It’s really terrible, right? Because you’re still stuck in the middle of it. If it was a friend who was still railing on an ex, you would tell them to get some therapy and get over it. I’ve really tried to shut it down when either of them says something nasty. Tell your therapist. I don’t want to hear it. 

My parents split 21 years ago and my Dad held on to this bitterness (despite him being the one who left and both being remarried for) ... Last year I had gastric sleeve surgery, and my Mum asked me to make sure he would be ok with her having his number to call him when I got out of surgery... it was like a switch was…

Jesus. That’s awful. I’m really sorry you’ve been through that.

>At this point they have been divorced for almost as long as they were together and yet still take jabs at each other.

So Freddo is a cartoon frog; Pepe is also a cartoon frog, made meme-famous on ... wait for it ... 4chan. Now with extra QAnon tie-ins! It’s all connected, whatever lies the MSM are telling the sheeple today. The guy who got shot — what was his name? Francesco Cali. Where is the biggest collection of Libs? California.…

The Hubs and I took a Disney trip a few months ago. He didn’t want to carry his phone around all day, so left it in our room and I carried a phone. I was waiting for him (in Epcot, no less) outside a bathroom, and he didn’t come out. And didn’t come out. And I wondered if he had come out already, and I missed him and…

My mom was a soap opera writer early in her career, and a number of my mother’s friends thought it was positively scandalous that I would sometimes hang out on the set as a teenager. As if seeing the choreographed awkwardness of simulated sex would give me ideas.

About a decade ago my mom, in a burst of nostalgia, took our whole family to Disney World a few years ago. All of us kids are well into adulthood, but we went with it. Even with all of us being (nominally) adults, we still set a meeting place where we should all go if we were separated. Bless my mom’s heart, sometimes…

I legitimately read that headline to mean that these moms were going to be starring in a porn that their children would then watch. While still horrifying, the truth is far, far less appalling. 

Ah of course it would be Channel 4. 

Channel 4 in the UK really specialize in documentaries on either really shabby or really weird corners of British life. 

Oh, have I been there.  One of the reasons I wanted to elope was to avoid having to wrangle my parents.  My fiance wanted a small wedding for 500 of his closest friends.  Luckily we broke up instead.

I also loved reading this. Overall, Goop is a disaster and she’s self-absorbed, but it was refreshing to hear someone think back at consciously/actively/whatever trying to do what’s best for the kids and also best for their new version of what their family is. 

Ugh, so sorry for both of you. I know all relationships are different, but for her to acknowledge that they were friends first and should be able to return to that struck me as a very kind, selfless, and mature way to go about it. I have an aunt and uncle who divorced fairly well (after a hard year, sure) and even as…

Agreed. I usually really dislike her, but she’s hit on a sore subject for me. My parents divorced 25+ years ago and trying to navigate my wedding a few years ago where they would both have to be in the same room together for many hours was a nightmare (side note: They actually did behave quite well and even sat down…

Incredible. Did you ‘gram it? I hope so, otherwise the experience is pointless.

No need to go to cali. Check out the superbloom photo i took outback.

That mixing up of time tends to happen when people write about the cultural memory of something that occurred when they were toddlers.

Gah, you’re right, I’m fixing. I should have just sold highlighter palettes.

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