Tinsel, snow, I-Love-You-But-I’m-Not-In-Love-With-You… Tis the season for getting dumped. CleoTheFormerChump suggested this Friday Challenge — all the many special ways to be discarded at the Holiday season. Not invited to the office Christmas party? Finding a gift receipt for Schmoopie? Left alone with a plate of milk and cookies for reindeer who never show? It makes […]
Dear Chump Lady, I have no Seasons Greetings
Dear Chump Lady, WTF do we chumps do about X-mas greetings from fuckwit ex when they drop kids/collect kids and wish us a “Merry Christmas”? The thought of saying “you too” sticks in my craw and I want to say “Fuck you very much.” What if it’s a “Season’s Greetings” text or email? Does not responding […]
The Cheater Who Stole Christmas
Dear Chump Lady, So I’m 11 months out, but living the hell of in-house separation. (I can’t afford to go until I have a financial settlement, he won’t go… entitlement, enough said). Awaiting court date in February. Anyway, I always put the Christmas decorations up on or around the first of December. It’s his weekend […]
Holiday Hoovering
🎵 It’s the most vulnerable time of the year! 🎵 Time for a public service announcement about holiday hoovering. Has your ex gone all misty? Does she need a Plan B/plus-one/last-minute babysitter? Did Schmoopie stand him up for the office party and you’ll do? Does someone need a payday loan? Won’t you have him over to open […]
Dear Chump Lady, How do I make it through the holidays?
Happy Thanksgiving, CN! It’s that season again and if you’re in a bit of a holiday slump, this goes one out to you. For the survivors of previous sucky holidays, tell the new ones how you did it in the comments. Thanks! — Tracy Dear Chump Lady, I am six months out from separation. Facing holidays alone […]
Chump Nation Gives Thanks
For chumps outside the States, today is the Friday before Thanksgiving, (this coming Thursday) — a holiday commemorating the Pilgrim’s first harvest in the new world. The Pilgrim settlers survived the winter thanks to Native Americans, who showed them how to farm crops. And then the settlers repaid the Native Americans by decimating their race […]
Happy Independence Day!
Hey, happy Independence Day! Hope you’re all enjoying a nice day off, sleeping in, roasting hot dogs, overthrowing tyrants… For those of you not in the U.S., please enjoy some tyrant overthrowing anyway. Perhaps that one there, hiding their cell phone, snoring on your sofa. Seeing as it *feels* like a Friday, how about a […]
Happy Father’s Day!
Happy Dad’s day to all the chump men! Hope you’re out celebrating today and being celebrated. If you’re going through the infidelity and divorce crucible right now, and the Hallmark bonhomie of Intact Family Celebrations turns you off, please know it gets better. Like I tell all the moms on Mother’s Day, Father’s Day is […]
Happy Mother’s Day! Take a Single Mom to Brunch
Happy Mother’s Day everyone! I’ve got my son home from college and everything’s grand. I’m celebrating the weekend by making his dental appointments and replacing sports shoes, because… motherhood. Here’s a rerun and have a WONDERFUL weekend! *** I was a single mom for most of my son’s childhood, and I have to confess to […]
New Year’s Friday Challenge!
Happy Almost New Year’s Chump Nation! Boy, I for one am quite happy to see 2017 go down the shitter. Let’s hear it for new starts! We’re all about gaining a life at CN, so in keeping with the spirit of self-improvement and personal growth (that isn’t girth — I rebuke you leftover Christmas cookies!), […]
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