You might think it’s easy being married to somebody who’s so easygoing, such a people pleaser, that he never argues with you. Think again, says Katie Arnold-Ratliff! In her latest, she lays out the case against this dynamic — and offers some ways to fix it.
But first: On Friday, we ran a story by a mom who made a bunch of adorable toddlers cry with a botched Easter egg hunt. I asked you all for similar disaster stories, and I got a good one. Janelle wrote to us about her son’s fifth birthday party, held at a local park: “One of the games we decided on required each child to tie an inflated balloon to their ankle. (I used curling ribbon to make it festive!) The children then ran around and tried to stomp on and pop the other children’s balloons. The child with the last remaining inflated balloon is the winner.”
So far, so fun. Except: “Well, I didn’t realize that the kids would cry when their balloons were popped! So by the end of the game seventy-five percent of the children were running around, crying, with a piece of colored curling ribbon tied to their ankles!” Absolutely classic. We’re always here for your fails, your successes, and your questions, big and small: [email protected]!
— Kelly Faircloth, Executive Editor |
