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Surprise! You’re a Douche…
Just when I think that it’s safe to believe I can treat mr horrible like a mature human being, he gives me tangible evidence that he is still the same undeveloped man-child that I left behind…
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My So Called Summer — Pt 2 — Crap Covered Walk Down Memory Lane
December is hurtling towards January at ludicrous speed. Which brings me to finish my recap for the summer of 2014. Given the general shitty-ness of what happened in Virginia, my kids have nothing good to say, and what they could say is probably not worth sharing.
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Just Saying No to Post-Divorce Dating
Everyone assumes you'll start dating after divorce. I'd rather take a nap. On opting out of post-divorce dating and why that's a completely valid choice.
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How to Cope Through Post-Divorce Interactions With the Ex: When We Pretend That They’re Dead…
My immediate reaction after the divorce was to change my Facebook status to “Widowed” because changing it to “divorced” just wasn’t final enough for me.
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Step-Mothers Get No Respect: Reflections on the Major Suck that is Step-Parenting
No one ever gives step-parents any props. For the most part, being a step-parent is either stigmatized or shrouded in mystery, never idolized. I experienced both the stigma and the misunderstandings. Even now, a year after I’ve relinquished the role, it still sucks that I got no respect for my tenure as someone’s step-mother.
