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Why Men Who Marry Nurses End Up The Happiest

Nurses are a special breed of people who embody the rare combination of tough and loving. They know how to handle belligerent patients, gross messes, and still comfort people when they need it. And they’re smart. They’re the kind of person who is a true partner in a relationship and keeps everything moving forward in both of your lives. Nurses are managers, they know how to keep ...

What Type of Mom You Are, Based on Your Zodiac Sign

Ever wonder why your daughter is so obsessed with borrowing your clothes? Or why your own mother was such a darn stickler about bedtime? As usual, the stars have all the answers. Here, what to expect from motherhood, according to your zodiac sign. Aquarius Thanks to the sign of eternal youth, you’re destined to be a “cool mom” with a ...

To The Husband I Hardly Talk To Anymore

What has happened to our conversations? I remember when we were dating, the days were not complete without hearing from one another. Whether it was a single-emoji message in the middle of a busy day, or a four-hour phone call that lasted until the wee hours of the morning and ended with one of us falling asleep on the phone, ...

This Is How You Love Someone With Anxiety

Someone with anxiety is inclined to assume everyone is going to leave. So much so, sometimes they might be the ones to ruin a relationship. The truth is they battle something they can’t control and there is a sense of insecurity within themselves when it comes to relationships. They know it’s difficult and they don’t want to burden you with ...

The Tearjerking Reason 1 Man Sat Outside His Wife’s Bedroom For Days

In case you needed a reminder of what love really means, this photo will do it for you. Seventeen-year-old Mackenna Newman shared a touching photo of her father, John, sitting outside of her mother’s bedroom. “My mom has to stay in her room in isolation for her cancer radiation so my dad set up a desk at her door to ...

The Husband Who Vanished

For 15 years, Anne McDonnell lived in limbo—not knowing whether her Jim was dead or alive. Then one afternoon the doorbell rang. The McDonnells lived in a small brick house in Larchmont, a suburb of New York City. Jim was foreman of mail carriers at the post office where he had worked for 25 years. A gentle, soft-spoken man, he ...

The Coolest Subscription Boxes for Kids Who Love Getting Mail

Subscription boxes for kids really are the gift that keeps giving Remember when we were little, and a good old-fashioned card from Grandma with a stick of gum in it was the most exciting thing ever? Now that snail mail has pretty much been rendered obsolete, subscription boxes are the modern-day equivalent for our kids. For children, there can still ...

My Husband and I Got Married in the Church My Grandpa Built

Grandpa told Breanna that her wedding in the village was a dream come true. The tale of how my grandparents became a couple is family legend. Their dads worked together in central Wisconsin. When Bill ignored Judy at a country dance, she went over and kicked him for being rude. Three months later, they were engaged. On Oct. 29 of ...

Move Forward: 4 Ways To Stop Numbing Yourself Through Divorce

Overeating, alcohol, or shopping will keep you stuck. Is that really where you want to be? Divorce can feel like a failure. It can feel like a rejection. And it can feel like a betrayal. Divorce is a shock, even if you initiated it. Everything you know is turned upside down. So, it’s no surprise that so many people faced with divorce ...

I’m Young, Impetuous, Gay, And American. This Is My Story.

Five years into their marriage, my dad threw a kitchen knife at my mom because she bought herself a dress with the food money. He called her a cunt. My little brother was sobbing and I took his hand and held it tight in my pocket. When I was 6, my mom decided it was best for me and Artie ...

I Stopped Letting My Kids be My Alarm Clock, And It Changed My Life

When the alarm sounds, I hit snooze. I need both hands and some toes to count the number of times I’ve started and immediately stopped a morning workout routine. I even ditched coffee once, in favor of warm lemon water. It lasted a whole month, until vacation when my son decided 3:30am was a really great time to wake up. ...

Husband Finds out Wife has a Penis on the Wedding night

A married man has been left in a dilemma after he found out his wife whom he dated for a year before marriage had the male sex organ. The confused man in a letter to Relationship Blogger, Joro Olumofin said he only found out on their wedding night after the lady claimed she was against sex before marriage. Hi Joro ...

Get On It! 3 CRITICAL Things Single Moms Always Forget To Do

Being a single mom can be challenging and liberating. What will you focus on? A neighbor of mine happened to say in conversation “Well, now that you’re a single mom…” and it took me completely by surprise. I hadn’t realized that I was going to be put in the “single mom” category once I was divorced. Me? A single mom? ...

Bombing A Country Because Your Daughter Asks Is Bad Parenting, Donald Trump

My kid asked for a phone and I said “No.” There’s a media narrative about the Trump family that’s going around right now that, as the father of a daughter, I find pretty offensive. As we all know, Donald Trump authorized the bombing of Syrian airbases last week, ostensibly because President Assad horrifically used chemical weapons against Syrian citizens on ...

After My Son Suffered a Traumatic Brain Injury, I Was Told Insurance Would Cover His Medical Bills. I Was Dead Wrong.

Stephanie Peirolo had an excellent health plan, so when her 16-year-old son sustained a traumatic brain injury, she thought his claims would be covered. She was dead wrong. First told at a show by the Moth, the live storytelling group, at the Neptune Theatre in Seattle I was 23 years old when I had my first child. I was in labor ...

A Powerful Explanation of What It’s Really Like to Be a Stay-at-Home Mom

Ryshell Castleberry, a tattoo artist from Florida, like many other moms was tired of constantly hearing this awkward question: “But what do you do all day?“ That’s why she wrote a powerful tribute to all stay-at-home moms and posted it on her Facebook page. Her post was ”liked” over 656,000 times, but we think it deserves even more attention. It’s definitely a must-read for everyone who still doesn’t know what moms do all day. ...

7 Unnecessary Fears Holding You Back From Being A GREAT Parent

Don’t let anxiety keep you from being the INCREDIBLE parent you can be. Parenting is a field of landmines full of anxiety triggers, and no matter how old your kid is, those triggers will always be there, no matter how irrational they may be. We’re all slightly terrified that our newborns are going to roll over in their sleep and suffocate themselves, ...

50 Common Mistakes That Parents Make When They Discover Their Kids Are Using Drugs

Are you a parent who is struggling because you’ve just discovered your teen or young adult is using drugs or abusing alcohol? To this day, I have a clear vision of finding crystal meth in my daughter’s backpack. With that discovery came the knowledge that I had no clue what to do next. Our journey to recovery as a family ...

5 Ways To Be Happier At Work

Whenever a report comes out ranking the world’s happiest countries, I eagerly search for the United States and am always disappointed to find it never makes the top ten. The latest, the “World Happiness Report 2016 Update,” puts the United States in the 13th spot nestled between Austria and Costa Rica. Many people study happiness, from psychologists to economists, and there ...

5 Reasons Staying Together For The Kids Is The WORST Idea Ever

Are you REALLY thinking about their happiness? Deciding if divorce is the best solution to the troubles you’re facing in your marriage is never easy. In fact, it’s gut-wrenching. You’ve invested years in building a life together, and the thought of starting over really isn’t appealing. It’s frightening! But you’re not happy. You know you deserve happiness, and so does ...

43 Married People Confess Why They Stopped Having Sex With Their Spouse

1. We got married and had kids. “Easiest way to scale back your sex life? Get married. Easiest way to reduce it to twice a year? Have kids.” —SVTRocks 2. My wife decided three years ago sex is too ‘icky.’ “My wife decided three years ago sex is too ‘icky.’ No discussion no easing into it. Just ‘Nope, not anymore.’ ...

4 Ways Fighting In Front Of Your Kids Is Actually GOOD For Them

Studies show that marital conflict can positively impact our kid’s adult relationships, too. I’ve often said that my husband of 35+ years taught me how to fight. I grew up in a loving, fairly mild-mannered household, while he was raised in a louder, more spirited (but also loving) family where lively arguments were the norm. So, when we had our ...

32 Secrets Your Wedding Planner Won’t Tell You

I keep secrets Istock/PeopleImages At one wedding I planned, the cake went missing after the bride and groom cut it. The bride soon asked where the cake was. Turns out the servers had taken it upon themselves to eat it! We cut the pieces smaller and the bride never knew. Keeping things quiet is the secret behind making the bride ...

30 Most Cute Baby Pictures

Babies are God’s beautiful creatures who decorate your life with their chuckles and sweet smile. All babies are beautiful in their own way, they attract you and you fall in love with their sweetness. I myself am a lover of babies, I really like babies. A baby completes the family, otherwise the home and family life seems hollow and incomplete. ...

25 Agonizing Things I’d Rather Do Than Have The Sex Talk With My Kid

Although there are many reasons why it’s important to talk to your kids about sex in some capacity no matter how old they are, those facts don’t make it any easier to discuss the typically awkward topic with your kids. If you find yourself wishing there was some kind of sex talk genie who could discuss the birds and the bees with your ...

23 Things Only People Who Were Raised By Really Strict Parents Understand

1. You were always the first person who had to leave when everyone was hanging out. 2. Asking permission for a sleepover at your friend’s house took 37 hours of mental preparation, a detailed powerpoint presentation of your friend’s family tree, and a signed contract in your blood saying you wouldn’t drink and would be in bed by 10pm. 3. Whenever your friends ...

15 Irish Baby Names That We’re Totally Going to Steal

You’ve heard the expression “luck of the Irish”? Maybe it has something to do with their aptitude for selecting delightful baby names with so many darling (if unnecessary) vowels. Choose an Irish baby name from this list and every time you’re chasing after your two-year-old, you’ll instantly be transported to a world filled with tranquility, Celtic fiddle music and lush greenery ...

12 Stunning Moms Who Look the Same Age as Their Daughters

Time is not the best ally for women who want to always remain young and continue admiring their beauty in the mirror. Sometimes it seems that, between parenting and work, a woman has no chance of reaching middle age in good shape. The staff of ANNPortal decided to seek out examples of moms who have found a way to turn back the clock. Today we share our findings with our readers! The Mahomes sisters, 18, ...

10 Things Every Child Needs To Hear From Their Parents To Live A Great Life

You are enough! Dear little person, As you arrive on this planet, I wanted to share with you some of the most important things that I have learned in life. It took me almost 40 years to learn them. I know that a list will never take the place of your own personal experience, but I’m hoping it will at ...

10 Best Books to Help Your Child Fall Asleep (You Can Thank Us Later)

Books go with bedtime like peanut butter goes with jelly, but not all books are suitable bedtime reads. Looking for a few stories that will settle down your active toddler? These 10 titles are like literary lullabies. Goodnight Moon via amazon.comChildren need calming reads before they turn out the lights, according to Rebecca Bevans, PhD, psychology professor at Southern New Hampshire ...