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The Mutual Breakup

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

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A mutual breakup announcement helps everyone save face.

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Plight of the Suburban Housewife

Saturday, March 16, 2013

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From the forum… Female Reader:  Do you find yourself doing the same thing. Every.  Single.  Day. I am in a situation where our lives are very, very busy – doing the same things over and over.  I can go weeks without having to go beyond a 5 mile radius of my house.  We do the [...]

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Three Years of MMSL

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

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Three years is a long time. When I started the blog, I thought I knew exactly what I was doing… but now I realize I didn’t really have much of a clue. I just plowed ahead with this intense need to write and learn and do something. I’d stumbled onto a set of interesting ideas and [...]

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Or Were You Looking At The Woman In The Red Dress?

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

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Arthur Dent: “You know, it’s at times like this, when I’m trapped in a Vogon airlock with a man from Betelgeuse, and about to die of asphyxiation in deep space that I really wish I’d listened to what my mother told me when I was young.” Ford Prefect: “Why, what did she tell you?” Arthur: [...]

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When You Come From Different Countries

Saturday, December 1, 2012

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Reader: After reading your post about religious and political differences and raising children, I was wondering what you thought about cultural differences and being from different countries. How did you and Jennifer decide where to live and have children? Would you ever go back to New Zealand? Athol:  Well we did have a plan at [...]

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You Can’t Fix Their Problem

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

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Somewhat based on a conversation with my youngest daughter. Some of us are just wired to have more empathy for others than usual. If you’re one of those sensitive types, when someone else is in pain, it’s easy to get sucked into the situation emotionally and want to save the other person from their problem. [...]

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