Who buys the first round?
A Fascist, a Socialist, and a Blonde walk into a bar. Who buys the first round?
A Fascist, a Socialist, and a Blonde walk into a bar. Who buys the first round?
One secret to a happy marriage is to not spend too much time asking each other if you’re happy. Talk openly and honestly – the words “yes, dear” have saved our marriage more than once. If it’s 3:30 in the afternoon and your folks will be there in half an hour for dinner, that’s still time for a quickie. Babysitters are necessary once in a while and should be deductible on your taxes as a mental health expense. Life is short, and very few things are actually important in the long run. Being nice to each other is one of those few. Talk enough to make sure you know how to make each other happy. Don’t talk so much that you make each other unhappy. Don’t try too hard. Enjoy it!
Parenting is the ultimate B.F. Skinner experiment. Every word you say and every action you take will help to modify your kids’ behavior, however slightly. Try to make sure your actions reflect what you want “I love you” to mean.
Are you seriously excusing your mistakes by blaming them on “I love you so much?” I assure you that your teenager will read this as “I make mistakes and they are your fault,” which is actually what you’re trying to say. It’s not your fault, is it? It never was your fault.
I’ll save the pictures from the endoscope for the Holiday Letter (nothing says Merry Freaking X-Mas like a blow-up picture of someone else’s insides!), but the preliminary results looked good.