Stopped what? Stopped making snide or disparaging remarks about Native Americans. We are all products of our surroundings, and I grew up in surroundings that like to make jokes about what these people are allowed to do*. Or how they are all alcoholics. Things like that. As I grew older, I started to realize that [...]

When the news that Prince William wouldn’t be wearing a ring broke last week, people went cuh-ray-zy. Crazy. This lady in Chicago claims that men who don’t wear a ring are slime. Notice anything about TH’s fingers in this picture? No ring! I bought him a ring off Etsy for like $30, but it’s too [...]

I don’t write about politics here on That Wife very often because as fun as the increased traffic can be people can sometimes get stupidly crazy about the issues (no matter how many times I revise the post to avoid unnecessary controversy) but I’m going to head in that direction today to make a plea for pragmatism, [...]

Somehow, we as a culture were able to do it. The “N” word is offensive, it targets a specific group of people and attempts to describe how worthless someone thinks they are (well, unless it’s used by the people within that group but that’s another post for another day), and we as a culture have [...]

I’ve written several posts in the past that have received a surprising response. My Husband Is Not A Jerk is definitely one of them. Other responses were not so surprising, such as the post where I suggested that those who advocate for gay marriage, should, in theory advocate for the freedom to practice polygamy as well. My SAHM post [...]