It’s So Over! 12 Bedroom Deal-Breakers

We all have ‘em – our naked non-negotiables. While getting to know someone between the sheets can be an electrifying experience, it’s important to remember that one person’s sexual preference can be another’s bedroom deal-breaker. Whether you or your partner bring expertise or sexual hang-ups into the bedroom, you both owe it to your mutual […]

18 Things Every Kid Should Experience This Fall

It’s been a long, hot summer! Thank goodness crisp, cool fall is nearly upon us. There’s never been a better time to rediscover the wonder and beauty of fall with all the colors, tastes, smells, and warmhearted experiences perfectly ripe for harvest. Make this the most abundant season yet with these 18 things every kid […]

Twitter Trend of the Week: Top 10 Turn-Ons

This week the public took to Twitter to reveal their top 10 turn-ons, or more specifically #10TurnOns for you tweethearts who like to go to the source. As you can imagine the turn-ons were as fascinating and Twitter-clever as we could have ever hoped for. Take a look at my 10 favorite turn-on tweets right here!

Kid, Major in Anything You Want but You Ain’t Living at Home After Graduation

Growing up I always knew I was going to college, mostly because I was told as much from a very young age. “You will go to college,” my parents told me, “and we’ll help you pay for it.” Notice they didn’t say they’d pay for it, or that I’d be free to take a year […]

My Husband Gave Me a Scale for My Birthday

See this scale? Yeah, I just got one of these from my husband FOR MY BIRTHDAY. I know it sounds bad…and it is bad, but allow me to sort of explain. We just spent a ton of money on a treadmill, money I’ve been trying to rationalize by working out like an asshole to amortize […]

8 Tips for Creating the Ultimate Parent-Teacher Partnership for Your Child

By now you’re probably like, “Gah, Mommyfriend! Enough with the back-to-school this and back-to-school that. Talk about something interesting like kid poop or ‘Annoying Orange’!” I get it, I really do, and I will…right after this post. Pinky swear. In case you didn’t know, I’m the parent of a kid who once struggled big time […]

10 Signs You Married Your Best Friend

I like to think I married my best friend even if we didn’t start out that way. By all accounts Big Daddy P was a guy I went from not knowing to being completely infatuated with in oh…3.2 seconds. For some, love blossoms from friendship. For others like me, friendship blossoms from love. And while my husband […]

18 Sexy Pearls of Twitter Wisdom from Dr. Ruth

Call me crazy, but there’s something endlessly fascinating about getting sex advice from a feisty 84-year-old woman. I’m not talking about just any woman (no offense grandma); I’m talking about none other than the pint-sized powerhouse of sexual candor, Dr. Ruth Westheimer. Dr. Ruth began her career as an educator for Planned Parenthood and parlayed […]

The Second Day of School is the Hard Part

All hail the excitement of the first day of school! For us that day was yesterday. Once the kids got dressed and fed, the spirit of scholastic adventure filled our home as my husband and I blazed dueling cameras to commemorate the first day of 5th grade and kindergarten respectively. We took backpack shots, brother […]

36 Things I’m Looking Forward to Now That I’m 36 Years Old

I turned 36 years old yesterday. Thirty-six, as in closer to 40 than 30. Geez, one minute you’re a gawky 17-year-old and the next minute you’re a ma’am who’s 36 years old. It’s not all bad, I mean, I rarely get carded which is equal parts soul-crushing and convenient. I’m maybe even learning to care […]