My friend Anna is getting married this weekend. In true Anna fashion, it is being held in a campsite, with s’mores replacing the more traditional wedding cake. By all accounts, it was stacking up to be a wonderful weekend.
That is, until things got complicated.
I was always aware that Anna came from an extremely religious background. [...]

While at a party this weekend, there was a lull in conversation, when one woman broke in. “Have you ever had a situation where a friend of yours is stuck in a horrible relationship, and you don’t know what to do about it?”
All the sudden, there were multiple voices layered over one another. 
Everyone, it seemed, [...]

Rejection seemed a much more direct process when I was in elementary school. You knew you were no longer in the good books by simple virtue of a missing birthday party invitation, or even a much more blatant “I don’t like you anymore.” Sure, these resulted in a frantic shower of tears at the time, [...]

Last week, since I had ever-so-delicately sliced my finger open with the blade of a food processer, (and because, OK, you’ve got me, I didn’t actually sit down to write a post until 7:30 AM Friday and thought, I just can’t deal with this right now) my typing was impaired and you were treated to [...]

I am beginning to wonder how my friends became so cliched.
It certainly couldn’t be by simple virtue of the diamond rings displayed on their ring fingers. It is not as though they are the first of my friends to get married, many of whom who have managed the transition from girlfriend to wife with relative [...]

And, no, I’m not talking about chocolate versus vanilla, Harry Potter versus Twilight, or whatever the cool kids are debating these days.
I’m talking about the debate that even When Harry Met Sally didn’t resolve… can men and women be just friends?
I’m generally in the yes camp, myself, mostly because I have a some solidly wonderful [...]

It is hard not to cringe at my teenage self. Sometimes this is because a photo of my unfortunate one-side-is-longer-than-the-other hair cut emerges, or I remember the time I wore silver lipstick to school, or I find my old green vinyl jacket. Other times, it is because of my affinity for PDAs.
I don’t think I [...]

I posted this on my blog a few days ago– but it seemed too perfect in scope not to post here, too!
Perhaps by virtue of our Canadian and career-ist nature, the bulk of my friends did not rush into wedded bliss right after high school. Sure, there was the one couple who married essentially when [...]

This weekend was my office Christmas party. As we sat at the end of a long table filled with co-workers and spouses, a co-worker of mine came to speak to us. To put it into context, he and I have known each other very casually for several years, but have gotten to know one another [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

As discussed in the post below, sometimes an unfortunate theme of our twenties is forgetting to put the work into our cherished friendships. However, today, I’m here to talk about the flip side– what to do about friendships that may have passed their prime.
As a general rule, it always seems a little easier to keep [...]

Our first ever guest post  here on Umm…Now What? is from Michelle Woo.
Check out her blog for more from her! www.michellewoo.com
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In college, I never thought much about friendship. I didn’t have to. It was always there. In this bubble, friends were made easily (well, some I “paid for” — I was in a sorority. [...]