STasker/Getty Images When I left, I didn’t take much. Some clothes for Joey and me. My toothbrush, my makeup. And Sundae, tail wagging, clueless to the life we were leaving behind. I thought maybe there would be a conversation later — some objection, some claim to her. But there wasn’t. Instead, when I returned the...
John Richardson/Photodisc/Getty Images There’s this single man I met a few years ago through a mutual friend. He’s an entrepreneur, has full custody of his kids, and is very open about how overwhelmed he is with life. You know, just like the rest of us. But one day while we were chatting over coffee and...
I was hardly the best version of myself in my youth. I just wasn’t into being that age, that person. I wanted to skip the awkward growing years and become the me I wanted to be. All I wanted — beyond the insecurities and boyfriends who were always disappointing and friendship drama — was to...
PacoRomero/iStock Unreleased/Getty Images It all seemed perfect at first: my daughter had a new bestie and the parents seemed great. It’s not easy to find new ‘couple friends’ as adults so it seemed like we had won the lottery. Our kids got along, we had a good time enjoying some backyard banter, some afternoons together...