15 Steps to Making Everyone on Facebook Hate You
Become the most obnoxious person on Facebook. Facebook is kind of like a disgraced prom queen these days. I’m not saying the popularity of Facebook has diminished. In fact, there are thousands of...
View ArticleThings I Won’t Miss About Being a Stay at Home Dad to Babies
Now that his kids are a little bit older, Jeff Bogle can say it: there are things he won’t miss about having babies. It isn’t sweaty 2nd-anniversary sex, broken condoms, or failing to pull out in...
View ArticleTen Tips for the Postpartum Dad
A new baby can turn your world upside down. Signs of paternal postpartum depression and more from Active Duty Dad. When a new baby is born dad may feel lost. There is no perfect way to handle every...
View ArticleSeven Things I Learned Being a Plumber’s Son
Treat your plumber right, and an ounce of prevention will save you gallons of water on your basement floor, are a couple of things Zach Weinberg learned from being his father’s son. During my younger...
View Article8 Ways to Stop Annoying Your Wife So Much
Tabitha Studer has a list for her husband. But will it end at eight? I was folding clothes last night cursing under my breath after having to flip the third of my husband’s t-shirts right side out....
View ArticleTen Things I’ve Learned About Walking into a Bucket of Blood in a Strange...
“This is why pirates wore eyepatches. You want some night vision as soon as you get in there.” Bucket of Blood: Old Western slang for a notoriously violent bar or saloon. Still occasionally used in...
View ArticleFive Things You Might Learn By Becoming a Father (If You’re Lucky)
Dan Coxon is lucky. 1. You are not, and will never be, a mother. If you choose to be your child’s primary caregiver, this genetic inadequacy will be pointed out to you in movies, novels, magazines,...
View Article18 Suggestions for Thriving in College
Markus Beyer’s wisdom on making these years the foundation of your successful adult life. In less than a year, I will have my Bachelor’s degree. Four-and-a-half years of sometimes excelling, sometimes...
View ArticleFive Favorite Movie Dads
Zach Weinberg has a soft spot for the strong, silent type—in movie dads. What’s your favorite film depiction of fatherhood? 5. Fred Jung / BLOW (played by Ray Liotta) In the 2001 hit, BLOW, Ray Liotta...
View ArticleWhat’s Your Deal Breaker in a Relationship?
What qualities in men are “deal breakers” for women considering a relationship? Conversely, what are on men’s lists? In every relationship there are limits or “deal breakers” if you will. Everyone has...
View ArticleSeven Steps Schools Can Take to Close the Gender Gap
Boys are being shortchanged in schools. How can we fix this? Twenty years ago in a faculty meeting at a prominent women’s college, faculty members were discussing a current report called “How Schools...
View ArticleZombies Ate My Baby: 7 Parenting Lessons from The Walking Dead
Dan Coxon prepares his children for their post-apocalyptic future with advice from the AMC hit TV show, ‘The Walking Dead.’ Being a parent is hard. We all know that. Sleepless nights, hours spent...
View ArticleThe 3 Worst Techniques to Last Longer in Bed
Searching the internet for sex advice on delaying ejaculation, to stay hard longer? We thought so. Here are three things that don’t work, and why (as well as some advice that does.) Believe it or not,...
View Article20 Rules for Good (and Healthy) Internet Citizenship
Matthew Salesses illustrates the concept of good netizenship with kittens and celebrities. 1. Promote others/yourself without being annoying. 2. Be a resource. Say yes when people ask you to do...
View Article5 Ways Disavowing Masculinity Changed My Life
Robert Reece has found that ignoring the Man Code has improved his life enormously. Not only does traditional masculinity oppress women but it also severely restricts the agency of men (a topic, I’ve...
View ArticleTen Things I’ve Learned from Eco-Cars
Shaun Chatman bought a green vehicle and thinks you should, too. In deciding to go green, I started with my car—mainly because I needed a new one. My sad little 1997 gas-guzzler was just really awful...
View ArticleSleeping Together: The Good Life’s Top Ten in March
Readers of The Good Life flock to the truth about sleeping together, and what we really want from women. The top ten posts on The Good Life for March include a couple of hits from January and...
View Article5 Ways Cuddling Makes Us Healthier
Touch releases oxytocin, which makes us feel better. But can hugging make us better human beings? Is there anyone who doesn’t like cuddling? On the physical affection and sexuality spectrum, it may...
View Article10 Things Your Massage Therapist Wants You to Know
If you’ve never had a massage before, you might be worried about how your body will respond and appear to the therapist. Kate Bartolotta’s advice is to relax. Massage therapy has become pretty...
View Article25 Life Skills a Father Can Give His Son
What skills do you wish your father had taught you? How to jump start a car, how to change the oil, how to fix a flat. How to dance. How to let the big head make decisions when the little head is...
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