Dear Snarky, Can you help me stop what has become a family vacation issue every single summer? The problem is that for 5 years my family has been renting the same house on a beach […]
Category: Dear Snarky
Welcome to Crazy Town! Read a letter, shout a profanity, and then let me know if you agree with my advice because a lot of times the comments are better than the letter.
Dear Snarky – My Mom’s Boyfriend has a Camera Problem
Dear Snarky My mom and her boyfriend are visiting for three weeks. I love having her here and I love that her boyfriend has helped her find happiness again. But the boyfriend takes pictures all […]
The Bad Dad, Homewrecker Barbie & the Hysterical Bride
Dear Snarky, I’m having a huge issue with my daughter’s wedding and I need advice from a woman my age who seems a little kick assy and I think that’s you. My daughter is getting […]
Dear Snarky – I Agreed to Help My Sister with Her New Baby But I Didn’t Know I Would Also Be Her Husband’s Maid
Dear Snarky, I feel like I was taken advantage of by my sister and her husband. My sister just had a baby and before the birth she asked me if after the baby was born […]
Dear Snarky – My Boyfriend Gambled Away Our Nest Egg
Dear Snarky, I’m angry and devastated because I’ve recently discovered that my boyfriend of four years blew all of our nest egg of more than $10 grand on Super Bowl bets. He drunkenly confessed this to […]
Dear Snarky – The Tootsie Pop Police
Dear Snarky, I’m having a real problem with the mother of one of my daughter’s friends. Last week I was driving my car while I had a lollipop in my mouth. I had been to […]
Dear Snarky – I Need My Son & His Fiancée to Move Out!
Dear Snarky, In March of 2020 when the world shut down my son came home on spring break from college and then graduated virtually in the spring of 2020. We allowed my college age son’s […]
Maid Of Honor Shakedown
Dear Snarky, One of my best friends has asked me to be the maid of honor in her wedding. I was thrilled until she told me that being her maid of honor meant that I […]
Dear Snarky – Baby Name Nightmare
Dear Snarky, My mother-in-law is messing with my pre-school daughter’s mind and I don’t like it. Since the day my daughter was born my mother-in-law has been angry that we named her after my mother […]
Dear Snarky – Should I Quit My Boyfriend?
Dear Snarky, This morning when I woke up my boyfriend of 8 months presented me with a dozen Krispy Kreme doughnuts and a piece of paper taped to the doughnut box that said – “We […]
Dear Snarky – Evil Lurks Among us
Dear Snarky, My family and I had a wonderful Christmas opening presents. This year was especially poignant and meaningful because last January my mom died and I was diagnosed with breast cancer two days later. Yeah […]
Dear Snarky – Our Holiday Office Party Sucks
Dear Snarky, I’m about to pretend I have COVID because on Monday it’s time for the whole office holiday party gift exchange. It’s one of those stupid white elephant things and employees get a whole […]
Dear Snarky – The Christmas Tyrant
My family has a tradition of always catering to my stepmother’s wishes and we always go to her house for Christmas Eve dinner and back Christmas morning for breakfast. This along with visiting my […]
Dear Snarky – I Didn’t Say “I Do” To this Wedding Bill
Dear Snarky, I’m freaking out! I recently got married and I just got a bill from our wedding planner for $3,500. I’m shocked because the wedding planner is my husband’s cousin and my now mother-in-law […]
Dear Snarky – Peace On Earth
Dear Snarky, Every year at Thanksgiving we ask my mother and father-in-law what they would like for Christmas. My father-in-law always says something golf related but the mother-in-law pulls the I don’t want anything but […]
Dear Snarky-Wedding Shakedown
Dear Snarky, I’m getting married on Saturday December 23 at my fiancé’s church. It is a beautiful old church and the Christmas decorations are gorgeous. My problem is my future mother-in-law who is a longtime […]
Dear Snarky – The Know it All & The Family Vacation
Dear Snarky, Several years ago, my mother-in-law died tragically from cancer. The entire family rallied around my father-in -law. Two years later Dad decided to seek out companionship and began dating – we all supported […]
Dear Snarky – My Ex-Step Grandmother Is Harassing Me
Hi Snarky, I am 16 years old and have a step grandmother that came into my life when I was 5. Ever since she has been in my life she has overwhelmed me and gotten […]
Dear Snarky – My Mom Ghosted my Wedding
Dear Snarky, My mother ruined my wedding because she left the wedding. Like she just up and disappeared when my bridesmaids and I were all getting dressed. It took me awhile to figure out she […]
Dear Snarky – The Cabin In The Woods
Dear Snarky, Last Christmas, our family decided to take a vacation to a cabin over Easter weekend. Ten days before the trip, my sister mentioned she was bringing her new boyfriend and that my sister-in-law had […]
Dear Snarky – My Grandmother Ruined My Wedding Gown Shopping
Dear Snarky, I’m getting married next year and my grandmother told me she wants to buy my bridal gown for me. My mom and I were surprised because my grandmother is what my mom calls […]
Dear Snarky – A Yoga Fart Cloud is Hurting My Business
Dear Snarky, I need your help with a very unique problem. I recently opened my own yoga studio after years of working for another studio in town. My employer didn’t take my departure very well […]
Dear Snarky – My Mom Told Me I’m “Too Fat” To Be in the Family Holiday Card
Dear Snarky I’m stupidly devastated by the stunt my mom pulled. I say stupidly because I don’t know why I’m surprised because she has been hurting me for a long time with her behavior. I’m […]
Dear Snarky – I’ve Got Debutante Problems
Dear Snarky, I have a huge decision to make. Due to the behavior of my ex-husband my daughter’s debutante season is in question. Three weeks ago I sent him a text him asking what the […]
Dear Snarky – My Parents Have Backed Out of Paying for My Wedding
Dear Snarky, I’m freaking out that my wedding is going to bankrupt me. I’m getting married in December and everything has been picked out from the location to the caterer and flowers. My parents have […]
Dear Snarky – Should I Go “No Contact” With My Mother-In-Law
Dear Snarky, I’m furious at my mother-in-law! My husband and I have a five-year-old daughter who’s starting kindergarten in the fall. We have enrolled her in kindergarten at the public school close to our home. […]
Dear Snarky – My Mom Wants Me to Rearrange My Life Around Her Cosmetic Surgeries
Dear Snarky, I need your help standing up to my 59-year-old mother. She’s going in for her third cosmetic procedure in the past six months. This one is a deep plane facelift and as she […]
Dear Snarky – My Mother Got On My Computer and Into My Medical Files
Dear Snarky, I’m so angry at my mother I’ve had to stay at a friend’s house for the last two days. I’m 24 years old and I moved back home after I graduated. I’m employed, […]
Dear Snarky – My Mother is Dating My Boss
Dear Snarky, I’m about to tell my mother to F off. For years I have put up with her dating men that are in my life. Not guys in friend group but men I interact with. […]
Dear Snarky – My Mom Thinks I Shouldn’t Trust My Stepmom
Dear Snarky, I need your help with my mother who is being very irrational and it’s hurting me financially. I was forced to move back in with my mother and my two young daughters after […]
Dear Snarky – My Ass of an Uncle Ruined My Engagement Party
Dear Snarky, I need your input on a recent situation I’ve had with my mother. I’m newly engaged and my fiancé and I held a small engagement party (20 people) at one of our favorite […]
Dear Snarky – I Exposed My Sister’s Boyfriend’s Scam and Now I’m the Bad Guy
Dear Snarky, My sister is threatening to never speak to me again because I “ruined” her relationship with her boyfriend by outing the scam he was perpetrating on shelter dogs. Her (ex) boyfriend has (had) […]
Dear Snarky- My Fiancé Is Demanding I Undergo Medical and Genetic Testing
Dear Snarky, I have recently become engaged to a wonderful man 26 years my senior. This should be one of the happiest times in my life, but I’m worried about something my fiancé has asked […]
Dear Snarky – How Do You Keep a Family Member from Attending a Funeral?
Dear Snarky, I need your help. My father has been very sick for a long time and is now in hospice care. We have been told his death will be very soon. We have all […]
Dear Snarky – I’m Feel Like I’m Being Harassed By My Church
Dear Snarky, I feel betrayed by one of my best friends, my boyfriend of three months, and my church. My BF, BFF and I are all members of our church’s young adult group. This group […]
Dear Snarky – Where There’s a Will There’s a Way to Drama
Dear Snarky, My husband and I have two daughters (grown women now) and we have always tried to be fair in our dealings with them. Recently we updated our will (We’re both 72.) and the […]
Dear Snarky – My Parent Teacher Conference Was a Shit Show
Dear Snarky, I’m about to lose my f’ing mind with the high school my son attends. Last week was parent/teacher conferences. My son (an honors student, athlete, on the student council etc) is struggling in […]
Dear Snarky – Do I Need to Ban My Mother-in-Law From My Daughter’s Life?
Dear Snarky, I’m afraid I’ve caused a family rift and I’m feeling a little bit sorry, not sorry about it. The rift is with my mother-in-law. My husband and I have a seven-year-old daughter and […]
Dear Snarky – Bitchy Bridesmaid Alert
Dear Snarky, I think I could be in the middle of a Bridezilla situation. I’m one of four bridesmaids in a very good friend’s wedding. The friend getting married is in her mid 30s and […]
Dear Snarky – My Daughter Asked Me to Spy on Her Husband and Now She’s Blaming Me For Her Bad Marriage
Dear Snarky I’m in the middle of a huge fight with my daughter and it’s making me so sad. A couple of months ago my daughter (she’s 28) suspected that her husband was cheating on […]
Dear Snarky – My Sister is Literally Making My Wedding All About Her
Dear Snarky, I feel like my sister is stealing my joy. I’m three months away from getting married and she has attempted to not only make herself the center of attention but to actually make […]
Dear Snarky – My Daughter’s Dorm Roommate’s Mother Has Moved in
Dear Snarky, I’m very confused and upset over a situation my daughter is going through. She’s a freshman in college and is living in the dorm with one roommate. Both my daughter and her roommate […]
Dear Snarky – Oops, a Former Sexting Relationship is Coming Back to Haunt Me
Dear Snarky, I think I might need to quit my job. I don’t want to because I love my job and the pay and benefits are really good but some stuff has happened that’s making […]
Dear Snarky – I Was Gaslighted On My Vacay
Dear Snarky, Families suck! I just got back from what I thought was a great and successful vacation with my brother and his family. We aren’t that close and recently out of the blue he […]
Dear Snarky – My Cousin Violated Our Family Privacy for TikTok Fame
Dear Snarky, I don’t think I’ve ever been so angry at a family member. My grandparents have a lake house that the entire extended family uses so in the summer we are all together a […]
Dear Snarky – My Friends Are Hating On My New Boyfriend
Dear Snarky, I’m very disappointed that my friends aren’t supporting my new relationship. I have been there for all my girlfriends during good times and bad and now when I’m so happy all I’ve been […]
Dear Snarky – My Sister Stole My Identity
Dear Snarky, I’m in shock over what my sister has done to my life. Six months ago I found out that someone had opened a bunch of credit cards (14 to be exact) in my […]
Dear Snarky – Our Toxic Mom Wants Us to Take Care of Her
Dear Snarky, I’m the youngest of three (I’m 40) and our mother has recently attempted to worm her way back into our lives. Since our dad divorced our mom when I was six all of […]
Dear Snarky – Why Duct Tape Shouldn’t Be Used for Estate Planning
Dear Snarky, My mother recently died and over the years she told us what pieces of furniture, silver etc that she would like for each of her three daughters to have. My mother was an […]
Dear Snarky – Post Wedding Bridesmaid Dress Drama
Dear Snarky, My greedy bridesmaids have really hurt my feelings. I had a beautiful wedding on February 12 and because I didn’t want to be a bridezilla I paid for each bridesmaid’s dress. It was […]
Snarky in the Suburbs 