As my wife and I prepare for the arrival of our child, the premature-yet-recurring thoughts I have is if I will be a corporal disciplinarian. We talked about this well in advance; my wife is definitely not a proponent of our first child getting broke off with a beating. Now, you have to step lightly [...]
Everybody has these little nuances in their relationship where spouses try to establish their role. These are the tiny battles that my wife and I have, that sometimes, I get away with. Notice the italics on sometimes. It must be made clear that I do not always emerge as champion on these issues. Who holds [...]
Here’s a piece from MSNBC on the disparity of high achieving black women getting married versus their white counterparts. There are a number of angles from which you can approach this topic, but I’d prefer to take it from the one that is most apparent in my marriage to a high-achieving black woman. The question [...]
A friend of mine forwarded this Copyblogger article to me, and I thought it was ingenious in explaining how to be an effective blogger. You know, by treating your readers like indecisive, immature children. But seriously, if you’ve never considered blogging as a way to improve your skills as a spouse or as a parent, [...]
A lot of people look at a marriage and consider it to be one continuous episode of ego management and partnership. Not so. I’m starting to realize that marriage is little more than a series of moments shared by two people, charged with negotiating their intelligence and emotions to make those moments meaningful for each [...]
