These High Schoolers Share What It’s Really Like Today
If I ever have high school aged kids, I’m going to be hopelessly out of touch with their experience. Not just because so much time will have passed since I was in high school, but because when I was, I spent most of it in a very small, private, religious place that I have to imagine differed quite a bit from the typical public school. So,...
People Share the Best Reactions to Pregnancy News
Depending on where you’re at in life, the news of pregnancy can be absolutely thrilling, dreadfully horrifying, shocking, a welcome relief, or a myriad of other things. So often the need to announce it to your partner is accompanied by a lot of worry about how they’ll react. But as many find out quickly, the worry was all for naught,...
People Share 10 Hilariously Weird Dad Moments That Made Us LOL
Dads. They’re pretty great, huh? They’re all dadish and sayin’ dad stuff. It’s the best. I’ve long had a theory that when you become a father, they bring you a copy of the child’s birth certificate, on the back of which you get to write down four jokes which henceforth will be the only jokes you get to make for...
People Reveal the Best Things About Their Dads
Isn’t it time we all took a minute to celebrate Father’s Day? The answer is almost certainly no – it’s probably not Father’s Day as you’re reading this. But shouldn’t EVERY day be Father’s Day? Again, no, that would be very confusing and would exhaust the world’s supply of ties and books about...
12 Real Confessions About Being “The Other Woman”
Someone mentioned something about a “side chick” the other day and I had a moment where I realized how much less elegant that sounded than the more traditional moniker of “the other woman.” Then I realized how weird it was that I was thinking of terms of affairs as in any way elegant or classy. I mean, they’re just...
11 People Share the Misadventures in Texting Your Ex
It’s happened to all of us. You’re having a rough time – you’re sad or lonely or drunk or maybe you just watched The Notebook for the fifth time this week and the urge to contact that ex lover of your overwhelms you. You know it’s not a good idea. You can think of a at least a dozen reasons not to. But they all take a...
People Reveal The Problems with Getting Back in Touch With Their Ex
The common struggle in dating is how long to wait to get back in touch with someone at the START of a relationship so as “not to look desperate.” At least that was still sort of a thing when I was a kid and dinosaurs roamed the earth, maybe in the age of all things instant that’s largely out the window. In any case, one answer we...
15 Ways Guys Were Forced to Face Their Creepy Behavior
There’s an old saying that goes something like, “If one person calls you a horse, they’re crazy. If ten people call you a horse, it’s time to buy a saddle.” In other words, at a certain point if you’re being accused of something enough, you need to listen. Like, being a creep, for example. For men who used to be...
15 Real Stories Stories About the “Parent Hookup”
Maybe one of the weirdest hits of the 2000’s came from a quintessentially alt-rock band called Fountains of Wayne called “Stacy’s Mom”: Stacy’s mom has got it goin’ on She’s all I want and I’ve waited for so long Stacy, can’t you see you’re just not the girl for me I know it might be...
15 Times Family Got in the Way of a Good Relationship
Growing up usually means finding more and more points of contention and disagreement with your own family, which can be difficult. But what about when you add your partner’s family into the mix? And what about when they’re just…the...