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MoMo Productions/DigitalVision/Getty Images Everyone always talks about the importance of moms having a “tribe” or a “village” to fall back on when life as a mom, as a woman, gets extra hard. What they don’t talk about as often is how hard it is to make friends as an adult, and it’s even harder when...
Amazon Another month, another opportunity to drown our sorrows and existential angst in shiny, pretty, fun things we buy on the internet. Kidding! Or am I? I can’t even tell anymore. Either way, we certainly won’t begrudge anyone anything that makes them feel a little happier at this current junction in time. Especially since we...
TikTok Legally speaking, you become an adult when you turn 18. But in reality, that line is a whole lot fuzzier. I was 18 in the second half of my senior year of high school, but does a real adult go to gym class? Or prom? Or worry about which burned mix CD she’s going...