15k 17 Comments November 11, 2019 One woman answers the question: should I stay in a marriage without chemistry? I wrote the Offbeat Home post I'm not attracted to my husband: Marriage without chemistry? in 2013. [One of the most popular posts on Offbeat Home & Life, of all time. -Ed] After 6 years of working on myself, finding myself, and trying to do absolutely everything I could to save the marriage… I finally had the strength to call it quits. Read More 1.8k 16 Comments October 14, 2019 My husband has chronic health issues, so I can't get boned I read the Offbeat Home post about "Asexuality and queerness redefined sex for us," and I hate to be a downer, but this is so much harder when you are in a monogamous heterosexual relationship… Read More 4.9k 49 Comments March 4, 2019 My wedding sucked so badly that I can't even look at the photos. How do I move on? Somewhere in my house, there is a CD. My spouse knows where it is, but I do not. Intentionally. This CD contains our wedding photos. I can't bear to look….. Read More February 25, 2019 Throwback style for days with these retro roller rink party photos (with an engagement shoot!) This engagement shoot just reminded me so much of retro birthday parties that I felt like readers over here would dig it so hard. It's the ultimate roller skating meets rock 'n' roll meets nostalgia party inspiration. Plus, I think so many of us grew up having roller rink parties that this is all SO FAMILIAR. The zeitgeist, y'all… Read More 2.5k 11 Comments February 18, 2019 Asexuality and queerness redefined sex for us (& how we're making it work) What is sexual compatibility? Insecurity made our life a little rocky early on. I worried that my partner's asexuality was simply disinterest in me, while she worried that I might prefer someone else. But after nearly seven years together, we've ironed that out — and in the process, built a sex life that we both find satisfying, exploring a non-traditional definition of sex. Here are the tools that we use to help us to define sex for ourselves… Read More December 27, 2018 This one-year anniversary shoot proves that it's always worth snagging stunning photos Whether you hated your wedding photos, didn't have a wedding, want to celebrate a milestone, or just want to capture how awesome you've been looking lately, a couple's photo shoot is always a good idea. You don't need to have had a child or gotten engaged or married to snag yourself from frameable shots. This is exactly what Ashley and Nick did at their plaid-covered one-year anniversary shoot. Read More 123…46
1.8k 16 Comments October 14, 2019 My husband has chronic health issues, so I can't get boned I read the Offbeat Home post about "Asexuality and queerness redefined sex for us," and I hate to be a downer, but this is so much harder when you are in a monogamous heterosexual relationship… Read More 4.9k 49 Comments March 4, 2019 My wedding sucked so badly that I can't even look at the photos. How do I move on? Somewhere in my house, there is a CD. My spouse knows where it is, but I do not. Intentionally. This CD contains our wedding photos. I can't bear to look….. Read More February 25, 2019 Throwback style for days with these retro roller rink party photos (with an engagement shoot!) This engagement shoot just reminded me so much of retro birthday parties that I felt like readers over here would dig it so hard. It's the ultimate roller skating meets rock 'n' roll meets nostalgia party inspiration. Plus, I think so many of us grew up having roller rink parties that this is all SO FAMILIAR. The zeitgeist, y'all… Read More 2.5k 11 Comments February 18, 2019 Asexuality and queerness redefined sex for us (& how we're making it work) What is sexual compatibility? Insecurity made our life a little rocky early on. I worried that my partner's asexuality was simply disinterest in me, while she worried that I might prefer someone else. But after nearly seven years together, we've ironed that out — and in the process, built a sex life that we both find satisfying, exploring a non-traditional definition of sex. Here are the tools that we use to help us to define sex for ourselves… Read More December 27, 2018 This one-year anniversary shoot proves that it's always worth snagging stunning photos Whether you hated your wedding photos, didn't have a wedding, want to celebrate a milestone, or just want to capture how awesome you've been looking lately, a couple's photo shoot is always a good idea. You don't need to have had a child or gotten engaged or married to snag yourself from frameable shots. This is exactly what Ashley and Nick did at their plaid-covered one-year anniversary shoot. Read More 123…46
4.9k 49 Comments March 4, 2019 My wedding sucked so badly that I can't even look at the photos. How do I move on? Somewhere in my house, there is a CD. My spouse knows where it is, but I do not. Intentionally. This CD contains our wedding photos. I can't bear to look….. Read More February 25, 2019 Throwback style for days with these retro roller rink party photos (with an engagement shoot!) This engagement shoot just reminded me so much of retro birthday parties that I felt like readers over here would dig it so hard. It's the ultimate roller skating meets rock 'n' roll meets nostalgia party inspiration. Plus, I think so many of us grew up having roller rink parties that this is all SO FAMILIAR. The zeitgeist, y'all… Read More 2.5k 11 Comments February 18, 2019 Asexuality and queerness redefined sex for us (& how we're making it work) What is sexual compatibility? Insecurity made our life a little rocky early on. I worried that my partner's asexuality was simply disinterest in me, while she worried that I might prefer someone else. But after nearly seven years together, we've ironed that out — and in the process, built a sex life that we both find satisfying, exploring a non-traditional definition of sex. Here are the tools that we use to help us to define sex for ourselves… Read More December 27, 2018 This one-year anniversary shoot proves that it's always worth snagging stunning photos Whether you hated your wedding photos, didn't have a wedding, want to celebrate a milestone, or just want to capture how awesome you've been looking lately, a couple's photo shoot is always a good idea. You don't need to have had a child or gotten engaged or married to snag yourself from frameable shots. This is exactly what Ashley and Nick did at their plaid-covered one-year anniversary shoot. Read More 123…46
February 25, 2019 Throwback style for days with these retro roller rink party photos (with an engagement shoot!) This engagement shoot just reminded me so much of retro birthday parties that I felt like readers over here would dig it so hard. It's the ultimate roller skating meets rock 'n' roll meets nostalgia party inspiration. Plus, I think so many of us grew up having roller rink parties that this is all SO FAMILIAR. The zeitgeist, y'all… Read More 2.5k 11 Comments February 18, 2019 Asexuality and queerness redefined sex for us (& how we're making it work) What is sexual compatibility? Insecurity made our life a little rocky early on. I worried that my partner's asexuality was simply disinterest in me, while she worried that I might prefer someone else. But after nearly seven years together, we've ironed that out — and in the process, built a sex life that we both find satisfying, exploring a non-traditional definition of sex. Here are the tools that we use to help us to define sex for ourselves… Read More December 27, 2018 This one-year anniversary shoot proves that it's always worth snagging stunning photos Whether you hated your wedding photos, didn't have a wedding, want to celebrate a milestone, or just want to capture how awesome you've been looking lately, a couple's photo shoot is always a good idea. You don't need to have had a child or gotten engaged or married to snag yourself from frameable shots. This is exactly what Ashley and Nick did at their plaid-covered one-year anniversary shoot. Read More 123…46
2.5k 11 Comments February 18, 2019 Asexuality and queerness redefined sex for us (& how we're making it work) What is sexual compatibility? Insecurity made our life a little rocky early on. I worried that my partner's asexuality was simply disinterest in me, while she worried that I might prefer someone else. But after nearly seven years together, we've ironed that out — and in the process, built a sex life that we both find satisfying, exploring a non-traditional definition of sex. Here are the tools that we use to help us to define sex for ourselves… Read More December 27, 2018 This one-year anniversary shoot proves that it's always worth snagging stunning photos Whether you hated your wedding photos, didn't have a wedding, want to celebrate a milestone, or just want to capture how awesome you've been looking lately, a couple's photo shoot is always a good idea. You don't need to have had a child or gotten engaged or married to snag yourself from frameable shots. This is exactly what Ashley and Nick did at their plaid-covered one-year anniversary shoot. Read More 123…46
December 27, 2018 This one-year anniversary shoot proves that it's always worth snagging stunning photos Whether you hated your wedding photos, didn't have a wedding, want to celebrate a milestone, or just want to capture how awesome you've been looking lately, a couple's photo shoot is always a good idea. You don't need to have had a child or gotten engaged or married to snag yourself from frameable shots. This is exactly what Ashley and Nick did at their plaid-covered one-year anniversary shoot. Read More 123…46