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Category: Relationships
I’m Bringing Vintage Slang Back. Those Modern Words Don’t know How to Act.
Listen, if our society needs anything right now, it’s these words returned to our vocabulary. Are you with me? Let’s make it happen.
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Don’t be a Florence and Other Vintage Dating Advice That Should Be Used Today
Dating is hard, but no wonder! We’re doing it all wrong, well, us women anyway.
Follow these Vintage Dating Tips to Find your Perfect Modern Partner.
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5 Easy Ways to Make Friends in a New City
A move to a new city is an exciting chance for a fresh start! However, moving is hard, and making friends can be difficult. Here are five personally-tested ways to make friends after a big move.
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8 Dating Rules for Women In the Apocalypse
Dating is tough. Dating during the apocalypse is tougher. Follow these eight rules to find your apocalyptic partner.
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Social Media Slang for Parents
As a mom of three teenage boys and a preteen girl, I should probably stay up on this Sh*t. I don’t know if I’m embarrassed that I was unaware of some of these terms or embarrassed that I know them now. Am I Cheugy?… Continue Reading “Social Media Slang for Parents”
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Vulnerable, Savage, Gritty, Dangerous, That’s Why – UPDATE
My oldest son needed to talk. A miracle this is, due to the effects of parental alienation. We met, and chatted for three hours and in the midst of our conversation he casually mentions that his dad asked him to clean out the garage. My post Vulnerable, Savage, Gritty, Dangerous, That’s Why was fresh, my emotions raw, and I practically begged him, “If anything in that garage is mine, please let me have it.”
A few days later a text stopped me in my tracks: “Mom, you have a lot of stuff here.”
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Parental Alienation #3: How to Grieve the Living
Grieving the Living: The experience of an alienated parent. My two boys died, but they live down the street. They go to high school ten minutes away, but I’ve attended their funeral. Not because I wanted to but because I had to. The grief… Continue Reading “Parental Alienation #3: How to Grieve the Living”
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The First Graduation
I sit here physically. I fight to stay here mentally and emotionally, remembering one of my daily goals; to be ‘present’ wherever I am. I grabbed the Graduation Program and searched for his name just to make sure this is real. There it is.… Continue Reading “The First Graduation”
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