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 Broke Up With My Boyfriend Because He Sucks at Giving Gifts
Dear Snarky, I’ve just broken up with my boyfriend and now I’m having second thoughts. We started dating a year ago just before the pandemic and we really thrived when some of my friends relationships […]
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, […]
Dear Snarky – My Cousin Went Real Life Grinch On My Family’s Christmas
Dear Snarky, I don’t know if I should be writing you or calling the police because I’m sure my cousin has stolen family Christmas gifts. It all started when my cousin who lives near most […]
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 […]
Dear Snarky – My Mom Wants Me to Evict My Sister
Dear Snarky, I have a sister and brother-in-law who are taking extreme advantage of my mom and dad. Back in April they moved into my parent’s house “briefly” with their three kids. Their reasoning for […]
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. We were originally scheduled to get married in February of 2021 but he wanted […]
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 – My Sister Is Giving Thanksgiving the Bird
Dear Snarky, My sister has lost her ever loving mind. We’re already making plans for the holidays and it’s my sister’s turn to host Thanksgiving. Yesterday she sent out a family group text saying all […]
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 – Vacay Toilet Drama
Dear Snarky, My sister has sent me a bill for $250 to cover half of the home insurance deductible she has on her lake house. I can’t believe that she expects me to pay for […]
Dear Snarky – My Wedding Gift Was Mocked By the Bride in a Video
Dear Snarky, I’m extremely upset about how I was treated at my cousin’s virtual wedding shower. Because of the COVID everyone dropped off presents at her house. We did it parade style where the bride-to-be […]
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 – My Cousin Borrowed My Clothes and Then Sold Them Online
Dear Snarky, My cousin and I have been best friends since we were little. We were born three days apart and a lot of people think we’re twins. Now we’re both 25 and still close. […]
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 […]
Dear Snarky – I Don’t Want to Share My Wedding Dress
Dear Snarky, My brother’s fiancée has asked to borrow my bridal gown for her wedding next year. I recently got married and to be honest I don’t want her to wear my dress. We’re not […]
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 Sister-in-Law is Lying About Where My Niece is Going to College
Dear Snarky, I’m ready to punch my sister-in-law right in the face. She is outright lying about where her daughter is going to college and scamming people. This woman posted on Facebook and Instagram that […]
Dear Snarky – My Mom is Trying to Buy Her Way Into My Labor and Delivery Room
Dear Snarky, I’m nine months pregnant with my first child and at this point in the lock down I’m only allowed to have one person in the delivery room with me when I give birth. […]
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 – Something Smells About My Dad’s New Wife
Dear Snarky, I smell a rat and it’s my dad’s new wife. Apparently, she has a “severe scent allergy.” She says she is hypersensitive to certain smells that can cause a reaction that could send […]
Dear Snarky – My Cousin Went on Facebook and Posted Lies About Our Family
Dear Snarky, My family has recently been devastated by a family member. After what I thought was a very nice Thanksgiving that included 31 members of our family from a great grandmother to nieces and […]
Christmas Tree Crisis “BEARly” Averted
I put my Christmas tree up earlier this month and it only took almost an e-n-t-i-r-e day. Yep, from sun up to sun down I was messing with that tree. I have no one to […]
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 […]
Dear Snarky – I Was Left Out of the Family Holiday Photo
Dear Snarky, My feelings are really hurt by my boyfriend’s family and it has me wondering how my boyfriend can be so nice and his family so mean. Last weekend his family had professional holiday […]
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 […]
Dear Snarky – A DNA Test Ruined Our Family Reunion
Dear Snarky, My family reunion was a huge fiasco. My idiot cousin got one of those DNA tests and discovered that he had half siblings he didn’t know about. It looks like his dad, my uncle, […]
Dear Snarky My Sister Doesn’t Give a Shit
Dear Snarky, I’ve got a summer family feud brewing. My sister is doing some ridiculous thing called “free training” her baby. This is when your baby never wears a diaper and just does his business anywhere. […]
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 […]
My Mother-in-Law Gives Horrible Gifts
Dear Snarky, I don’t mean to be ungracious but every year my mother-in-law gets me the worst gifts. It’s like she goes out of her way to hurt my feelings. From a Cooking for Dummies […]
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 in the Suburbs 