I am continually baffled by how some parents talk to their kids, particularly their daughters, about their bodies. I was lucky not to grow up in a household where my mom was constantly calling me fat, but I certainly knew some girls whose moms did exactly that. They are, what we digital natives call «almond …
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Mom intercepts 14-year-old daughter’s phone flips out when her friend calls her weird for doing it: ‘Chloe can’t talk right now, she’s busy with homework’
In this modern age, taking note of how your child uses technology like a mobile phone and internet access is a concern for many parents. It is understandable, seeing as the worst dangers associated with unmonitored usage of these things are probably every parent’s nightmare. Also, most grown adults struggle to have a healthy relationship …
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The Most Entertaining Parenting Texts of the Week (March 18, 2025)
You should text your mom back. I don’t care if she sends you 10 memes a day; you could at least give her a courtesy heart reaction. If you have a good enough relationship with your mom to where she’s texting and calling you regularly, you ought to give her the time of day. I …
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The Wildest Parenting Texts of the Week (March 11, 2025)
There are some texts you never want to receive from your parents. I always get filled with dread when my mom texts me, «Are you home?» I’m not one of those zoomers who is afraid of talking on the phone, so her asking, «Can I call?» doesn’t frighten me at all. I know my mom …
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Employee tells boss he needs to take off work to take his sick wife to the emergency room, boss insists he needs him at work: ‘I get you may need to take her. But I do need you there today.’
How many of us have been in the situation of explaining in detail why we can’t go to work? If you have a job with no guaranteed PTO, it can feel like you need to tell the entire life story to get your boss to approve of you missing a shift. In many hourly positions, …
Seguir leyendo Employee tells boss he needs to take off work to take his sick wife to the emergency room, boss insists he needs him at work: ‘I get you may need to take her. But I do need you there today.’
The Wildest Parenting Texts of the Week (February 25, 2025)
Texting can be so much more stressful than having an actual conversation. Last night, I was waiting to hear back from two friends, one of whom had suggested that we hang out on Saturday afternoon and one who was presenting a concrete plan to hang out on Saturday afternoon. I wanted to double-check with the …
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‘What is wrong with you?’: Hilarious text exchange between friends goes viral after one friend admits he never washes his dishes, he just throws them away instead
Look, we all have that one weird friend who has so many unhinged habits, that we stop giving them attention at some point. If they can go through life doing the most bizarre things, yet still manage to become full-grown adults, who are we to judge? Except, once in a while, a new habit will …
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Woman is excited about marrying her fiancee until she reads mean messages he sent to his friend about her, wants to call off engagement: ‘I can’t shake the idea that he settled for me out of convenience.’
Everyone has a past. When we meet someone new, we trust that if they are honest, they will bring their full self to the occasion. We trust that the skeletons in their closet, if any, are theirs to own. Meeting someone in adulthood means meeting them with many years and maybe lifetimes behind them. They …
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The Most Entertaining Parenting Texts of the Week (February 18, 2025)
One of the best parts of texting is getting to keep receipts of exactly what someone has said to you. If you are talking to someone on the phone, you might not have the foresight to record your conversations before something comes up that is worth documenting (That, or you live in a state where …
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The Most Entertaining Parenting Texts of the Week (February 11, 2025)
I have not had full-time group chat commitments since I was a teenager. Although I was annoyed by how much maintenance the average teen group chat in the mid-2010s took, those chats were highly entertaining. There was always a stupid meme or random incident that groupchat members could talk about 24 hours a day, 7 …
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