Do you feel you have been judged because someone called you a “neat freak” or a “slob?" A neat freak and slob exist at polar ends of a spectrum. Most of us occupy an area somewhere in between these opposites. There will always be someone neater than you — or a bigger slob. The question...
The truth is, no one likes to be told what to do. One of my teachers used to say “don’t advise unless someone asks you for it.” To enjoy and thrive in any relationship, unless you are a project leader or a parent, do you really need to tell others what to do? Children surely...
Most anthropologists will say that the DNA of Homo sapiens is not wired for monogamy. Yet society and religions expect their members to engage in monogamy. People swear to be devoted to their relationship on paper, but their eyes wander and they imagine, visualize and dream. Often, that relationship ends and another one begins which lasts for a...
I once met a lady who was widowed at age 64. As she lamented her loss, two things she said stood out for me. Her husband had never let her take out the trash. To me that’s adorable. She was married for 42 years. The second thing she said made me wonder how much of this...
I've lived in the United States for 30 years and in the past 20, as a Gen X-er myself, I have heard a lot of complaints from Baby Boomers about Millennials. Each time I hear Millennials being trashed by Baby Boomers, I remember all the talk back from my youth that cultivated a “generation gap.”...