I have a lot of trouble disciplining my children when my husband seems to undermine me in front of them. I know he doesn’t mean it intentionally. He doesn’t do it out of a lack of respect. He just tends to instinctively behave more like a friend to the kids rather than a parent. If […]
Sometimes, I make fun of my husband, saying that he has Alzheimer’s because he can be so forgetful. Obviously, he doesn’t, although I wonder if I’d notice the transition if it ever came about. It used to baffle me, because he’s so brilliant in some ways, and so oblivious in others. He’ll spend five minutes
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I always knew my husband wasn’t the king of charisma. He’s incredibly sweet, and so smart it’s scary, but whenever he’s exposed to a new social situation, I’m never sure how he’ll respond. He can be one of two ways: He can be very quiet and introverted, and make no effort to engage anyone or
When my husband and I were first going out, he was like a dog with a bone. No pun intended. We had sex constantly. It was fun, because we were still new to each other and were still exploring each other’s bodies. But after the first six months, the curiosity and excited died away on
I was watching this movie the other day where a man intends to take his love interest out for a night on the town, and of course leaves the proverbial red dress on the bed for her to wear. I’ve always been cynical, and liked to think that I was beyond all the superficialities of
Relationships are challenging as it is, but when a partner has ADD, it can throw another sabotaging spanner in the works. Your husband may not know it yet, but his intimacy issues, volatile temper and inattentiveness towards your feelings could all be deeply connected to his ADD. Not that it makes things any easier on
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Are you the type that gets on their computer at 10:30 p.m. to start surfing the web? Or decides to engage in a massive spring cleaning right before bed? Or do you tell people you’re a night owl and “just get started when the sun goes down”? These are all common traits for adults with
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One of the chief complaints for adults with ADD of ADHD is difficulty focusing. Paying attention can be a challenge because often adults with ADHD become bored easily, especially with routine or mundane tasks and responsibilities. If you have ever found yourself uninterested in something, no matter how hard you try to focus, you are
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