Greeting card paralysis reaches all time high Special Forget Perfect Valentine’s Edition By Lisa Earle McLeod www.forgetperfect.com Are men afraid of greeting cards? In my own recent cocktail party surveys, I have yet to find a man who enjoys trolling the card aisle searching for just the right sentiment. A.
[Read More]Can you forgive a terrible parent? By Lisa Earle McLeod www.forgetperfect.com If your childhood played out like a scene from “Mommy Dearest,” you know that poor parenting often casts a pallor over your entire life. While you might not have written a tell-all book or exposed their evil antics on.
[Read More]Hooked on comfort, caffeine and carbs By Lisa Earle McLeod www.forgetperfect.com Which is more comforting: your favorite food or a big soft couch? Personally, I prefer them both at the same time. There’s something marvelously self-indulgent about eating while you’re lying down. I like a nice family meal around the.
[Read More]What Is the Meaning Of Life and Why Are Other People So *#%@! Annoying? Excerpted from “Finding Grace When You Can’t Even Find Clean Underwear”By Lisa Earle McLeod www.forgetperfect.com I’m an expert in mommy guilt, corporate disillusionment, martial misery, slacker parenting, faux housework, flat-line libidos and drive-thru spirituality. Yet people.
[Read More]Finding Grace When Your Spouse is Annoying Excerpted from “Finding Grace When You Can’t Even Find Clean Underwear”By Lisa Earle McLeod www.forgetperfect.com The shrink test said he was motivated, creative and flexible. Surely this thing wasn’t talking about my husband. After 23 years of selling his soul to corporate America,.
[Read More]Finding Grace When You’re Surrounded by Idiots Excerpted from “Finding Grace When You Can’t Even Find Clean Underwear”By Lisa Earle McLeod www.forgetperfect.com “The common denominator in all your failed relationships is YOU!” My sister and I found this truism on a “demotivational” poster on www.Despair.com, a site offering a hilarious.
[Read More]It’s Nothing Personal Ma’am By Lisa Earle McLeod www.forgetperfect.com Whether it’s the headset-wearing counter clerk at Taco City who always shorts you two burritos, the inattentive friend who never calls you back, or the grumpy spouse who consistently comes home in a lousy mood, sometimes it seems like the whole.
[Read More]Why isn’t marriage as exciting as dating? By Lisa Earle McLeod www.forgetperfect.com Singles searching for a spouse often believe that matrimony is the golden ticket to a lifetime of great sex, matching towels, funky artwork and meaningful conversations, kind of like a Pottery Barn catalogue come to life. But those.
[Read More]Nanny Envy: The Secret Shame of Childcare By Lisa Earle McLeod www.forgetperfect.com Disgust, envy, fear, passion, money and power. A sordid love triangle? Kind of. I’m talking about the relationship between mothers and their child-care providers. It’s a bizarre dynamic. There isn’t a woman alive who doesn’t wish she had.
[Read More]Liars, Loose Women and the Lonely Game of Love By Lisa Earle McLeod www.forgetperfect.com The Other Woman. Is she a victim or a vixen? A brazen hussy or the girl next door? I’ll admit it: I’m fascinated by cheaters. My husband and I have been married for over 20 years..
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