Did you Make me Brownies?? Introducing Clash of the Couples!

One random night last week as my husband and I were putting away dinner, I turned to him lovingly and said, "Did you make me brownies?"
He looked at me, questioningly and said, "Why would I have made you brownies?"
I replied, "Oh, no reason. I was just asking!"

And then we finished putting away dinner.

The next night, as we were...putting away dinner (it's like the kids expect to eat every.single.night!) I asked again, "Did you make me brownies?"
This time he rolled his eyes. "No. I didn't make you brownies! Why do you keep asking me that?!"
"I don't know! I can dream, right?"

Fast forward to the next night as I was...getting the kids ready for bed. I happened to pass through the kitchen and sweetly ask, "Did you make me brownies?"
"Rabia. I did not make you brownies. For the record, I don't even know how to make brownies. Why do you keep asking me that!?!"
"Well there's a boxed mix right there in the cabinet! Two in fact, although I'd try the basic version if it's your first time." I sweetly replied. And then I headed off to the kids' room to read them a story.

Later, as I was sitting in the kids' room, I heard the oven beep and the delicious smell of brownies come wafting through the house. Oh no!! I Hope the kids don't smell it!! Hehehehe!  

Thankfully the brownie smell did not disturb them, so I waited patiently for my lovelies to fall asleep and I went out to the kitchen excitedly. "You made me brownies!" I exclaimed!!

He just rolled his eyes. He's used to me by now, I guess! And I didn't even mention the spilled mix on the counter or the messy bowls on top of the empty dishwasher. I'm nice like that!!

That's why Ken and I never fight.  ;)  Oh, OK, we do. And so do most couples. It's just a normal part of living in close proximity. Have you ever wanted a sneak peek at other couple's tiffs? No? Oh..., yeah. Me neither. But if you have, then I've got a great announcement for you!

Coming November 3, 2014...

 

From Crystal Ponti, the genius behind the best-selling The Mother of All Meltdowns , comes the next behind the scenes look at relationships. This time, instead of mothers having meltdowns, Clash of the Couples features stories of real men and women involved in the kinds of relationship hurdles we all face. Think you're going to see arguments about sex, money, and kids? Nope! These are the real deal! Squabbles about who ate the leftovers, dirty socks that didn't quite make the hamper, and Google searches gone in a very wrong direction.

I am anxiously awaiting my chance to get a copy of this book, and I hope you are too. Until then, though, you can check out these awesome contributors on their personal blogs and get a taste of what you might expect when Clash of the Couples goes live on November 3, 2014!

Andrew S. Delfino of Almost Coherent Parent

Crystal Ponti of MommiFried

Camille DeFer Thompson of Camille DeFer Thompson

Kimberly Morand of Anchor Magazine:Navigating Depression, Bipolar, and Anxiety

Meredith Napolitano of From Meredith to Mommy

Chris Dean of pixie.c.d.

Linda Roy of elleroy was here

Kevin Zelenka of Double Trouble Daddy

Sarah Cottrell of Housewife Plus

R.C. Liley of Going Dad

Mary Widdicks of Outmanned

Marie Bollman of Make Your Own Damn Dinner

Ginny Marie of Lemon Drop Pie

Mike Reynolds of Puzzling Posts

Leigh-Mary Hoffmann of Happily Ever LaughterBlog

Lisa Petty of Lisa R. Petty

Lynn Shattuck of The Light Will Find You

Jeff Bogle of Out With The Kids

Stacey Gustafson of Are You Kidding Me?

Angela Godbout of FRaPS

Courtney Conover of The Brown Girl with LongHair

Jenny Hills of Express Bus Mama

Marcia Kester Doyle of Menopausal Mother

Julia Arnold of Frantic Mama

Jessica Azar of Herd Management

Susan A. Black of I Like That

Dave Lesser of Amateur IdiotProfessional Dad

Sarah del Rio of est. 1975

Nicole R. Wildhood of Naught Be All Else

Angela Keck of Writer Mom’s Blog

Alexa Bigwarfe of No Holding Back

Brian Sorrell of Dadding Full Time

Kathryn Leehane of Foxy Wine Pocket

April Grant of 100lb Countdown

Bev Feldman of Linkouture

Jodi Flaherty of The Noise of Boys

Scott Rigdon of Three Five Zero

Lydia Richmond of Cluttered Genius

Allie Burdick of VITA – Train for Life

Michelle Grewe of Crumpets and Bollocks

Barb Godshalk of Co-Author of Tall Tales and ShortStories from South Jersey

Jonathon Floyd of One Funny Daddy

Amanda Mushro of Questionable Choices inParenting

Chris Carter of The Mom Cafe

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Who makes the brownies in your house?