I don't know how it's going for my sisters, but as my 40s and Verizon bills and mortgage payments roll on, I seem to have an ever more recurring 1950s housewife fantasy. Sandra Tsing Loh 1950s40sbill Change image and share on social
In the end, we all want a wife. But the home has become increasingly invaded by the ethos of work, work, work, with twin sets of external clocks imposed on a household's natural rhythms. Sandra Tsing Loh clockendethos Change image and share on social
Approaching 50, I am living a life that is less sunlit Waldman/Chabon than tattered Charles Bukowski. Sandra Tsing Loh approachbukowskichabon Change image and share on social
Certainly, being a 'perfect' mother is unachievable. Sandra Tsing Loh motherperfectunachievable Change image and share on social
I eye 'Modern Love' warily between that second and third cup of coffee on Sunday mornings, calculating how much of a push I need to get through the day's unhurriedly earnest saga of heartbreak and recovery. Sandra Tsing Loh calculatecoffeecup share on social
I am stricken with the peculiar curse of being a 21st-century woman who makes more than the man she's living with - first with a husband for 13 years and now with a new partner. Sandra Tsing Loh 21stcenturycurse Change image and share on social
If I was going to pretend to be the supermom next door, it would've been counterfeit and a lie. I figured I had to write something out of a new place. Sandra Tsing Loh counterfeitdoorfigure Change image and share on social
The problem is that, partly because we are women, a large measure of our happiness depends on our relationships - including, unavoidably, our relationships with men. Sandra Tsing Loh dependhappinessinclude Change image and share on social
Oddly, in this age of the blinding white Oprah pantsuit, when everything is illuminated, it seems a Victorian lace curtain still hangs over the delicate womanly matter of our personal expenditures. Sandra Tsing Loh ageblindcurtain Change image and share on social
It is during fertility that a female loses herself and enters that cloud overly rich in estrogen. Sandra Tsing Loh cloudenterestrogen Change image and share on social