A while ago, I wrote the post Just Because You Sleep There, Doesn’t Mean You Live There!
 
Now, an even more important fact:  Just because you sleep there, that doesn’t make you his wife!
 
Women everywhere are in dead-end relationships.  Meaning, they are in relationships that will never lead to the ultimate next step – marriage. 

When I tell you about a first date that one of my girlfriends went on, you’re not going to believe it.

She had met – I’ll call him “The Stand Up Guy” – at a speed dating event, and they made plans to go on a “real” date together.

The plan was to meet in downtown NYC for lunch. As with many first dates, the food was the best part.

I came home and noticed there was a box outside the front door.  I was pretty sure that it couldn’t have been anything for me, so I left it for my husband.   

My husband came home, saw the box, brought it inside and began to open it with much joy.   “Hmm” I thought, “what’s in the box?” I also thought, “maybe he got me a present?”