6 SIGNS YOU’RE MARRIED TO A BULLY (YourTango.com)

• 1. He blames you for things that aren’t your fault. For example, when the dishwasher breaks, he immediately attacks and assumes you’re to blame, saying, “What did you do to the dishwasher!?”
• 2. He talks to you like you are a child. He makes condescending and/or punitive comments to you such as, “I want you to think more about …” or “You need to use better judgment about …” instead of addressing you as an equal.
• 3. He uses an intimidating tone to others when asking for help. Let’s say you’re at a restaurant with your husband where his food is served too cold. In an attacking tone, he demands that the waiter take back his food as if the waiter instructed the chef to ruin his meal. He responds to others as if everyone is out to get him.
• 4. He tends to make fun of children or tease them under the guise of “playing.” Your husband may think he’s just playing with the neighborhood kids, but he makes unsolicited comments like, “Hey, Billy, do you throw your ball like a boy or a girl?” You can be sure that Billy won’t be feeling too good about himself on his walk home.
• 5. He criticizes your character and possibly even your children. When expressing his frustrations, he doesn’t say, “I’m so frustrated!” Instead, he exclaims, “What the hell is wrong with you?! Can’t you do anything right?!”
• 6. He suffers from “lawyer syndrome.” What is Lawyer Syndrome anyway? Check out my recent video from Be The Smart Wife for the answer and how to deal with this particular issue.

HORMONES DICTATE WHO WOMEN WANT:

A woman’s perception of ‘the perfect partner’ can depend entirely her hormones.

In fact, it varies with their monthly cycle.

Researchers say that when her hormones make a woman most likely to conceive, a smooth-talking, handsome suitor is her man of choice even though he’d normally be dismissed as a poor candidate for family life. Researcher Kristina Durante said: ‘While women do not realize it, the hormones associated with fertility lead them to delude themselves about sexy, bad boys.

Instead of seeing them as unreliable, these women think that they will become devoted partners and better dads.’

The Social Security Administration just released its annual Top Baby Names list for kids born in 2011

..apparently Kourtney Kardashian may have had a major impact.

While Jacob remains the #1 boys name for the thirteenth straight year, Mason has shot all the way up to #2.

Here are the 2011 lists:

BOYS

1. Jacob
2. Mason
3. William
4. Jayden
5. Noah
6. Michael
7. Ethan
8. Alexander
9. Aiden
10. Daniel

GIRLS

1. Sophia
2. Isabella
3. Emma
4. Olivia
5. Ava
6. Emily
7. Abigail
8. Madison
9. Mia
10. Chloe

SIGNS YOU’RE TOO OLD TO BE LIVING AT HOME:

• You’re 42 and you have a curfew.

• Your parents keep leaving ads for rental apartments taped to your hamster’s cage.

• You get caught sneaking in late … from a Neil Diamond concert.

• You’ve convinced yourself that when Dad dies, Mom will marry you.

• Letter carrier openly mocks you by saying, “Give these letters to Mommy, you deadbeat.”

• You can never figure out which dentures are yours.

• LOGIC – “If you fall off that swing and break your neck, you can’t go to the store with me.”

• MEDICINE – “If you don’t stop crossing your eyes, they’re going to stay that way.”

• THINKING AHEAD – “If you don’t pass your spelling test, you’ll never get a good job!”

• GENETICS – “You are just like your father!”

• ESP – “Put your sweater on; don’t you think that I know when you’re cold?”

• BECOMING AN ADULT – “If you don’t eat your vegetables, you’ll never grow up.”

• SEX – “How do you think you got here?”

• ANTICIPATION – “Just wait until your father gets home!”

The desire to get married is sliding down a woman’s ‘life to-do list’, according to a research poll by Bing, Microsoft’s search engine.

The poll found that women’s top priority in life was to travel the world while living in another country was third in the list.

Getting married fell in fourth behind these aims.

WOMEN’S TOP TEN LIFE TO DO LIST

Traveling the world
Having a family
Living in another country
Getting married
Learning a new skill
Owning a shop
Striking the work life balance
Owning a bar or restaurant
Swimming with dolphins
Recording an album

MEN’S TOP TEN LIFE TO DO LIST

Traveling the world
Living in another country
Having a family
Learning a new skill
Driving an F1 car
Recording an album
Striking the work life balance
Owning a bar or restaurant
Getting married
Acting in a film