Dear Snarky, I live in Texas where all the COVID restrictions are being lifted. But based on the uncertainty of COVID my daughter last year decided to delay her wedding until April of 2022. We’ve […]
Category: Family
Dear Snarky – I Want to Expose School Cheaters
Dear Snarky, I ‘m OUTRAGED! I’m friends with a mom who yesterday bragged to me over text that her son “aced all his AP exams.” Then she proceeded to tell me that he cheated – […]
Taking Down Christmas
As I’m writing this my Christmas tree is still up. This is an anomaly for me. My usual routine is to ring in the New Year with a house that has been restored to its […]
Dear Snarky – The Most Cringe Worthy Letters of 2020
Oh, 2020 how we all long to see you go BUH-BYE. To celebrate the impending departure of this super icky year I’m going to count down the four most cringe worthy, oh no she didn’t, […]
Warning: Decorating for Christmas Can be Hazardous to your Health
It’s over. Now all that’s left is for me to continue applying Icy Hot to my back and taking a regimen of ibuprofen so I can soon walk, perhaps even bend over, without uttering a […]
Counting Steps While Going Deep on Smart Toasters
So, it’s come to this – I’m now obsessed with footsteps. Specifically, the number of steps I take every day. Yes, I know this is so early aughts the whole step counting thing. But my […]
The Pressure to Create the Perfect Pandemic Holiday in 2020
It’s bad when it’s not even Thanksgiving yet and I feel very, very, late to the Christmas party. I get it, I really do, in the third wave of a pandemic “we need a little […]
Dear Snarky – My Mother Won’t Share Thanksgiving Recipes With Me
Dear Snarky, What do you think about a mom who won’t share family recipes with her daughter? Due to the coronavirus our large family has decided to not celebrate Thanksgiving together. This means for the […]
Dear Snarky – A Greedy Daughter Is Out to Fleece Her Parents
Dear Snarky, I’m not sure you’re the right person to reach out to for advice because to be honest I only read your stuff for the laughs. It’s a little awkward to now be in […]
Dear Snarky – My Sister Pretended My Baby Was Hers
Dear Snarky, I’m so angry at my sister right I don’t think I’ll ever get over it. I recently had a beautiful baby girl. My sister had been devoted to my baby and that made […]
Hike or Murder?
You never really think it’s going to happen to you. Sure, you’ve seen movies and TV shows about it and even probably read your share of books focused on the topic. But seriously, what woman […]
Dear Snarky – My Mother-In-Law is a Serial Liar
Dear Snarky, I’ve got a big gripe about my mother-in-law. She’s a huge liar about her adult children. But she’s sneaky about it. She doesn’t come right out and lie she hints and I’m about […]
Dear Snarky – My Fiancé Keeps on Postponing Our Wedding
Dear Snarky, I’m confused what is going on with my fiancé right now. He keeps on pushing back our wedding date. I’ve been engaged for going on three years due to his inability to make […]
College Drop Off in the Time of Covid
It’s not the kind of text you ever want to receive. I’m talking about the angry husband text that’s disguised as the nice husband text. The key words are, “not trying to be difficult . […]
Dear Snarky – A Family Member Is Pretending to Be a Teacher
Dear Snarky, My husband’s stepsister is lying about being a teacher and I need a way to stop her. Due to a lot of schools deciding to start the school year virtual she is advertising […]
Dear Snarky – A “Karen” Wants a Name Change
Dear Snarky, My mother is being ridiculous and I need some words of wisdom to share so she quits making a fool of herself. My mom’s name is Karen. She’s not one of those Karen’s. […]
Dear Snarky – Pool Protocol, the Office Ass & the Family Slacker
I’ve received a couple of Dear Snarky letters that deserve an answer – a short answer. So, I’ve decided to do one of my favorite things – “Snarky in Seconds.” This means I’ll be answering […]
Home Alone (But Not For Long Enough)
It has been 77 days. 77 long, long days. But it has finally happened. I’m alone in my home. Blissfully alone. Ah, the sounds of silence because what I’m not hearing is someone on a […]
Dear Snarky – When a Grad Party Cancellation Gets F-Bomby
Dear Snarky, I’m so angry at my family! My daughter’s very small high school graduation party was scheduled for this weekend and now I’ve had to cancel it because so many of my family members […]
Dear Snarky – My Mom Favors and is Enabling Our Older Sister
Dear Snarky, We’re two sisters who are sick and tired of our mother enabling our oldest sister. We’re both college students that have been working doing instacart during the coronavirus to make extra money. Meanwhile, […]
Dear Snarky – My Husband is Having a Quarantine Midlife Crisis
Dear Snarky, I love my husband very much but I’m afraid he’s about to ruin his life and our finances. He’s always wanted to be an artist but became an accountant instead. Since he’s been […]
Dear Snarky – My MIL Has Gone Quarantine Crazy and is Planning a Party That I Don’t Want
Dear Snarky, My mother-in-law is driving me crazy. I had a baby in February and since the lock down went into place she has been blasting me with texts, phone calls and emails about how […]
Dear Snarky – I’m Getting Attitude For Taking a Pass On Our Family Easter Dinner
Dear Snarky, My parents and sister are acting like spoiled brats and being totally clueless about social distancing. Not only are my parents, who are in their late 60s, still going to the grocery store […]
Dear Snarky – My Sister Wore a Bridal Gown to MY Wedding
Dear Snarky, It’s official my sister is insane because she wore a wedding dress to my wedding. Let me back up a bit. She wore a wedding dress she had purchased two years ago and […]
Writing Can Get Pretty Ugly
*Note: I write a weekly opinion column for the Kansas City Star. Some of the stuff I muse about is a little more political in nature than I what share on this blog and by […]
Dear Snarky – I’m Being Shunned For Bringing Cupcakes to a School Party
Dear Snarky, I’m being shunned at my son’s elementary school due to having the “audacity” to bring mini chocolate cupcakes to the first grade Halloween party. I never received the link to the online sign […]
MacGyver Mom
There are times in the parenting journey when you feel like you have taken up a permanent residence in the innards of your child’s disesteem. Lucky for me, in regards to my daughter, I didn’t care […]
Furniture Shopping With My Husband -Perhaps My Worst Idea Ever
If someone gave me the choice of being stabbed in the cornea with a fondue fork or going furniture shopping with my husband, trust me I’d pick the fondue fork/cornea combination hands down. I […]
The Dog Park
If I had to make a top 10 list of my favorite things in life my dogs would be on it. I know I should feel bad that one of my siblings wouldn’t make the […]
Admit it – We’ve All Wanted to Escape From Our Family on Thanksgiving
And now for something to make me really unpopular . . . I’m going to confess that I don’t get what all the fuss is about regarding having to work on Thanksgiving. Right now, all […]
Dear Snarky – Unwanted Parenting Advice
Dear Snarky, I am this close to punching my sister-in-law! We just got back from a family reunion and all she did was correct every child’s behavior but her own. She even went so far […]
Family Fight Night
Dear Snarky, I need your help. My new husband’s family is a hot mess. Any family event somehow turns into a competition. Sunday night we went to an Oscar party at my brother-in-law’s house and […]
The Art of Faking Sick
My daughter Grace hates mornings. She is so grouchy when she wakes up I treat her like I would a grizzly bear. I don’t make eye contact with her and if perchance she does look […]
Snarky Saves the World Part 2
The finger nails on a chalkboard civil defense siren had brought everyone who was left at the school to the basement. It was a mixed bag of parents, school staff and kids. Everyone congregated into […]
Avoid These Elves
Where would Christmas be without elves? There is no way Santa could do all he does without them. Even non-North Pole elves are amazing. Why just look at the Keebler elves they’re uncommonly good. I […]
Black Friday Part 1
It was time to lose my Black Friday virginity. I had heard about this mega shopping day for years, but had always been saving myself for Cyber Monday. Like any big milestone in your life […]
8 New Holidays For Moms
As mothers we get one holiday a year that’s just for us. What a serious rip-off. Think about what we accomplish everyday. If men had to walk in our shoes they would be, of course, […]
The Talk
No mother looks forward to having “the talk” with her daughter, but alas, it’s something that can’t be put off or avoided forever. So this past weekend I sat my almost 11-year-old down for that […]
Family Reunions – A Journey to Hell
Reunions are a combination of an I.R.S. audit and being a contestant in a beauty pageant. You get a financial shake down by virtual strangers and your appearance is judged by people who still wear […]
Just Say No to the Holiday Newsletter
Yes, it’s that time of year again when I’m afraid to go to my mailbox. I live in fear, not of my Visa bill, but of the delivery of the cutesy chat-fest that is the […]
The Sports Parents Hall of Shame (The Elementary School Years)
To celebrate this season of recreation here is the definite list of irritating sports parents. I, after much research, that has resulted in bleacher butt, have categorized the parents into eleven different groups of “species […]
Does This Store Make My Butt Look Big?
You would think after suffering through four months of wearing a swimsuit I would be looking forward to shopping for clothing that covered up my body from abs to ankle. Sorry make that flab to […]
Snarky in the Suburbs 