@jenaya.ashlee / TikTok Between a full workday, PTA meetings, sports practices, and the endless cycle of housework, by the end of the day, most exhausted parents just want to go the f**k to sleep. Rightfully so! For a lot of people, sex gets thrown to the back burner. The desire and energy to have sex can wane with parenthood. That doesn’t mean we don’t want to have sex, it’s just hard to get there sometimes. After a decade or two of marriage, that spark between partners can dull a bit. For those looking to get back in the swing of...
Mom Calls Out Men Who Want Kids But Don't Actually Want To Be Dads
Abby Eckel / TikTok Time and time again, we hear stories about incompetent dads and husbands. Those guys who insist on having big families but when it comes to the actual work of raising that family, they check out. One mom is calling out this double standard in her latest TikTok, noting that men are taught to want kids but not how to be nurturing and present fathers. “Men are taught to want kids, but not how to be dads. There are lots of men that want to have kids. There are fewer men that want to be dads, and...
'The Muppet Christmas Carol' Is So Much Scarier Than You Remember
Buena Vista Pictures Distribution There have been many adaptations of Charles Dickens’ 1843 novel A Christmas Carol throughout the years. Some have proven to be better than others — the Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell-led comedy musical Spirited certainly had a unique take and some catchy songs — but as a society, I think we can all agree that there’s one iteration that has proven to be far superior to all the others and that’s the 1992 classic The Muppet Christmas Carol. Starring Michael Caine in the titular role of Ebenezer Scrooge (and one of the few actual human actors...
Dear Moms, You Don’t Have To Do All The Seasonal Bucket-List Sh*t With Your Kids
Fly View Productions/Getty Images Like many of us, I have very fond childhood memories of loading up for family activities every season: rolling onto the grass of the local all-you-can-pick farm in the summer, apple orchards in the fall, Christmas tree hunting in the winter. Every year, without fail, there were squabbles about just how many berries you needed for the perfect pie or whose turn it was to wield that giant apple-picking pole thing. It was part of the fun. Living at home meant the drives were quick, the baking unhurried, and the lingering long. Full in more ways...