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My wedding cake was topped with a dapper looking groom and a lovely traditional bride. By all accounts it’s a lovely porcelain figurine that now sits on a bookshelf covered in dust. If I had a wedding day do-over, I choose the same man, rethink the long sleeve gloves, lose the hideous fern from my […]
We bought our house located less than a quarter of a mile from an elementary school the spring before Boy Wonder started kindergarten. “How great it will be to walk to and from school when he gets just a little older!” we thought. Five years later as Boy Wonder gears up to enter the 5th […]
Big Daddy P and I argue about damn near everything. From how often to shut down the computer, to how awesome I drive, to the temperature on the thermostat, we argue about it … agree to disagree … and then argue some more. It’s exhausting, infuriating, and the secret to a happy marriage? Quite possibly. According […]
I bitched long and hard about needed time away from my family. A couple days later I bitched about all the fun they have without me when I’m gone. But underneath all that bitching, part of me was really hoping that my family would fall apart without me. Maybe BooBoo would cry himself to sleep […]
Beyond, “Mom, can I have a snack?” there are questions I hatebeing asked, particularly by men. From whether or not I’m on my period to what the hell I do all day, questions such as these ballsy and inconsiderate. When my fellow Babble blogger, Marinka tackled 5 Questions Men Should Not Ask Women, my mind […]
I was trying on clothes with reckless abandon in a JC Penney dressing room when I witnessed an unexpected and beautiful mom moment. As I was shoving my mom thighs into a pair of low rise skinny jeans I had no business wearing, a teenage girl and her mother in the dressing room next door were […]
My Dearest Libido, I don’t really know where to start so I guess I’ll begin with the obligatory, how are you? Or rather, where are you? Is it sunny where you are? Screw this. I can’t do it. I can’t just sit here and send you a warm “thinking of you” letter when I’m pissed…[read […]
take my responsibility as the mom of boys pretty seriously. I want to raise young men who respect women, possess the ability to cry (albeit not too much), and know how to keep a respectable home. It’s not that we’re practicing man drills or anything like that, but there are little things I’m teaching and […]
Of everything motherhood brings, uncertainty remains certain. In some twisted universe, I find the backwards logic of this fundamental truth oddly comforting … well, at least between dramatic episodes of crying for my mommy whilst in the fetal position, I do. While every mom quickly discovers the laughable uncertainty motherhood brings, there are 8 things […]
Being grounded sucks, for me. If you’ve ever put your kid on restriction as a form of discipline, you quickly realize it’s punishment for the whole fam damily. Check out my personal experience held up in the Mommyfriend compound; let’s just say it does things to a person.
The Untitled GenX Podcast
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