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Is The Man Bun Sexy Or Try-Hard?
Man Bun by Munnybear at http://www.flickr.com I need to discuss the man bun today because they seem to be popping up everywhere in Sydney at the moment. This topic also gives me the perfect excuse to give you ladies the Friday treat of some seriously gorgeous men on my blog. Personally, I think man buns…
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Do Boys Ever Really Grow Up?
A pile of Lego blocks, of assorted colours and sizes. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The answer is obviously ‘no.’ I’ll explain how I know. We experienced this wonderful and unexpected family bonding session a week ago when we found ourselves in the house all at the same time and uncharacteristically sharing the same space together without…
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6 ALMOST Healthy Comfort Foods For Middle-Aged Women
It’s one of life’s great ironies that when you enter middle age and have more passion (as well as disposable income) to spend on REALLY AWESOME FOOD, your body suddenly says ‘NO.’ I LOVE FOOD and when I get stressed it’s the first thing I reach for to make me feel better. I wish I…
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Those Annoying and Expensive Online Shopping Mistakes
Now you know that I think that shopping is better than sex. The headquarters of eBay in San Jose, California. Photographed on August 5, 2006 by user Coolcaesar. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) And you also probably know by now that I’ve been a tad skeptical of the whole on-line shopping movement since its inception. It’s hard…
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The Importance Of Defining Roles In A Successful Relationship
Chaise Rocker (1 of 3) (Photo credit: Stewf) I’ve discussed the absolute necessity of defining roles in relationships before. Many of us slip into these roles quite naturally – where each partner takes ownership of particular ‘jobs’ in the household that are more suited to their own particular skill base. For example, the old man…
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Downsizing Your Dysfunctional Home
3DMLW APartment example (Photo credit: Wikipedia) So, our big news this week is that we’re moving house AGAIN. We’re staying in the ‘safety zone’, which is how Kurt describes our suburb, but we’re taking a massive leap into the unknown for dysfunctionals, and downsizing prematurely to an apartment. There are many reasons for this move,…
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Letting Your Standards Slip In Middle Age
after (Photo credit: malloreigh) The problem with an unhealthily long marriage, the ageing process that leads to a certain invisibility in middle age and working from home, is that there is no real reason to maintain personal standards anymore. For most of my week, my only work colleague is the dog and it seems that…
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Middle Age: It’s About Seizing The Day, Bitches!
Fight With Shattered Mirrors by Stephan Geyer at http://www.flickr.com As I lay back nervously in the dentist chair today, three tampons prizing my mouth open and a pair of sunglasses protecting my eyes from direct and awkard eye contact with my hygienist, I contemplated food. NO! I contemplated ‘life’. Actually, I WAS contemplating food because…
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Is Saving Money A Contentious Issue In Your Marriage?
Aldi (Photo credit: JeepersMedia) ‘Saving money‘ is a contentious issue in most marriages, I would hazard a guess. And due to impending huge changes in Dysfunctionality House, (and no I’m not pregnant and neither does this have anything to do with the resurrection of Kurt into the perfect child), the old man is on another…
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Time To Face My Fears and Let It Go
I found some closure watching Godzilla with Kurt at the cinema the other day. ‘Closure’ in terms of facing my fears. Admittedly, two hours of a CGI monster was small-fry compared to the week I’ve just survived with my son. Yes, I’ve been facing my fears in more ways than one this week. Now you…
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A Lesson In Writing A Sex Scene From My Children
English: typewriter (Photo credit: Wikipedia) We had a rare moment of togetherness in the kitchen of Dysfunctionality House late last night. It’s funny how those really special parenting moments are often impromptu and never the precious moments that you plan carefully, that always seem to go tits up. And moments where NC and Kurt laugh…
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Does Anything Test A Woman’s Love More Than Man Flu?
Is there anything worse than a man who is sick? Or who thinks he is? Is there any greater test of a woman’s capacity to love, than when her partner suffers from a bad case of Man Flu? Given the choice, I’d prefer to go on a three-week Paleo diet and put naked ‘before and…
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