Ask your wife to suggest doing something together that she thinks you won’t do. Then surprise her by doing it, doing it soon, and not complaining during or after. A post worth reading: the art of non-

This blog started in mid-July of 2001, not long before the attack on the Twin Towers. So while it’s a bit late, I always think of my blogging anniversary when nine eleven comes around. I was forty yea

Have her lie face down with her legs apart. Lying next to her, slip your hand over her bum and round to her vulva. Find her clitoris and slowly take her to orgasm. You can try sliding your thumb in he

A study released in 2011 by The National Marriage Project out of the University of Virginia got a lot of press with headlines such as Generous couples have happier marriages, The Generous Marriage, an

The other day my son and I were talking about parenting. He said he is learning when to make a big deal about something and when to let it be and see if it will go away on its own. He has learned that

I recently heard a couple talking. She asked him a question and he recited his thoughts about the issue. I could tell from what he said that he was telling her no and I suspect she could too. But with

This is the way the marriage ends. Not with a bang but a whimper. ~ With apologies to T. S. Eliot We think of marriages coming to a fiery end with a great deal of screaming. I’ve seen that, but ending

The other day my son, his brother-in-law and I were doing some tree removal on our ten acres. As the brother-in-law was checking and sharpening his chain saw, my son’s mother-in-law asked him about re

I’ve liked the song The Sound of Silence since I was a teen. It has always seemed to me to be a sad and relevant warning. And it seems even more relevant now, 57 years after it was first released. Gar

Last month I talked to the women on The XY Code about the sexual signals they use rather than communicating openly about sex. In most areas of life, men are less into signals and hints than women, but