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Thanks, new, relatable friend! It's so affirming to know that there's someone else out there who gets the friend thing, or lack thereof. It's like looking for a unicorn. And kudos to you, too...

It's not about the money. I'm a full time single parent to 3. They see their dad, who lives across the country, about 4 times a year, and 3 of those times are from a Saturday morning until Sunday around 1:00pm. He gives "money" each month, but it was: a) court-ordered and b) not even the statutory minimum that my…

Jesus Christ, please tell me you wrote this because you're desperate for attention. Please do. As a single mother to 3 kids who's "dad" lives about 2,000 miles away, I'm going to be the last person you will find leading the ticker tape parade for single parenthood. It's fucking hard. It's exhausting. It's…

I'm sorry, but I have been in and out of the dark cesspool of humanity known as OKCupid for the better part of 6 months now and I feel pretty strongly about this one. If you go on any dating website with any sense of entitlement, you're an idiot. We're all on there to meet someone for a variety of reasons. We all…

That would be this year. And trust me, it's a tight race because I've had some miserable holidays/Christmases. I was dumped 3 days ago and 2 days ago I got a fever of 102, which has been with me ever since. I have my kids this Christmas and we don't live anywhere near family (by design), and as of this morning, 2…

Slow clap here. I realize people are disappointed when they hear of a marriage like this (whatever "this" is, like any of us would know), but as someone who is divorced, I am always a fan of other people who chose the more difficult path of finding happiness in their lives rather than coasting with the current life…

I was laid off in 2010 and had to get my kids on our state-run insurance program. I can't begin to tell you how grateful I was knowing they at least had a safety net in case anything happened during that time. I went 2 months with them not covered because I was embarrased and those 2 months were so scary for me. I'm…

I'm so glad to hear it's not just me. I've been with someone new for about 6 weeks and every single time we have sex it's formulatic. The exact same thing. And like you said, it's not *bad* but I'm wondering what he's waiting for to mix it up. It's new so I don't feel all that comfortable suggesting different things…

I work from home full time and I have 3 kids and they are all finally (finally!) in school all day. Prior to this job, though, I commuted to work every day and had full time child care because my youngest was still in part time preschool and I couldn't get them to school and pick them all up every day without help.…

I can't tell you how relieved I am to know that in this economy - with near-record unemployment, a financial crisis of epic proportions, and the poor and working-poor classes growing with each passing day, law makers are so obsessed with women and what we do with our bodies that they are busily trying to amend our…

Hit the nail on the head. For me, the drinking was due to the incessant internal rage coupled with the fact that I was the lonliest person on the planet while I was married. It was my reward for enduring another day.

@Frascana @twinmama I appreciate your kind words. Thank you...

I'm a mom to 3 kids. My oldest is 13 and has been chubby ever since he was 6. As soon as he reached the 9th circle of hell - aka middle school - and he had to start changing in front of his classmates at gym and he was called "fat" on a daily basis, he suddenly asked me to start running with him. I've always been a…

Former Gopher athlete and alum here. I wasn't there during the scandal but I know about it. What a SHAM the whole tutoring thing is. While us swimmers had to swim and study our ever-lovin asses off day after day after day, the basketball, hockey and football players got to work out and hmmmm....let's see.....that's…

I still can't stop laughing about your douchebag piece yesterday and now this! "Lighting up the screen"! I'm dying. He truly is the (hottest) missing link.

I'll never forget it. Was dating this guy for awhile and while he got on my nerves from time to time, I was always able to talk myself out of not liking him because of his famous dad and because he was cute (I know, I'm shallow. Shoot me.) Then we got high together one day and he went out for food and came back with…

Thank you, thank you, thank you for this. I just happen to be on what is hopefully the tail end of a complete and utter emotional unraveling over the end of what I thought was my forever relationship. And yeah, I just gave myself permission to start slutting it up last week. It can be a lonely world keeping it…

@BeckySharper: Agreed. In my opinion, they leapt on that wagon with their "Where are they now?" story about females who "traded in" their formerly sophisticated, savvy professional careers to be SAHMs. It's been downhill from there.

Not 10 minutes ago, a co-worker of mine received an email from opposing counsel on a case she is working on. It was sent in response to a phone conversation the two of them had that became slightly heated. At one point in the conversation, he told her to "stop throwing a hissy fit, temper tantrum", to which she…