She offers beauty, diet and nutrition, and parenting tips on her new website, “Find Yourself After 40,” and Stacey Creely now will offer a few answers to some tricky question pertaining to relationships, social interaction, and the balance between being a parent and a professional.
Creely and her husband Dennis live in the Wheeling area, and they are raising a daughter who’s now a high school senior. Of course, the idea for her new blog struck her soon after her 40th birthday, and she developed her website over the summer and launched it about a month ago.
So far, Creely has offered insight on meal prepping, selecting free-time reading material, and beauty essentials on a budget, but she’ll be offering her answers to our humorous-yet-touchy topics each week, as well. If you have any questions you would like Creely to address, please email the inquiries to info@ledenews.com.
What is the best way to tell your significant other they do not look good in what they are wearing?
This is a tricky question because I typically don’t have to say anything at all! My husband will vouch for the fact that I can speak with my eyes! He usually knows pretty quickly from the look on my face whether or not I am pleased with his outfit choice.
That being said, I think there is a distinct difference between telling your partner they don’t “look good” versus they don’t look “appropriate” for the occasion. I always think my hubby looks great no matter what he is wearing, but like most women, I’m guilty of making a snarky comment or two.
He does a pretty good job of cleaning up, though, so I can’t complain. I also think if you balance complimenting your partner when they do look really nice with offering “suggestions” when you want them to wear something different, it goes a long way.
The same holds true for ladies – we like to get compliments when we dress up, so guys, take notice!
Has a man ever won an argument with a woman? If yes, please include the date and topic in your answer. If not, please advise how male readers can do better in the debates.
Yes AND No! If the question is, “Has a man ever been ‘right’ in an argument?”, the answer is most definitely, at times, yes.
Oddly, my husband and I have a lifelong argument over socks. He accuses me of stealing his socks to wear to the gym. Is he right? Absolutely. But does he ever win? Not really, because I still do it anyway, haha!
But shhh…don’t tell him I admitted to that!
In all seriousness, I think if we focus on who is right and who wins in an argument, we are ultimately missing an opportunity to strengthen our relationships. Even though it is human nature to focus on winning the argument – and I’m certainly guilty of this, as well – we really need to focus on finding ways to meet in the middle. I believe that’s one of the keys to a successful and healthy relationship.
Is it a good idea for men to have pedicures? Why or why not?
UGH! I have mixed feelings about this!
Ultimately, I think this is definitely a personal preference. On one hand, a man with ugly, dirty, nasty feet wearing a pair of sandals is a total turn off (sorry guys). So, if a man wants to get a pedicure, I have no problem with that. But on the other hand, personally, would I want my man sitting next to me in a pedicure chair?
Probably not.
I would rather be getting the pedicure while my husband is cutting the grass or working on my Jeep!
