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This? Is Not OK

This? Is Not OK: Til-Death-Do-Us-Part Marriages

by Angie [A Whole Lot of Nothing] on January 3, 2012

in All About Me,Family,Married Life,This? Is Not OK

I was raised in an abnormal household of two un-divorced, full-blooded parents with a full-blooded sister. It’s a wonder I even turned out to function like a semi-normal person with all of the surrounding abnormalities. I’m pretty sure the chances of me becoming a semi-well-adjusted person after being brain-washed by my parents who planned to [...]

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This? Is Not OK: Being An Unsubstantiated Jerk

by Angie [A Whole Lot of Nothing] on December 5, 2011

in The Internets,This? Is Not OK

I’ve always been skeptical of the adage, “If you don’t have something nice to say, don’t say anything at all.” It just seems too absolute for me. There are times when saying something that’s not-so-nice is appropriate. Like when yelling at the football players on TV that they’re chumps and even I could have caught [...]

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I have never been so ashamed to be my mother’s daughter. Sure, she may take to the dance floor doing her best Elaine Dance imitation. Sure, she may have one or two or three too many glasses of her favorite wine every now and then. Sure, she may talk your ear off about the best [...]

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This? Is Not OK: Children In My Marital Bed

by Angie [A Whole Lot of Nothing] on April 21, 2011

in Being Mom,Family,Kiddos,Pictures,This? Is Not OK

I’ve written ad nauseum about the challenges of my children sleeping in our marital bed. However far we’ve come with incentive charts and bribes and calm explanations and begging and pleading and flat-out yelling, the girls still come into our bed at some time during the early morning. They’re supposed to wait until the sun [...]

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