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Keeping that Spark: It can be done!

A Speak Your Mind essay

by MaryP  |  1770 views  |  4 comments  |        Rate this now! 

It doesn't always have to be sex: a hug, a lingering kiss, a squeeze of a butt on the way by in the kitchen, a not-quite-necessary squishing-by in a narrow corridor, a sexy wink... all these convey, in less than a second, that you're glad you're with this attractive person. That this other person is Your Partner, not just The Baby's Other Parent.

Remember: everything changes after the child is born, but if you want your marriage to be there when the child is gone - and they do grow up, you know - you have to make room for your partner.

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Mother of three (teens), step-mother of five (teens), home daycare operator of five (todders), and STILL SANE!! NOTHING is impossible...

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  • So, um, how do you get this program to leave spaces between paragraphs? I tried anglebracket br, etc., but it didn't work...

    Flag as inappropriate Posted by MaryP on 26th July 2007

  • Thanks, Sheri! "Married-with-children sex life" is a MUCH better way of expressing it than the "s*x with children" I kept having to take OUT of this essay... eeewwww....

    Nataly - I once had a blog entitled "I Don't Know How You Do It", in fact, because I hear that so often. I think, in some ways, it gets easier with more than one, because your attention is not so highly focussed. You're too distracted to obsess, and this is a Good Thing. :-)

    Flag as inappropriate Posted by MaryP on 26th July 2007

  • Love this essay. An honest representation of a married with children sex life.

    Flag as inappropriate Posted by Sheri on 26th July 2007

  • MaryP - what a great essay! And I love your byline - although I don't know how you do it! I have one daughter who is 3 and I am on the brink of losing my mind most days:)

    Flag as inappropriate Posted by Nataly on 25th July 2007

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