Yes, all holidays have their special je ne sais quoi — the excitement of donning a costume before a night of trick-or-treating, taking a big bite of your favorite side at Thanksgiving dinner, and of course, opening a holiday present someone picked and wrapped just for you. But one of the absolute best winter-time traditions is buying everyone in your family fresh, festive PJs and snuggling up on the couch with hot cocoa to watch holiday movies together. And taking pics in your matching family Christmas pajamas makes for such cute memories to look back on year after year. Here,...
You're Probably Not Going To Like The Best Way To Help A Mom At Thanksgiving
TikTok It’s Thanksgiving Week and that means that all across America, women — many of them moms — are already in the thick of holiday preparations. There’s a turkey to brine, pies to bake, and that Watergate salad recipe dig out because it’s time for that pale green beast to make a proper comeback.. And so many of our kind friends and relatives begin to ask “How can I help?” But there’s a hitch says TikTok creator Kelsey (@kelsey_p90). “They never like the answer,” she says in a recent video. “They don’t. Because you want to know what that answer...
Parents, Put Down The Pitchforks Over Sabrina Carpenter
Graham Denholm/TAS24/Getty Images A few weeks prior to the 2024 U.S. presidential election, I found myself at a concert venue scream-singing "I’m so f*cking horny" alongside 15,000 fellow Sabrina Carpenter fans, most of whom fell solidly within the 12-18 age bracket. Amid a sea of feather boas, rhinestones, and every shade of pink on the color wheel, I was most charmed to see little girls in their adorable homemade outfits, excitedly walking hand-in-hand with their dads or moms or cool aunts, a joyful 90-minute celebration of femininity and fun. Of course, Carpenter’s meteoric rise from teen Disney star to pop...
Four Common Character Traits Of A Toxic Mother-In-Law
TikTok There are plenty of folks out there who have less-than-ideal relationships with their spouse’s mom. And I have to imagine that there have been times when they’ve frustratedly asked themselves “Why is my mother-in-law like this?” TikTok creator Janelle (@heyjanellemarie) posts a lot of content about the relationship women (and their husbands) have with mother-in-laws. Specifically, toxic mother-in-laws. And during a podcast interview, she was asked an interesting question: “What’s the biggest trend you see in why women end up being the mother-in-law with the strained relationship?” She says it initially stumped her, because it ultimately comes down to...