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Let's talk about our partners, and how we negotiate sharing our homes and lives with them.

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  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.

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  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…

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  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…..

  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…

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