From The Confessional: 'I'm GLAD My Son Is Failing At His Summer Classes’

Being a single parent is sometimes the most rewarding and the most difficult thing ever

The most romantic and most thought about moment of my life was not with my husband. It's with a guy I never even dated. I often wonder if he thinks about it, as well.

I wish my MIL would understand boundaries, I wouldn’t be resentful!

if young me had known that i had value without being married and i could make it on my own, i'd have at least tried. but religious upbringing prevented that.

I’m a full time working grandma who does not want to babysit my toddler grandson every single weekend.

I don’t want to be my mom’s caregiver. I’m an only child, have a family of my own, a demanding full time job, and can’t handle the thought of someone else needing more of me than I have to give. But at the same time I’m the only person she has.

Sounds terrible, but I'm GLAD my son is failing at his summer classes. He's brilliant and has never failed at anything before. These elective welding and machining classes are a way for him to learn what it is to be challenged and fail but won't hurt his grades or career.

No matter what the task, no matter how much advance warning and time I'm given in which to do it, I ALWAYS end up doing it in a mad rush at the absolute last minute before it's due. 54 years old, and it's still just as true as when I was a kid.

Nicu moms don’t get enough credit

I’m a SAHM to two kids but I feel like my husband does literally nothing to help around the house. I get that he has a job and is literally the sole provider for our house, but he also lives here too and shouldn’t he feel a little responsible for cleaning? When I get a job then who the hell is going to clean the house, since apparently if one is employed then you don’t need to worry about housework around here?? UGH!!!

I get REALLY pissed off when I say I’d like to see a certain movie and SO goes ahead and watches it without me anyway.

Our marriage is post-menopausal, but SO and I still get in heated arguments over what name we’d have given her if one of our three boys had been a girl.

Why do so many people expect you to do things how they did it without ever recognizing that your situations are completely different? It's infuriating.

My husband's complete lack of administration skills has left us with virtually no savings at all. I resent him for it. Very Very Very Much.

Despite my conservative style I wanna get a huge floral design tattooed on my thigh!