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Marriage

Fun Weddings vrs Sucky Weddings

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I’ve never cared much for weddings. I don’t cry when couples exchange their vows, or when the bride comes down the aisle, or at any of the typical moments when it’s appropriate to show sappy emotion. I’ve only been to 5 weddings in my entire life (including my own), and 3 of those have sucked […]

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Marriage

The kind of gifts you can’t get under a tree

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Christmas 2009 was turning out to be the crappiest of my life. I was (and still am) a year plus into my unemployment, money was extremely tight, and I felt like my husband was making a mockery of me because I was not bringing any money if apart from my federal and part time job […]

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Look here African Ladies – Let me tell you something

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Hmmm. Let me tell you something about motherhood and marriage that they don’t tell you when you are growing up. I’m about to go on a rant here, so be warned! You won’t make it to the end. I have much to say. Don’t listen to you parents and grandparents!! They are all liars and […]

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It's been 13 months and I'm still pregnant

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Peeing, peeing, peeing. I’ve been pregnant with the SAME child for over a year it seems, and my nights and days are spent peeing. 80% of the time spent after I lay my head on the pillow is spent lumbering to the toilet to pee, 10% wishing I didn’t have to pee, and the other […]

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Marriage

I AM ON STRIIIIKKKEEE!!!!

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THAT DOES IT! I will no longer try to improve the well being and hygiene of my family. I give up on that part of motherhood. From now on, my obligations are only the newborn and myself. From THIS DAY FORTH, I vow to be as NASTY as these muthas running around in this house. […]

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True story: I fake orgasms

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WARNING: For all my super holy friends, you may want to stop reading here. I don’t know where this is going to go until I’m finished and I don’t want to risk tarnishing your very SOUL by reading this. All my progressive and single friends have told me that faking orgasms is counter productive. That […]

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