Why do women hate themselves? I’ve asked myself this question many times over the years. This is because it doesn’t seem to matter how old I am I still find myself enduring what I’m going […]
Tag: Parenting
Dear Snarky – A Friend’s Prank Backfires
Dear Snarky, I live in a very small town and my family owns the only grocery store in the area. (You have to drive about 50 miles to get to a Walmart.) We work with […]
Dear Snarky I Just Found Out I’m Dating My Mom’s EX-Husband’s Son
I’m a junior in college and I’ve been dating a wonderful guy for about six months. Recently, I met my boyfriend’s mom and dad and they were super nice but the dad asked me a […]
Turning Your Flaws into Parenting Tips
Do you hear that? It’s the sound of a mother posting another heartfelt quote about parenting on social media. Tis the season for everything from inspirational ditties to novellas about the joy of parenting due […]
Cheez-It Parenting in an Extreme Parenting World
Help, I’ve fallen down a rabbit hole and I can’t get out. Worse, I don’t even know if I want to get out which is quite frankly embarrassing because I feel like I’m in the […]
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, […]
Do I Suck At Being A Mother? ( Deep Thoughts At the Grocery Store)
I think I may be a bad mother. No, correction I think I may be considered a bad mother if you apply 21st century suburban perimeters to my parenting skills. Okay, I’m going to change […]
Dear Snarky – Pokemon Go Away
Dear Snarky, I have a friend who is now calling me a stalker. We both have boys who are 9 and do a lot together. A couple of days ago I texted her about taking […]
Are You Suffering From FOKMO?
Because, I guess, I’ve made a career out of complaining (proving the adage that everybody is good at something) friends, random strangers, and Target employees quite frequently enjoy sharing their latest outrage with me. It […]
Calm Yourself
“Calm yourselves.” That’s what I wanted to say to a group of mothers I was eavesdropping on while I let my dogs enjoy the olfactory wonder that is playground wood mulch. These women, pushing toddlers […]
Dear Snarky – Drunk Mean Moms Are Attacking Me On Social Media
Dear Snarky Last week were the country club swim and dive championships and there were a group of moms that were getting drunk. They were being loud and obnoxious so I went over to them […]
Excuse Me But I Can’t See Through Your Kid
Most parents think their kids have super powers as in super smart, super athletic and well just to save time on this list take pretty much any adjective that would look good on a college […]
Dear Snarky – Help, I’ve Lied To My Mom Friends!
Dear Snarky, I’m the mother of a soon to be kindergartener. All my pre-school mom friends are going to be sending their kids off to a private kindergarten in the fall. I kind of, because I […]
Ode to My Mother Who Kicked Ass
Parenting gurus like to share the theory that by the time a child reaches the age of 10 mothers lose their place as the primary influencer in their kids’ lives. I was always skeptical of […]
I Get It, We All Get It, You Have Perfect Children
Can we all just get over our kids? Yeah, we love them. They are the moon, sun and stars. The air we breathe. And yes, I know parents should be obsessed with their children. I […]
Dear Snarky – We Have Halloween Hitler For Our Room Mom
Dear Snarky, Halloween class parties are in two weeks and the room mom for my daughter’s 2nd grade class is certifiably insane. She’s on her fourth meeting for a party that is only 45 minutes […]
A Real Haunted House
Worlds of Fun’s Halloween Haunt, the House of Horrors on the Interstate, you name it, I’ve done it, all while dragging a conglomerate of screaming teen girls behind me. My daughter is impressed that none […]
Parent Super Powers
There’s nothing like kids starting a new school year for me to get back in touch with my inner superpowers that tend to lay dormant in the summer. My superpowers are not unique. In fact, […]
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 […]
Public Parenting
Are you kidding me? Has this mother lost her ever-loving mind? Seriously, she’s doing this at a convenience store during the lunch rush? These are the thoughts, along with some very bad language, rushing through […]
Dear Half Wits
This is in response to the more than 147 and counting lame emails I have received about the post I wrote about Miley Cyrus. My biggest take away after reading all of the less than […]
Ode to 21st Century Motherhood
I always feel like a wimp and somewhat ashamed whenever I complain, better yet, make that violently wail, about the challenges of being a mother. Let’s admit it – all moms have those days when […]
Snarky in the Suburbs 