Unfortunately, some guys—and maybe her husband is one of them—feel entitled to sex and don't accept "I don't want to" as an adequate response and require the "excuses". Plus maybe she feels guilty about not being in the mood, and doesn't want to make it seem like it's some personal thing against him.

Well, because it's all her fault and she's the problem, here, of course. Duh.

I can't speak for anyone else, but, personally, the idea of having sex with the type of guy who would be happy with me just lying there isn't exactly appealing. It sounds more like masturbating with a warm body than any sort of mutual partner interaction. Not to mention, if I'm too exhausted to have sex, the likely…

The problem is that you don't always know if it's a medical issue until you get checked out. And this guy's spreadsheet shows that she's tried telling him she's tired, but he considers it an "excuse" and is using it to keep score.

Yeah. Or that she needs "excuses" at all. It suggests a level of entitlement and obligation that is just...really...not good.

I completely agree.

This.

Or she could have hormonal issues. Or she could be exhausted and overworked. Or she might be turned off by having a husband who's petty enough to keep score and feels entitled enough to her body that he doesn't realize that not wanting to have sex is sufficient reason by itself and that classifying it as an "excuse"…

Bingo. I don't know about anyone else, but, to me, a guy who keeps score like that is a massive turn-off.

Unfortunately. I can't figure out WHY, though.

Man. Planning a party for a one-year-old you actually *know* is kind of pointless (the kid's not going to care), but a famous kid? Yeesh.

That sounds like an excellent idea. I hope you're able to do something like that someday!

Yes! That's the thing that bugs me about the phrase (and very idea of a) "man cave". Women need their own space to retreat to and be by themselves sometimes, too, and saying it's the kitchen and/or rest of the house is a sexist cop-out.

Right? My goodness, language would become SO much easier.

I love the point you make in your last sentence. I've never thought of it quite so concisely before.

I agree. Also revealing is the fact that I had to read it three or four times to figure out what the hell she was on about.

I don't even know who this Bobbi Kristina person is, but I already dislike her.

I agree that experimentation between children of the same age group is fairly common, but what's being described here, both in the story and in the comments so far in this thread, is MUCH older kids—or adults—taking advantage of the power imbalance between them and young children and doing whatever they want to their…

So will I! It's just great.

That's pretty much my takeaway here, too.