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#Nomos, Childless and Childfree

Submitted by Celia Fischer

I have attached a flow chart I found on Facebook on trying to decide on whether or not to have children.   Some of it gets cut off when I put it into this post.

I am one of the twenty percent (and the percentage is growing) of women who have entered menopause without having children.   For some women it was a conscious choice and some it was a result of circumstance.

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The Wild Rumpus

Submitted by Gretchen Breuner

 

Maurice Sendak died yesterday, as most of us have heard.  I watched, for the second time, his interview with Steven Colbert and then also heard an interview from last September on KPBS. Both interviews were revealing in the life of Sendak, and both showed sides of him that can be summed up by his own words, The Wild Rumpus.

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Men Still Make More Money Then Women

Submitted by Celia Fischer

I attempted this short post last Friday on May 4 but somehow it got eaten up.   I did not keep a hard copy; I can hear my husband yelling at me to always make backups of my work.

There has been a lot in the new recently about women overtaking men in earning money.  I happen to be one of the forty percent of wives who earn more than their husbands though most of the time I have known him he has made more money than me.

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Why do many women avoid conflict?

Submitted by Gretchen Breuner

I'm confused.  My neighbor has been known to go toe-to-toe wtih people when she feels her beliefs have been challenged.  When first privy to this, I kind of admired her strength.  Granted, some of her conflicts seemed better left untended, but nonetheless, there's something to be said for standing up for yourself.

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The Temptress

Submitted by Tony Monterastelli

 In today's media environment, men who cheat on their wives are worthy of prominent national news coverage.

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The Complexities of Cohabitation

Submitted by Celia Fischer

This week I told two friends I was going to be doing a blog post about an opinion piece written by a therapist in the New York Times called The Downside of Cohabitating before Marriage.   This article stated that cohabitating actually had a negative impact on the happiness of ma

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Moms, Office and Home

Submitted by Gretchen Breuner

 

I’m pissed. This battle continues between stay-at-home Moms and (what I call) office Moms.  I call them office Moms because I believe all Moms work, some just don’t get paid for it.

I recently read this post online and felt some of the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.

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