In-law anguish: How dare you be different? By Lisa Earle McLeod www.forgetperfect.com Is there anyone out there who thinks their child married well? A hand-painted sign beside a country store says it all: “Closed Sept 7. When my one and only daughter marries that sorry, no-count, worthless, shiftless John Patterson.”.
[Read More]Dishing Dirt vs. DVR’s – The Big Debate for 08 By Lisa Earle McLeod www.forgetperfect.com What to do, what to do? Jamie Lynn Spears is pregnant at 16. Older sister Britney’s train wreck of a life gets wilder every day. And I have yet to make my New Year’s resolutions..
[Read More]Dishing Dirt vs. DVR’s – The Big Debate for 08 By Lisa Earle McLeod www.forgetperfect.com What to do, what to do? Jamie Lynn Spears is pregnant at 16. Older sister Britney’s train wreck of a life gets wilder every day. And I have yet to make my New Year’s resolutions..
[Read More]Hoping for happiness in the hallowed halls of Harvard By Lisa Earle McLeod www.forgetperfect.com What would make you happy? Are you dreaming about wealth? Beauty? A new car? Maybe if you had the brains and bucks to attend a fancy school like Harvard and were poised for a lifetime of.
[Read More]Does your hairstyle determine how smart you are? By Lisa Earle McLeod www.forgetperfect.com Is your hair dumbing you down? A Yale University study reveals that, at first meeting, people make assumptions about income, intelligence and sex appeal not based on your clothes or body, but based on your hair. “Within.
[Read More]Sucking up to the Old Salt By Lisa Earle McLeod www.forgetperfect.com I don’t mention my dad often in this column but, at age 72, he’s a wealth of wisdom. Here, in his own words, is a classic Jay Earle story that always inspires me: I was just 18 and fresh.
[Read More]Bad manners maketh the SPAM By Lisa Earle McLeod www.forgetperfect.com Where have all our manners gone? Gone into cyberspace every one. Email is a fact of life. Unless you’re over eighty, nobody’s going to give you a “Get out of cyberspace free” card. But progress comes with its price, and.
[Read More]February: The month of love, lingerie and let-down By Lisa Earle McLeod www.forgetperfect.com Has there ever been a human desire more fraught with disappointment and misunderstanding than the art of romance? The word “romance” itself conjures up vastly different images for men and women. For us soap-opera-watching, Danielle-Steele-reading, fairy-tale-believing women,.
[Read More]Is focusing on flaws keeping you from being fabulous? By Lisa Earle McLeod www.forgetperfect.com We all have weaknesses. What are yours? I’m not talking about jiggly thighs or belly flab. I’m talking about all those “needs improvement” areas that bosses and teachers have been hammering on you about for years..
[Read More]The virtues and vices of the virtual life By Lisa Earle McLeod www.forgetperfect.com Paris and Nicole led “The Simple Life.” My grandparents are experiencing the bliss of the afterlife. But after a few decades of hassling with real life, my family and I have decided that we’re going to live.
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