My mom was a full-time stay-at-home parent after I was around five. There were never any special lunches packed for me (bologna on white, Twinkies, etc.), she hated cooking, and I had a lot of chores. Any extracurricular activities had to be offered at school or they weren’t considered. The TV was my babysitter.
But…

My parents worked with long commutes and were constantly tired and angry. They were never around and I was jealous of kids whose parents picked them up after school and made them sandwiches when they got home. During weekends my parents just cleaned, did laundry and bickered. I had lots if stuff and we went on…

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Ugh, that sucks. Southern California has gotten so incredibly expensive, too. I feel like we’re just throwing our money away by renting over and over. I try not to think about the madness of it all too much, or else i’d just sit and cry all day, yelling at the world.

I think you should move. This isn’t directly related to your situation, but I was once in a renting situation that was combined with friends and family as landlords and it ended up being a complete f**king disaster.

This is really small, but it’s been one of the best little things I’ve done that has improved my comfort level. That is: when my mom passed away a few years ago, I was obviously crying quite regularly. And I was always without enough kleenex handy (or I’d have two tissues when I could have used 9 or 11 tissues.) So I…

Yeah, when I was in culinary school it was great. I was broke and getting married in a few months and surrounded by wonderful food. I would jog once a week, do NTC a few times a week, and go to yoga once a week. You wouldn’t think cooking school would be a particular healthy time in a person’s life but it was for me.…

Poodle, my love, hi! I knew you would triumph!

I always admired Seinfeld for hanging his bike on the wall. That is using precious footage in a NYC apartment well.

I lived with a cat like that for several years. She is actually quite fond of shitting in the shower, should the litter box be less than immaculate. She also pees in the shower, which was fine. She’s a strange cat.

I figured out how to make foamy soap out of regular liquid soap by using an empty foamy soap dispenser from Bath & Body Works. It’s genius! I feel like I’m thumbing my nose at wasteful/expensive foamy hand soap from B&BW and was always pissed that they constantly discontinue my favorite fragrances (Aromatherapy…

I downloaded a few fitness aps, including a yoga specific one. Down dog has made my foot issues (I suspect plantar fasciitis) immediately better. I haven’t done yoga in years and I can already feel my posture and gait getting better. I love that I can commit to 30 minutes at a time, do a full hour, or do more high…

Honey, one of the hardest things about being banned from jez has been not being able to check up on you. Finally just gave in and made a burner. Also, I finally got the Adopt a Non-Voter website, Twitter account and Facebook Page set up, so I am ready to begin publicizing that, and I had to tell you guys about it.

I bought a whole bunch of those command hooks and have been putting them all over the place. Used them to corral cords, used them to hang my towel on the back of my bathroom door, used them to hang my hair brush and hand mirror, thus getting rid of the clutter on my little bathroom shelf. Command hooks for all!

Divorce your mom.

My mom is in town for the weekend and I’m going a little crazy. I warned my husband about her before she came — she’s a nice person, but bossy and judgy, tells you what to do with your life, what to do with your clothes, your hair, your food, what you should eat, weigh, etc. He wanted to take her to experience our…

My first suggestion would be to post this in Reddit on r/antimlm because you’ll get a large audience.

Move. This isn’t going to get better.

Fire your realtor. Ask around, find one that’ll earn their commission. It makes all the difference in the world.

The struggle to buy a fucking house in America continues...