The Velvety Steel Balls Radiance Project (or something like it)
Happy Wife, Happy Life Is a Lousy Deal for Wives, Too
What the slogan quietly says about her The Toast Picture her at the head table. The dress she spent eleven months choosing. The bouquet resting beside a plate of chicken nobody will finish. The string lights are on, somebody’s aunt is already dancing, and the best man...
Teasing Out People’s Magnificence
Give another human being the gift of helping them to see their beauty. There is a man at customer service at my local Whole Foods. He has worked there long enough that I know him, and one afternoon I was standing at the counter watching him work and I noticed...
The Profound Responsibility of a Man’s Heart
This is for you. Because you matter. I want to tell you about the moment I understood something I had not fully understood before. I had said something to a man — a compliment, specific and genuine, the kind this book has been arguing for throughout its length. I had...
Unleashing the Wild: How to Drive Him Feral
Release the beast by unleashing him. There’s a moment—that split second when your fingers tangle in his hair and yank his head back, when your teeth sink into the tender flesh of his shoulder, when your nails dig into his skin just hard enough to leave a mark—when...
Turn Your Relationship Into a Sitcom So Funny You’ll Pee a Little
Creating over-the-top fun in your love life that’s so good your neighbors will be jealous and your kids will cringe. I have a question for you. Several, actually. For starters, if you’re in a relationship, how exciting is it? And if your partner is an unhinged,...
Song Recommendation:
— “Baba O’Riley,” The Who, 1971
