Emma Chao/Scary Mommy; Getty Images Here’s a hard truth: A huge part of being a mom is carrying around things that would be too uncomfortable for other people to bear. We often swallow our fears, our anxieties, our annoyances, and even our everyday “icks” to save other people’s feelings — or, in the case of...
We haven’t quite made it to cuffing season yet, and maybe that’s why so many of this week’s confessions center on the opposite of hooking up — as in, lots of moms have breakups on the brain. Naturally, some of those breakups (real or imagined) concern romantic relationships. What is it about this time of...
Do you ever just feel like a real-life, adult, living version of Goldilocks? If so, you aren’t alone. It seems like — lately, more than ever — we’re all living in a state of extremes, with too little of some things and, alternatively, way too much of others. From stressing over the state of finances,...
— Scary Mommy/Getty Wouldn’t it be nice if we were all born with an internal manual that automatically reflected any big changes? Like an app on your phone, it would update in the night while you slept so you’d be ready to face your new reality the following day. Unfortunately, life doesn’t work that way...