midwesternmom
midwesternmom
midwesternmom

I told my tween kids that it is perfectly fine with me if they say fuck at home because it is just a word. It is not a word that is intended to denigrate a class or race of people, and quite honestly it is the only word that adequately expresses how we feel some days. Gonna lose Roe? Fuck. Asshole Trumper kids at scho Read more

How many people are eager to give up universal healthcare, six months paid maternity leave, and all the maple syrup you can swill? Read more

What you consider sarcasm, I consider a brilliant idea. Just leave out DJ with her preachy attitude, and have Stephanie pop in from time to time with the drugs for the next key party.  Read more

I second this. I had a close male friend who subtly sabotaged my relationships for five years, but I didn’t mind because I was rather ambivalent about those men. When I met my now husband, it all flipped and I refused to let him needle my husband, who honestly didn’t give a shit because he knew he was going home with Read more

Yes, the kid who took her expensive shoes without asking and broke them, then her mom tried to shame SJP for even having having the shoes. Sorry sister, but your kid did wrong. Apologize and offer to replace the shoes. Teach your child about boundaries. Read more

Steve’s voice has the timbre of fingernails on a chalkboard. Blair Underwood as the sports doctor was the hottest man ever on this show, possibly ever on television. Read more

I am so sorry that you are feeling rushed by circumstances into this choice. Trust your heart and your vet, and be kind to yourself. Read more

Can you ask her how she never needs to pee? If she is making you listen for three hours, she can at least share the important wisdom with you. Read more

Maybe she desperately hoping this toad would morph into a prince. Read more

Just waving around a shiny object so we don’t notice them kicking pension reform down the road. Read more

You broke both wrists before your wedding but still went through with it? How painful was marrying Eric that this additional pain did not register with you? Do you not recognize a clear sign from God when it smites you? Read more

I cannot breathe without more details. My fate is in your hands. Read more

I hope every baby born 40 weeks from today is named for that miserable woman who called the police and inadvertently instigated a giant party. Read more

Please shower some love and attention on The Mick and save it from cancellation. It is so wrong and embarrassing and wonderful all at once. Don’t make that 6 year-old endure the pain of a prison back tattoo for nothing. Read more

I am the Venn diagram that read everything of DFW (even that posthumous scrabbled together mess) and everything of Mary Karr. I have a soft spot for DFW bc his unflinching depiction of alcoholism helped me end a terrible relationship bc I realized the depths of horror that would await me if I didn’t GTFO. But I have Read more

I’m shocked that he didn’t add, “and caused shame and embarrassment to my horse, who I used as the world’s lamest photo op ever.”
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Fuck my diet. My new plan is to be too wide to fit through an airplane window. Read more