Dear Housewives, Thank goodness the chaos of the holidays and the New Year is behind us. Running into acquaintances in January inevitably leads to questions about New Year’s resolutions, and I, frankly, housewives, have had enough of those questions. Isn’t December’s gauntlet of baking, gift-wrapping and one-upmanship enough? In fact, this year I was so… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Other People’s Children
Rhetorical Analysis
Dear Housewives, It’s a new year, and Kit and I are surrounded by babies. Everyone we know has apparently forgotten how contraception works and has birthed an army of infants. An army. They are practically militarized I tell you. Armed with fully loaded diapers. Now, now. We don’t hate babies. Certainly not. There are some… Read more »
F is the loneliest number
Dear Housewives, I’ve been recovering from having to explain the birds and the bees to young children. By “the birds and the bees,” I mean the sex. The players: Cora, aged 9 Maude, Cora’s little sister, aged 7 Portman, timeless Alexandra and Brian, Portman and Kit’s friends and Cora & Maude’s parents The scene: Alexandra… Read more »