Ugh. Yes. So much yes here.

This one time, in my mid 30s, I decided to get my boobies done for both unusual and usual reasons. Unusual? I was born with a congenital defect known as “Poland’s Anomoly.” It can be very bad (heart on wrong side, small useless arm) or in my case, it means I don’t have a pectoral major muscle on one side. I had A+…

There is a marked difference between getting pregnant because of statistics and getting pregnant because of a faulty product. Maybe I could stomach your response if only 2 women got pregnant, but only 2 carried to term. As for inconvenience? Clearly, you don’t know what it is to have a baby you did not plan for and in…

I am a fan of this theory and have often thought the same thing about the Baby Boomer generation.

I wrote this to someone else as well, but seriously, the book Toxic Mom Toolkit (Amazon) is helpful. It will help you navigate the decision, the guilt, etc. Many people go through this, but it feels so effing awful inside of the moment. You are in excellent company.

I highly recommend the book “Toxic Mom Toolkit” by Rayne Wolfe. She has a website and FB page as well. Look it up on Amazon. The writing is solid and the advice is useful. It is hard, but worth the effort to rid yourself of the bullshit. It is even good for people, like me, who needed to train their mothers into a…

Two.

I struggled with acne for decades. Freaking decades. So rude of my skin. It was BAD. Until I found out that I needed to put oil on my skin (counter intuitive for sure) to heal it and the outgoing acne. Before, I would freak if oil came near my skin. Now, I put a homemade mixture of coconut oil, beeswax, shea butter,…

This video deserves to be in a time capsule alongside Donald Trump’s Petty Eyes and Dick Cheney’s Snarl Lips. And the bones of Iraqi babies.

My Grandfather suffered a major stroke one day at the local car wash.

As someone who is 5 weeks into married life, I cannot imagine giving any fucks about whether or not anyone got us a present. We didn’t invite them to the wedding as part of a barter system; we invited them because we love them and we are thrilled they made the effort to attend. Or were able to. Whatever. For those who…

Lots of questions! I was and am in California, but I doubt state would have made a difference, as noted by smarterblonde. Yes, I did drink and smoke while pregnant the first trimester as I had no idea — I was 21 and living it up. I was mortified and scared about having harmed him. The thing doctors were most concerned…

I had this happen to me, but with Norplant, in 1991. Doctor put it in wrong — as in 10 days past when he was supposed to implant it. Told us to go ahead 24 hours later and so we did. Called the office every month concerned about my lack of period — no weight gain or symptoms. Doctor assured me for three months that I…

Let’s see if I can keep this short with just a few key words...

Yes! All kinds of YES! We live in wine / craft brew country and all that is good, but on a hot summer day, we embrace the High Life!

I am so sorry!

I think the worst has to be being ghosted and then the Ghost-Hole reappears with reasons and feelings, only to ghost you again...only to reappear again. Over and over. One full year of this nonsense and his stupid, deep, feelings before I finally cut it loose.

Spreadsheets are the way to go, no doubt. I use Google Spreadsheets so I can share them with other people (ex: mother)...who never fail to not look at them and send me half addresses and changed lists and holy fuck, woman, it is not cool to respond to my plea for RSVPs with this “Just assume they are all coming.” Now…

I prefer being very likeable with an undercurrent of “it isn’t in your best interest to fuck with me.”

Don’t forget all of the STDs you need to spread around before the wedding...