Greatest Wedding Gift Of All

08.13.2009
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My husband has a tendency to tune me out more often than I’d like. For many years he successfully convinced me that I was crazy and never relayed to him information that I was completely sure I had. I’m onto him now, but it’s still infuriating to repeat myself three times simply because he wasn’t [...]

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Grocery Shopping for Dummies

08.09.2009
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As a young wife, I quickly learned that if I wanted it done the right way, I was going to have to do the grocery shopping myself. I never minded it at all— I had all the time in the world to leisurely peruse the aisles and plan recipes as I shopped. I could sip [...]

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Happy Birthday, Scary Mommy: A Guest Post

07.01.2009

Today marks the 14th birthday I have had the privilege to spend as Scary Mommy’s significant other. I still fondly remember that first birthday together: two kids so intoxicated with new, young love that it didn’t matter that we were underage and unable to toast the occasion. Oh, how much I thought I knew about [...]

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My Husband Drives Me Crazy VII

06.15.2009

I love to cook. I love researching recipes, shopping for them, preparing, presenting… I truly enjoy it all. Unfortunately, I married someone who would rather eat Chinese take-out every night than an impressive home-cooked meal. {Tragic, isn’t it?} Everything I prepare is judged by how it ranks to his beloved Hunan Garden’s Sesame Chicken. There [...]

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My Husband Drives Me Crazy IV

06.04.2009

My husband is the single least selfish person I know. He is ridiculously generous and thoughtful to everyone he knows. It’s actually quite unbelievable. Except, when it comes to ice cream. Where frozen confection is concerned, he’s one selfish mother fucker. Let’s begin with the box: Rather than soften ice cream on the counter like [...]

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And Now A Word From Our Sponsors…

04.01.2009

**This is a rare guest post, written by the husband who drives Scary Mommy crazy To call myself the “sponsor” of this blog strikes me as awfully sexist, but since my earring purchase did help Scary Mommy regain a whopping 739 subscribers, I’m gonna go out on a limb here.  This daddy has taken a [...]

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