Resentful Husband Retreats

I collect old newspapers. I was humored by a story in a 1930s edition of the Chicago Herald Examiner about a husband and a wife. The article, "Man ...

Linebacker Chris Spielman Helps Wife

When Chris Spielman played for the Buffalo Bills, he was everything a middle linebacker should be: tough, strong and smart, with passion, total commitment, ...

Wife Taken for Granted Too Long

A man accompanied his friend home for dinner and was impressed by the way he entered his house, asked his wife how her day went, and told her she looked ...

Daddy Remembers to Love Wife

Father of the Bride is a touching comedy-drama dealing with a father's feelings about "giving his daughter away" in marriage. George, the ...

Priority on Marriage

Flight attendants give these instructions to airline passengers: "For those of you traveling with small children, in the event of an oxygen failure, ...

Managing the House

A beleaguered young mom went to an "Organizing Your Life" class. After hearing many organizing tips, she asked, "But how do you get your ...

Someone in Your Corner

I'll be sashaying along through life, feeling pretty cocky, when something will jolt me back into a sense of my neediness--my need for my husband. ...

Someone to Watch over Me

Shortly after my daughter's wedding, I turned happily to the groom's mother and said, "It's such a relief to know Devri has someone to take care of her ...

Respecting the Weaker Vessel

Here's a coffee mug worth probably twenty cents. I can bang it and drop it and be rough with it.

This is a Laura Ashley teacup that costs twenty-five ...

All in Your Head

Seventeen percent of American women--but only seven percent of men--have been told by a physician, "It's all in your head."