‘I was trying to be polite but your kid is weird’: Mom turns down 2nd playdate after playmate makes her 11-year-old daughter uncomfortable, other mom won’t take no for answer

It’s easy to reject somebody as a friend when you’re an adult. You just have to cancel hangouts or not show up to their house parties a consistent but unspecific number of times before they finally get the hint that you’re not interested. Some might find this cruel, but I think it’s way less cruel …
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45+ Liminal Spaces and Interesting Interiors You Might Recognize From Your Dreams

Liminal spaces are defined as «empty or abandoned places that appear eerie, forlorn, and often surreal.» They’re spaces that make us feel like we’re in between two places, not quite here and not quite there. They feel haunted and empty, yet suggest the presence of humans, perhaps from a bygone era. They look like places …
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5-year-old tells mom he got his friend’s address, presents adorable drawing of a house: ‘Cannot believe you’re doxxing a child’

I don’t care what anybody says! Kids are adorable, and their antics make the world a much better place. There has been a lot of anti-child sentiment spreading around Twitter lately, and honestly, I don’t get it. I understand not wanting to take on the responsibility of raising a child, but hating all kids because …
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Weird Memes That Are Weird

I feel like weirdness has been greatly destigmatized in society over the past 20 years. Either that, or we’ve broadened the definition of what it means to be weird so widely that the term has been rendered meaningless. My money’s on the latter because people will really come for you if you branch out beyond …
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27 Memes You’ll Only Understand if You’re an Only Child

The only people who understand how it feels to be an only child are people who don’t have any siblings at all. When you grow up without any siblings, you often look around at your friends who have brothers and sisters to hang out with at home. Although it’s easier for your parents to dote …
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Cringeworthy Content for Curious Cringe Fans (July 8, 2023)

What’s the most cringe-worthy thing you’ve ever seen out in the wild? Like as an immediate witness. Surely, you have at least one experience that was so cringe that it’s seared into your memory, right? Maybe you saw someone’s prom-posal go terribly wrong? Maybe someone trying way too hard to be cool? Maybe just a …
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Weirdo Memes For Genuine Freaks

A lot of people come from the Cole Sprouse School of Weirdness. That is to say, they claim they’re weird without really being weird at all. If you’re lost, let me introduce you to the second-greatest quote from the CW series Riverdale.  «In case you haven’t noticed, I’m weird. I’m a weirdo. I don’t fit …
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Weird Girl Memes For The Strange And Unusual

Winona Ryder was my ultimate crush when I was a teenager, which might be the most Gen X dad thing about me. I was obsessed with the movie Heathers and was willing to look past her shoplifting past if it meant we could be together forever. One of her most famous movies is, of course, …
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The Funniest Parenting Tweets of the Week (October 13, 2022)

One of the things that uniquely strikes me about parenthood is the fact that you are wholly responsible for another human being. As a currently childless early 20s something, I can barely take care of myself, let alone another living person.  The thing that baffles me about parenthood is that you have to buy twice …
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15+ Weird, Funny And F’d Up Childhood Journal Entries

While adults might take the cake when it comes to full-blown narcissism, there’s truly no group on earth better at being self-centered than kids and teenagers. When you’re growing up, it’s hard enough figuring out who you are without everything else that’s going on at the same time. As a result, it’s no wonder that …
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