About a month ago I wrote the rejected post and told you all of my fear that I wouldn’t get into my grad school of choice.
Welllll…….. I did! I did! I got in!
But wait… before we bring out the bubbly and have ourselves a party, there is one little minor problem. Umm… how am I [...]

“Have you met the new girl they just hired?” she asks. 
I shake my head.
“Apparently she’s some ridiculous supermodel or something, and a bunch of your co-workers are freaking out it.”
I turn to her boyfriend, my co-worker. “What’s the story?”
I know we are hiring new people, and they had been conducting a number of interviews over [...]

I wrote this last year but I feel like I need to share this again with Halloween fast approaching. Please read it. Together we can de-skankify this glorious holiday.
Dear Everyone who is planning on dressing up for Halloween this year,
Let me preface this by saying I love Halloween. I do. I think it’s my theater [...]

I once read that North America could be conceptualized as a cult of the couple. Inherent in many of our norms and traditions is a belief that marriage is an inevitability. Everyone will end up married, we presume, and, furthermore, everyone wants to end up married. If you are single, of course you don’t want [...]

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I unwrapped the second pregnancy test from its crisp wrapper. A mere precaution. The first one had come back negative the week before but my period had yet to appear, so I thought I’d cross [...]

Just a few words from me today, as I’m beginning my cross-country journey this afternoon. I haven’t quite finished my packing.
I want to give you all some advice. This is monumental advice. Please listen carefully. Ready?
Take. LOTS. Of. Pictures.
You’re only in your twenties for ten years! For most people, it will be the most adventurous [...]

As with most of us, I went to several weddings this past summer, varying from more traditional Chinese to casual Western, cupcakes to multiple tiered cakes, ornate white gowns to less conventional coloured ones.
What also varied was across marriages– the brides’ decisions regarding their last name. In fact, of three brides, one each chose to [...]

This week’s guest post is from Arielle. You can find her over at Good Things Come To Those Who Whine.
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I like to think of myself as still being in that “young and stupid” phase - someone who’s likely to lose a perfectly good Sunday to a perfectly wretched hangover, who blasts Top 40 music and [...]

There are certain things that a person cannot say “no” to. You cannot say “no” to someone asking you if you want to hold their baby. You can’t say “no” to a dinner date with your grandfather. And  you can’t say “no” when a good friend says she desperately needs your help with her wedding.
One [...]

In exactly one week from today, my car will be packed to the brim with all of my possessions and I will drive away from the place I’ve called home for the past ten months. This will be the second time in a year that I have made the journey across the country, leaving behind [...]

… and it’s not bobbing for apples or dancing like nobody is watching.
Nope, it’s VOTING.
*cue collective sigh here*
Yes, I realize that you have all probably been bombarded with reminders of the upcoming election(s), be it cheesy attack ads, news tickers, or being emailed the latest Tina Fey as Sarah Palin sketch.
Why, then, do I see [...]

Hi, I’m Belle, and I had a marriage end in divorce.
(Hi, Belle!)
There is a lot of 20-something talk about relationships; lots of blogs about dating or weddings.  However, there doesn’t seem to be a lot of talk about The Big D.  Let’s face it though, it happens.  Some estimates say about 40% of marriages will [...]

Truthfully, I sometimes forget he even has a blog, which is strange since his was one of the first blogs I read. In fact, hearing he had a blog was part of the reason I started my own. At first I laughed at the idea of him having a blog, telling friends “of COURSE he [...]

Rejection is something that I do not handle very well at all. I take it personally. Really personally. Even when I know I shouldn’t. I recognize this about myself, but still can’t seem to get over it.
Rejection is something that you usually have to deal with a lot in your twenties and it comes in [...]