It's OK to tell your partner to objectify you. That's part of the fun of having a partner.

I hate to get gender essentialist, but I'm starting to think that a lot of married men have some sort of heterosexually induced dentistry aversion.

You can care very much about someone without being capable of becoming their primary caregiver in the event of their parents' untimely death.

Some struggling marriages can be salvaged with hard work and counseling; others should be dismantled and stripped for parts.

I'm of the belief that dating "potential" is almost always an exercise in frustration.

A child is not a bargaining chip or a learning tool. Your focus, if you adopt a child of a different race, should be on nurturing and protecting your child from bigotry, not deploying him or her as an anti-racist Mr. Fix-It.

You can't prevent a possible future closeness between your upcoming child and one or more of their grandparents.