Happy Labor Day Weekend! Jill is taking a break from the blog this weekend to rest and relax post Hurricane Irene. Here is one of her most popular posts from the past year or so.

Excerpt:
A Forbidden Topic: Weight talk in a relationship is so tricky and full of traps that most couples avoid it or allude to the problem in jest or a groaning complaint. Females commiserate with pals about the five, ten or twenty plus extra pounds they’ve put on post children. They shop for slenderizing clothes and fat free foods, and have an off and on relationship with exercise. But they are often defensive and easily hurt if the topic is raised by their spouses.

You can read the full post here:

Weight Gain, Sex, And The Coupledom: Weight Tells A Story

© Jill Edelman, M.S.W., L.C.S.W. 2011