By Caitlin Murray of Big Time Adulting If you haven’t experienced it already, by this point in life, you’ve at least heard of someone going through a really rough life event. Whether it be the untimely loss of a loved one, a difficult surgery, or a serious illness, we’ve all been affected, directly or indirectly, […]
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Toxic Positivity Is Destroying Your Mental Health
How many times have you seen it? Friends and acquaintances who appear to have it all together, who project a perfect life to the public and on social media, who sing the praises of their experiences and their significant others, who share quippy and pointed positivity platitudes, only to reveal in a shocking bombshell that […]
People Are Bedazzling Their Dogs’ Balls and It’s Time to Find a New Planet
Every day, I think I’ve seen it all. And then every day, something new pops up to remind me we are a species of extra, and if the opportunity to do more presents itself, we’ll take advantage of it. Speaking of “presenting itself,” case in point: bedazzled dog balls. That’s right. People are putting glitter […]
Mom Shares Daughter’s Terrifying Encounter With Alleged Human Traffickers
My oldest is 10. I have yet to give her a cell phone or access to social media. I don’t know when this day will come. Just when I start to consider the possibility, something like this story happens and I’m ready to burn all of our devices and move my kids out to the […]
I’m Hiding From My Kids So I Don’t Lose My Sh*t
By Jessica Garvin of Live and Let Mom I’m in the bathroom right now. If this were a Nora Ephron Romantic Comedy, I would be crouched down in the corner with a bottle of Jack Daniels, rocking back ‘n forth. In the dark while looking disheveled, but in a cute way. But this is not […]
My Mother-In-Law Was Like a Second Mom, and Then I Got Divorced
By Rebecca Agiewich of rebeccaagiewich.blogspot.com My mother-in-law literally used to give me the clothes off her back. It happened more than once that she’d be wearing a shirt or sweater that I liked and I’d say, “M-, I love that sweater.” “Do you want it?” she’d say. “Take it!” Then she’d hand it to me despite […]
20 Hysterical Tweets About Married Sex After Kids
Marriage with kids is super sexy, right? I mean, my kid threw up on me three times the other night while my husband slept on Star Wars sheets in another child’s bed. We do “date night” on occasion when we can wrangle a babysitter and I have the energy to shower and put on real […]
Letting My Son Use the Men’s Restroom Alone
By Jessica Garvin of Live and Let Mom Never in a million, trillion, gazillion years would I have ever, EVER thought that one of the biggest decisions of my life would be when and if I should let my son use the men’s room. Without me. Alone in there. With men. It never even occurred to me that this […]