Romantic Report

Mr. Mom- The Ultimate Stay at Home DadMichael Keaton was once Batman, and also formerly “Mr. Mom”. Of the two roles, I think   most would agree that Batman was the more glamorous of the two as not every guy wants to be home changing diapers while his wife is away at work. However, due to the “economic downturn” (also termed more ominously as ‘the recession’), more men are out of work and thus, making the natural  (and initially forced) choice to stay home with the children.
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If you and your beloved like Washington wine and chocolate, I suggest you go right now and check out the amazing Yakima Valley events for Valentine's, featuring wine and chocolate. Seriously, it's a fabulous list. You can "Celebrate Valentine's Day at Chandler Reach Winery" on Friday the twelfth. It's an incredible menu paired with wines. You need to make reservations, but I'm told there are still some openings. There are some nifty "Red Wine & Chocolate Hotel Packages," running right through the 15th, and an entire "Red Wine & Chocolate" celebration centered in Yakima Valley. For a lot of people Monday is a holiday, so the celebration extends over the three-day weekend. Read more

Sex and the City“Sex and the City” helped take away the stigma of the masturbation.

Don’t believe me?

Take Samantha from “Sex and City”, for example. She personally made vibrators and massagers popular in the multiple episodes by having multiple orgasms on her own. Even the normally prude Charlotte got into the Vibrator act when her friends were forced  to stage an intervention to stop her from playing with her sex toy so often.
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Valentine's DayValentine’s Day......What can I say?

I am an atypical chick and a little weird about my feelings towards the holidays.

 I’ve hated Valentine’s Day ever since I got the mandatory little cards in Elementary School from little, dirty boys who truthfully thought I was icky because I kicked them on the playground. Read more

Love FeetIn what I am assuming is an Onion-style satire article (a pdf is linked about half-way down the page), the Oklahoma Partisan Real-Ass Fake-Ass News reported that a female lawmaker had backed a mandatory foreplay proposal, calling for all men to perform a minimum of ten minutes of foreplay before intercourse.  As usual, the bill was divided across party lines with one male representative claiming that the female orgasm is little more than a myth.
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Is Your Husband Watching Too Much Porn?A few years ago, one of my friends called me up with a serious complaint.

“My husband is addicted to porn.” Read more

Contented Cow SyndromeAn older friend was the first to let me in on the sad phenomenom of “contented cow syndrome” or the reality that once singles become couples, they get a little more comfortable, chew on their cud, sit on their couches, and gain what is usually the equivalent of the freshmen fifteen. Science, being a little late to this reality, has just confirmed this sad fact.

According to this NYT article, a recent study found that a 140 pound  childless single woman will gain 11 pounds over ten years, a married (or partnered) woman who has had a kid will gain 20 pounds over the same ten years, and 11 pounds if she is married but has no kids.
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Same sex marriage has long been a contentious topicGay marriage is continuing to be a hot button issue with lawmakers, and continuing to be a contentious issue even in California. In a case that challenges California’s Prop 8, two same sex couples are making their case, along with lawyers to a California court, that they should be able to be legally married. Same-sex marriage is legal in 5 states and the District of Columbia as of the end of 2009. In others, gay couples have the option of entering into a domestic partnership, though often there are significant legal differences between that and marriage.

"Being able to call him my husband is so definitive," said Paul Katami, one of the men who is suing for the right to marry his partner. Read more

The Tragedy of Contented Cow SyndromeMy sister-in-law was the first to let me in on the sad phenomenom of “contented cow syndrome” or the reality that once singles become couples, they get a little more comfortable, chew on their cud, sit on their couches, and gain what is usually the equivalant of the freshmen fifteen. Science, being a little late to this reality, has just confirmed this sad fact.

According to this NYT article, a recent study found that a 140 pound  childless single woman will gain 11 pounds over ten years, a married (or partnered) woman who has had a kid will gain 20 pounds over the same ten years, 11 pounds if she is married but has no kids.
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Is Monogamy Realistic?Last year was full of rampant infidelity (Berlusconi, Tiger, and just about every Republican who has ever lived on C-Street) and each and every time, it was the important man who was reported as cheating on his wife. I just read a really interesting Salon article questioning monogamy, cheating, and why little mention is ever given to the fact that sometimes women cheat on their spouses as well.
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