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    Finances and Traditional Gender Roles

    In my family growing up, my father made the money and my mother spent it. (Not a joke and not being condescending towards my mother.) My mom was a housewife who made no money herself, but paid all the bills for the family and did all the grocery shopping (with the money my father made). Times...
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    Multiple Jobs

    How many dads here are working more than one job? I currently have two jobs and so does my wife. I just don't know how else we could make it financially if we didn't both work, but it really sucks how little time we have together as a result.
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    Taking Sides

    This past Thanksgiving, my brother had too much to drink and said some things he shouldn't have... to my wife. Needless to say, she and I were both very upset, but now that Christmas has come and gone and the new year is practically here, I'm over it, because some time has passed and I know my...
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    Recycling

    I know it's not healthy, but our family drinks a lot of soda... and beer, lol. As a result, we end up with a lot of empty aluminum cans, so we decided to start recycling them. We took 8 bags to a local recycling center yesterday and made $10 off them, so we decided to take the $10 and buy a can...
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    Intimacy Issues

    Long story short, my wife craves physical intimacy more frequently than I do. (I'm almost 10 years older than she is.) I love her and I'm definitely attracted to her, but whenever I say "not tonight", she always takes it personally and becomes very upset. I'm afraid if this continues, it's going...
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    Meal Times

    Does everyone sit down at the table together and eat at the same time, or are meal times staggered out with people eating at separate times? I remember growing up, all of us kids ate breakfast and dinner at the same time, while our parents ate breakfast earlier in the morning and ate dinner...
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