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Allow me to start off by stating the obvious: Marriage is not the be-all and end-all of happiness. It’s just not. While I’ve been in a happy (I think) and committed (I hope) marriage for nearly 14 years, I have no doubt that love and personal happiness belong to those without a marriage license. Ladies, […]
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It’s official, the summer heat has made me mad. This week I will be visiting three amusement parks in three consecutive days with my two little people. We’ll be hitting up Sea World, Legoland, and Disneyland like boom, boom, boom. (Post forthcoming.) Check out these 8 valuable amusement park safety tips to keep you and […]
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While a Y chromosome shouldn’t decide whether or not you can be friends with someone, forming a deep friendship with a member of the opposite sex while in a committed relationship has potential trouble written all over it. Should you find yourself becoming more than “just friends”; you’ll want to check these signs of emotional […]
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Families wear matching white robes and 17 more valuable lessons stock photography taught us about parenting!
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Roses are red, violets are blue, I love you so much, I got a bad love tattoo. Don’t cha just hate it when you’re so totally in love that you go get a bad love tattoo by a poor-spelling back alley tattoo artist? I hate when that happens. Check out these 19 super awful love […]
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Every Only I’ve ever met (and yes, we’re a rare breed) has shared in the same frustration I do about the myth of the only child. While teams of psychologists continue the study of only children and birth order characteristics, my Onlies and I will continue fighting the good fight when it comes to dispelling these […]
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With all eyes on you, and cameras rolling, it’s only natural to fear your wedding would somehow become a viral video on YouTube. Would you sing yourself down the aisle? Start a brawl at a reception? Slap a pair of boobs to the soundtrack of “Miami Vice”? Well, these people did.
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Here I am at 20. Wow, who was that girl? As I sit behind my computer staring at this image of my former self, I feel as though I’m writing about a girl I used to know, a former best friend perhaps that I somehow drifted away from. The girl in the picture was a […]
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You never liked him anyway, right? The problem is, she did. A lot. And between shoveled mouthfuls of Häagen-Dazs she’s shares her plans to adopt half a dozen stray cats so she won’t have to die alone. What’s a bestie to do? Before you push her into rebound sex or watch The Notebook one more […]
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The moment you have your first child, people are forever asking when you’re going to have another. As an only child, I’m insulted by the implication that having one child is somehow unnatural. Whether by choice or by circumstance, plenty of people have only children. As difficult as it might be for people with siblings […]
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The Untitled GenX Podcast
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