Tag: Men
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The Male Short Term Memory Issue: A Valid Reason To Nag
You’ll be aware by now that I’m a fervent believer in gender equality and the old man and I have heated discussions on the subject most weeks over a bottle or three of wine. And the one area in our discussions where he really gets to me is when he argues that because women don’t…
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I Don’t Want To Be So Middle-Aged, I Have To Manage My Money
I’m certain that the old man and I can’t be the only middle-aged couple in the universe to argue about money. The question of what to spend your money on can put pressure on the strongest relationships at this stage of your life, when you have no idea how long you’re budgeting for, when you…
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Can I Body-Shame All Middle Aged Men Who Wear Speedos?
There is this bizarre conspiracy in Australia where middle-aged men, no matter what the size of their girth or tackle, believe they can wear Speedos in public and remain beyond reproach. Middle-aged women on the other hand, are demonised if they dare squeeze their middle-aged frames into a bikini. I might question the style and…
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Kevin, The Middle-Aged, Grumpy Old Man
I don’t know how many of you remember British comic, Harry Enfield’s character ‘Kevin, The Teenager’, but the old man appears to be metamorphosing daily into the middle-aged version. It seems that although we gain some invaluable wisdom with the ageing process, there is a danger of regressing to the petulant obstinacy of a teenager…
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A Fine Bromance: Why Can’t Men Share Their Friends?
Three april fools looking at camera with different expressions For those still oblivious to the intellectual stimulation to be had from the new Bachelorette series in Australia, you will remain unaware of the focus on the cute bromances between competing males than any hot and steamy love-making for our poor Bachelorette. I think most woman…
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Scoring Parenting Points
This photo makes me cackle bitterly. Photo by thegreenhouse2009 at flickr.com It seems a double standard to me that each time I have disciplined Kurt since my return from holiday, I have been accused of ‘nagging’; yet when the old man does the same thing, he calls it ‘confronting’ bad behavior. Do you and your…
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Let’s Talk About Women and Middle Aged Sex, Baby!
I know EXACTLY what you’re thinking right now… True Nature Productions – Sex After Forty – found on http://www.flickr.com LET’S NOT! Don’t worry; I’m not going to give you the sordid, hanging-from-the-chandelier-details of the sex the old man and I have on birthdays and Christmas. But it’s been a week of discussion about sex in…
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Do All Relationships Become A Competition?
Day ‘ALREADY COUNTING DOWN’ of the holidays and I still haven’t killed the old man, but it’s interesting how much there is still to learn about your partner, even after thirty years. It turns out that the life sentence of twenty-one years of marriage, thus far, hadn’t fully revealed to me the full extent of…
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Home Alone After You’re Married And Eating Chocolate In Bed
Obviously I adore my husband, but… http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/120398635 After thirty years crammed together in the marital womb, I quite like it when he goes away for a few days, leaving me to play. Even with the teens bouncing off the walls, the sudden appearance of their teenage mates who take up permanent residence on the couch…
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Perfect Wife Or Perfect Bitch?
Found on mylifeandkids.com at http://www.pinterest.com It’s possible that I have acquired the reputation of being a bit of a bitch to my husband on this blog. Or perhaps that’s just the old man whining again. But having recently devoured Gillian Flynn‘s novel, Gone Girl, from cover to cover and in record time, (so I can…
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How To Change The LifeStyle Of Middle Aged Man
Neanderthal by David Smittcamp at http://www.flickr.com The problem with having to change your lifestyle is having to change to your lifestyle. The old man is suffering from his eighth mid-life crisis in as many years at the moment because he has finally realised that he is in fact mortal like the rest of us and…
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