I have two different blog friends (Whom I Have also met in real life)(Which does not negate the blog friends whom I have not met in real life)(Why do I feel the need to clarify this in 2009?)

ANYWAY.

I have two different friends, who based on their life circumstances have sold their houses and are moving to new locations. Both are also building new houses, which means that they do not have a house which they can call their very own (Yet). As such, they are moving in with their parents (along with spouses, kids and pets) until their new houses are ready.

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I read an article this morning by Lisa Belkin (from the Motherlode blog in the New York Times) about fighting in front of the kids.

I have to say that I agree with her that it is a good thing for your children to see you fight. Not the kind of fighting where voices are raised and horrible things are said, but the kind of fight where you discuss the situation reasonably like two adults should.

I have written before about how my husband and I fight; we fight FAIR. There is no name calling, no insults flung, no screaming matches. I think that my kids will better equipped to handle disagreements in their own relationships as they grow up because they have seen it modeled to them.

They also see that marriage is not perfect, that conflicts arise, but they also see that when you love someone (whether spouse or friend) there is a way to work things out.

How about you? Do you fight in front of your kids?

My husband and I are both self-employed and spend the bulk of our days trading off work/parenting duties. In addition to working and parenting we are pretty good at firing the innuendos at each other. Our oldest child is now six, but so far he still has no idea what we are actually referring to. We may have to resort to speaking in code in the near future, which will probably be all sorts of awesome.

I am working at my former accounting firm for tax season and as such have not been at home. A few friends have sent me e-cards from someecards.com, and I thought it would be nice to send one to my husband since we are apart for about ten hours each day.

(Warning to my more conservative readers. The e-cards on that site are somewhat/horribly (Finger quote) inappropriate.))

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Back in the stone age when I didn’t have a blog I thought that people who met via online dating sites were a little, shall we say, weird. Now that I have fostered so many great friendships via the Internet I know that most people who hang out online are, in fact, weird. But the good, “kooky” weird as opposed to the “creeplor” weird. At least for the most part.

I came across this article yesterday which stated that due to the economy, people are looking for love to calm their fears.  Apparently “Psychologists think that tough times heighten people’s need for love and companionship.”

The article also states that in addition to online dating sites, people are paying for the services of professional matchmakers. I think that if I were single I might steer clear of a matchmaker, if only because I thought that’s what friends were for.

How about you? Would you use a professional matchmaker?

This little corner of the Internet is reserved for topics about marriage/long-term committed relationships. I usually write about an issue/marriage-related situation that happened with us that week, or go looking for articles that inspire me to write on a current topic.

This past week has left me floundering.

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I was a bit stumped last week for topics to write about over here and threw it out to my Twitter peeps (Which sounds so cool, but I assure you that I am not). I asked for suggestions about post topics and was inundated with suggestions. The one that stuck out as the forerunner was the following reply:

Surviving the first few weeks of parenthood without killing each other and staying connected. Because HELLO CHALLENGE.

Oh, man. It may be a little over six years since we first brought home a newborn baby but the feelings from that incredibly life-altering stage came rushing back when I read that response to my question.

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While perusing the Internet this week I came across this article at ParentDish that stated that more vasectomies occur during March Madness (Original source: The Chicago Tribune.)

I found this post entertaining because, 1. My husband has had a vasectomy, 2. He is a huge fan of March Madness, and 3. He happened to have his procedure done in March (2007).

Wait a second…

The topic of having a vasectomy is one that causes a lot of discussion in our large circle of friends. It seems as though “back in the day” doctors would just tie the tubes of the mother after childbirth if the family knew they were done procreating. Nowadays, there are still a few men that feel that they will somehow be less “manly” if they have a vasectomy.

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