Jul 30, 2020
I’m not the most adventurous eater. In fact, you can say I’m downright picky. There are some foods I flat out refuse to try. Brussels sprouts, lima beans, potato salad — even though I’d never tasted them, I was certain I hated them.
Then one day my husband made brussels sprouts and I tried them. And I liked...
Jul 23, 2020
You’re sitting down with your 10-year-old for a dinner of mac and cheese, chicken nuggets and grapes. All on separate plates, of course. On the table there’s a box of spilled apple juice, a few Snoopy stickers and several dried-out markers. Soccer gear is strewn on the floor alongside a few of this morning’s...
Jul 16, 2020
Boundaries. The word itself can be as intimidating as barbed wire.
Scary to set.
Scary to express.
Scary to defend.
But you know what’s scarier than setting or defending boundaries? Having no boundaries at all.
There’s a good reason you might be afraid to establish boundaries. Perhaps you were socialized never to...
Jul 9, 2020
We already know that due to the COVID pandemic, it’s not currently safe to attend a crowded restaurant. It’s not safe to attend a busy gym. It’s not safe to attend large religious gatherings.
So…it’s almost certainly not safe to attend an orgy.
What’s a sexually adventurous person to do?
Attend one...
Jul 3, 2020
When you think of swinging, what’s the first image that comes to your mind? Some key party in the 1970s? Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman in masks? A suburban couple revealing their lifestyle on The Oprah Show? I’m going to assume all of those images in your mind have one thing in common.
Everybody is white.
If you’ve...