TikTok Think of the best Uber driver you’ve ever had. What made them stand out above the rest? Did they have a nice assortment of bottled waters and mints? An at the ready charging cable? Were they particularly entertaining? There’s lots of little ways drivers can kick service up a notch, but TikTok user Catalina...
Category: adult children
WTF Is A "Bed Party"?
TikTok I was recently scrolling through TikTok, as one does, when I paused on a video from a mom in Long Island. “OK, two words for you,” says creator Melinda Long (@mommylong8). “Bed. Parties.” “If you don’t know what they are, I am in the thick of it.” So, what is a bed party? “High...
A Mom Gave Her Adult Daughter The Sweetest Pep Talk About Having Kids
TikTok / @jessicarteich I think we all know the rules by now: don’t ask people when they’re planning on having kids. It’s weird, invasive, and plain impolite. Unfortunately, parents don’t always tread so lightly around this touchy subject — I just can’t wait to be a grandmother has to be up there in the list...
Why A "Low Effort" Family May Be Just As Toxic As A High-Conflict One
TikTok One of the greatest opening lines in all of literature probably comes from Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina: “Happy families are all alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” There are, indeed, lots of ways dysfunction and trauma can rear their ugly heads. Many people might immediately think about high conflict families —...