By Liv of LiveBySurprise.com Post break-up, there are a ton of things that you’ll suddenly have full responsibility for, and your cash situation will stretch thinner by the day. If you’re smart, you’ll take that extra time you have while the kids are with your ex to figure out how […]
By Jenny Jones of Life’s a Polyp A year ago my life was very different from what it is now, and it is even more drastically different from 2 years ago. I never would have imagined that I’d be where I am now in my life. And yet, despite these […]
By Melony Boseley of The Write Melony I sit in the courtroom, eyes fixed on the witness stand. A woman sits there. Her expression is cold, indifferent. Her hands are uncomfortably placed on her lap, and I can see her thumb rubbing the inside of her palm, internally screaming, “Keep […]
By Katie Rosa I’ve been living many years with this wonderful, strange, frustrating, bewildering creature called The Husband, and though I love him dearly, I’m sure it will be many more before any kind of deep understanding will develop. It’s possible he will be a mystery forever, yet one thing […]
By Julia Arnold of Frantic Mama Don’t worry, I’m not contributing to the incessant Internet ranting. I’m not ripping anyone to shreds here. I won’t be telling you who I voted for, and I won’t tell you which party I affiliate with. I’m tired of the intense wave of negativity […]
Recently I’ve become…a bit worried about my wife. Things are all well and good on the home front. I’m not concerned about infidelity. Laura and I love each other very much but, even more importantly, we’re both too tired to even think about having an affair, much less take part […]
By Heidi Shertok As a child growing up in an Orthodox Jewish home, my parents emphasized the importance of modesty, both in speech and in dress. The word ‘sex’ and any variations therein were considered taboo. Neither my Jewish day school nor my all-girls high school provided any means of […]
When I first started dating my husband, he insisted that I had to meet his ex-wife and her husband so they could “approve” of me. I thought he was joking; turns out, he was very serious. Not only do they co-parent cordially, but they are actually friends. This dynamic […]