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Ask Amy: After 16 years, Im done constantly giving husband back rubs

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Dear Amy: My husband and I have been together for 16 years, during which time he has always been obsessed with having his back rubbed. More specifically, it is his back, his legs (if we’re sitting on the couch), and even his neck while riding in the car. I am a people-pleaser. I did this to show him I loved him, and it just became the norm. Fast-forward to two kids, a house to run, and a full-time teaching job, and I can’t stand that during our downtime together he asks me to constantly rub his back and legs. Read More...

Culture Shock: Flashpoints: Literature: Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels

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It began on the following occasion. It is allowed on all hands, that the primitive way of breaking eggs before we eat them, was upon the larger end: but his present Majesty's grandfather, while he was a boy, going to eat an egg, and breaking it according to the ancient practice, happened to cut one of his fingers. Whereupon the Emperor his Father, published an edict, commanding all his subjects, upon great penalties, to break the smaller end of the eggs. Read More...

Scot Tom Stoltman retains World's Strongest Man title

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Joe Martinez/World's Strongest ManTom Stoltman competing in the event's bus pullScotland's Tom Stoltman has retained his World's Strongest Man title. The 28-year-old, 6ft 8in, 397lb (180kg) athlete from Invergordon won the competition at Sacramento in California. Stoltman became the first Scot to win the title when he was crowned champion last year. He said critics wrote off his chances of winning again because he travelled to Spain to see Rangers in the Europa League final days before the event. Read More...