Dear Memaw

After more than 12 years together, two children, and plans for a third, this husband asked his wife about having an open marriage. Even if they never go through with it, does asking the question change their relationship forever?

I’m sharing my honest thoughts, but I want to hear yours too. Could your marriage ever feel the same after this conversation?

#OpenMarriage #MarriageAdvice #RelationshipTalk

At 64, I’ve learned that life doesn’t always teach us the important things gently. These are 10 things I wish I had understood sooner, about getting older, protecting your peace, making memories, trusting yourself, and not waiting to start living the life you want.

No matter how old you are, I hope something in this conversation finds you exactly when you need it.

Subscribe for more honest conversations, life lessons, and heart-to-hearts from a 64-year-old MEMAW who has lived through a little bit of everything.

Somewhere along the lines people started treating emotions like failures.

A real conversation with men about the invisible weight many women carry every single day, mentally, emotionally, physically, and historically. Sometimes understanding changes everything.

Are women carrying all the mental load of their household or are they complaining too much?

Did we accidently raise adults who expect applause for everything and can't handle disappointment?

Memaw is talking about participation trophies, entitlement, resilience, and whether we stopped teaching people how to hear the word "no."

In this episode Memaw and Morgan read a letter from a viewer that found out her husband has been texting a mutual friend. Can she get over that? Is that cheating?

We all say we want change.

We want better relationships.

Better habits.

More discipline.

More peace.

A different life.

So why do we keep repeating the same patterns?

In this episode of Dear MEMAW, we talk about why change is so hard, why we stay stuck in familiar pain, and how identity plays a bigger role than motivation ever will.

We cover

Why you keep repeating the same relationship patterns

How self sabotage hides behind comfort

Why talking about change feels productive but isn’t

The fear of what growth will cost you

How to interrupt patterns in real life

If you’ve ever said “This is my year” and then found yourself doing the same things again, this conversation will hit.

Real conversation.

Mother and daughter.

No fluff.

Drink your water. We’ve got things to do.

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In this Dear MEMAW episode, Naomi writes about a relationship that feels easy, comfortable, and good but never secure.

He shows up until he disappears.

He says he doesn’t like labels.

He says he’s taking things slow.

But Naomi wants marriage. Stability. A future.

What do you do when something feels good but never quite moves forward?

In this episode, we talk about emotional availability, avoidance, timing, and the difference between love and alignment.

If you’ve ever felt stuck between staying and settling, this one is for you.

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Drink your water. We’ve got things to do.

Why is dinner automatically our job?

Even if we don’t cook it, we still decide it. We track the toilet paper. We remember the appointments. We make Christmas happen. We manage the emotions. We carry the invisible list.

This episode is about the mental load women carry every day and why it’s exhausting in ways nobody talks about.

If women stopped overfunctioning for one week, what would actually break?