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The Marriage Blog’s New Millenium

Good morning! Welcome to our 1,000th post here in the marriage blog and let me tell you, it feels so weird to say we’ve been here for a 1000 different entries tackling everything from wedding planning to problem solving to dating and more. It’s been a real pleasure for me to be writing for this topic for nearly a year now and to share it with such an awesome co-blogger as Sherry Holetzky. With that in mind, we thought we’d offer a small treat for our 1,000th blog and we interviewed each other. So without further ado, let me present … Continue reading →

My Fascination with the Real Housewives of Orange County

Wayne might be fascinated with Cheaters, but I have my own guilty pleasure TV indulgence: Bravo’s the Real Housewives of Orange County. It plays off the success and popularity of other shows of similar, though fictional, ilk: ABC’s Desperate Housewives and Fox’s cancelled series the O.C. The Real Housewives, however, is a reality show following the lives of real women. The show’s name is sort of a misnomer, though. Some of the “housewives” don’t stay home at all. They not only work but are incredibly successful. In fact, if I’m not mistaken, two of them –Jeana and Vicki– own their … Continue reading →

Wives Who Work From Home

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We’ve talked about the career wife versus the housewife, but what about the housewife who works from home? I’m one of those. I work as a consultant and a contractor. I work out of my home office taking online writing jobs as well as technical writing jobs for local companies. We both had careers when we met and we both worked full time for a living. It suited our lifestyle for several years, but after our daughter was born – the priorities for both of us changed. Shifting Goals Our personal goals shifted with the main priority being at home … Continue reading →

Marriage in the News: Forbes Far From Funny

The last place I would look for relationship advice and tips is Forbes magazine known for its business and financial acumen. Apparently, a recent editorial in that magazine is really getting it noticed and not in a positive light. As a student of journalism, I recognize the difference between an editorial and a column as I write this. Editorials are fact-based commentaries, while a column is just an opinion commentary. So when the editor Forbes magazine says his editorial was meant to be partially humorous, I take his defense as a reaction to the enormous backlash caused by his editorial. … Continue reading →

Calling a Truce in the War of the Wives

Recently the National Organization for Women began to push an agenda that asked the compelling question: How can society better support mothers and caregivers so that they can choose to work either outside or inside the home – whether it’s full or part time – without additional guilt, financial strife or other barriers? Traditionally, many stay-at-home wives and mothers have felt denigrated by the organization that should have been supporting them. After all, the right to work, the right to make choices are just that – the right of the individual wife, mother and couple. Many women choose to work … Continue reading →