You look awesome, and most importantly, you look happy. Go you! Tattoo pic please!

I love the name Theo and your Theo is sooo cute! I love that pose he’s got going on!

Please tell me happy stories of people falling in love in their late thirties, early forties. I don’t think I will meet anyone who is not an arsehole.

I might die! I might! Hank is a bear! Just kidding he’s a Bernese Mountain Dog but close enough, haha.

I thought maybe I’d be sad about Mother’s Day because this is my first one as a single mom, but I decided to take it as a Treat Yo Self weekend. It has been AWESOME. New pinata cake pan? TREAT YO SELF. New nail polish even though you have a billion? TREAT YO SELF. Entire afternoon off from parenting to prepare for a…

Thank you. I’m glad you sought help and are doing much better. It’s just so mind-warping when someone can be so sweet one minute and so inconsiderate the next. I appreciate your advice.

I never thought about IKEA as a major step in a relationship...until I arrived at IKEA and realized the whole place was laid out exactly like the IKEA where my parents (and my partner’s parents) had taken us both shopping children. Both of us were struggling with Oedipal conflicts before we’d even gotten to the…

I prefer going to IKEA alone. I prefer all of my shopping to be alone. No dissenting opinions, no losing people, no one demanding your attention. Just run in, get that shitty $3 vase, and run out.

Because I view so many things in life through a Law & Order lens, I’m confident that your friend would make a terrible witness.

You guys, I am reading the best book about female sexuality. It’s called Come As You Are, by Dr. Emily Nagoski. I’m learning all kinds of stuff about about my lady parts and brain I didn’t realize I didn’t know. (Did you know the hymen doesn’t break, it stretches?) It’s smart and funny. I’m super excited about this…

You guys, can I tell you about something excellent? Because I really feel like it’s my duty as a Brit to alert you fine red-blooded Americans​ to a proper treat headed in your direction. If you have a soft spot for top-shelf BBC dramas, you’re in for a lovely time, because coming your way is Poldark, a big, gorgeous,…

One of my former students is now married and announced her pregnancy today and all I can think is that I’m sitting here in my underwear eating onion rings while watching Law and Order with my cat. I don’t regret ending my marriage to my heinous asshole of an ex (actually I regret not doing it sooner) but now I’m just…

I will celebrate the shit out of this day, because getting a divorce is the best thing I've ever done for myself.

That’s wonderful. I don’t know you and I’m smiling so hard my face hurts.

That’s all you can do, just keep going. Although I still have bad days every month or two, even now after 4 years

Thanks, I might actually need to see a therapist myself, not sure how many more of these dumpings I can deal with.

Awesome! I remember finally feeling “ok” after my divorce as well, although I think it took me a little closer to a year.

Congrats!!