Tag: Relationships
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Fiction: East Meets West
Lieutenant Fahy cursed to himself. While he baked in the sun weighing sugar at San Carlos, the rest of his battalion prepared for the field against Geronimo. The assignment of handing out weekly rations to the Apache women was a great slap in the face. Fahy considered leaving the army if he didn’t have excitement…
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QUOTE: Family is like music, some high notes, some low notes, but always a beautiful song. {Well, not always}
DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILIES HERE
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Rape Culture Civil War Style
Good news! There was no such thing as “rape culture” among Northern soldiers fighting for the Union in America’s Civil War. Scholars looked for the tell-tale signs of “rape culture” and found none. No Rolling Stone frat parties gone awry, no Duke Lacrosse team—oh wait those things didn’t actually happen. Back to the Civil War.…
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What Sort Of Man Are You?
Okay, this is just for fun. Would you rather be an outdoor man or an indoor one? What type do women prefer?
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Drunks
I’ve had my fair share of less than stellar drunken moments running with the fast crowd and trying to keep up with my boyfriends’ drinking. And then my husband’s drinking. Such was life in the 20th century. Men and women were equals. “Anything you can do, I can do better,” was my hidden mantra when…
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Knocked Up
“Knocking” began as a term for serious flirting circa 1800. Originally it was because you were knocking on the maiden’s “door” trying to “get in”. Understandably, this reference quickly changed to the actual act of “getting in” because beds knock against walls. If you leave your boots on, literally done at that time, you are…
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“The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots.” Rebecca West
“Men and women, women and men. It will never work.” Erica Jong “A man’s face is his autobiography. A woman’s face is her work of fiction.” Oscar Wilde
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Is It Possible To Write About Happily Married Couples?
The problem is happy people are alienating. They’re annoyingly complimentary to their spouses. They remember birthdays and endlessly talk about fond memories from high school where they met and instantly fell in love. They find charm in their spouses maddeningly gross habits. Their children settle nearby and come over for dinner on Sundays. But happy…
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Codependency Rocks
Okay, it doesn’t really rock, but it’s good for fiction. It’s not even considered a real condition by some mental health professionals. It used to be called “passive dependent personality.” But I thought that was the ideal of womanhood? Men, this is why we too are confused by constantly changing definitions of mental health! Sitting…
Author Adrienne Morris 