It seems to me that a man who can think straight along for forty-seven years without changing a single idea ought to be kept in a cabinet as a curiosity.
Confidence quickly curdles into arrogance; smarts turn to smugness, charm turns to smarm.
The best you can sometimes do is learn to take a breath, count to ten and simply accept that try as you might, no, your husband will never, ever learn not to drop a wet towel on the bed. That acceptance too counts as resolving a fight.
It's a deep and all but certain truth about narcissistic personalities that to meet them is to love them, but to know them well is to find them unbearable. Confidence quickly curdles into arrogance; smarts turn to smugness, charm turns to smarm.
Overspending is as certain a part of the holiday season as overeating. But pushing away from both the table and the cash register at least a little bit sooner can make the post-holiday hangover hurt a little bit less.
Certainly, people can get along without siblings. Single children do, and there are people who have irreparably estranged relationships with their siblings who live full and satisfying lives, but to have siblings and not make the most of that resource is squandering one of the greatest interpersonal resources you'll ever have.
Your parents leave you too soon and your kids and spouse come along late, but your siblings know you when you are in your most inchoate form.
We cannot command Nature except by obeying her.
Turkeys are perfect for feeding larger gatherings.
I'm beginning to have morning sickness. I'm not having a baby, I'm just sick of morning.
So sweet and precious is family life.