Double lives are hard to conceal at the holidays. (Especially during a pandemic). Families demand more. Schmoopies demand more. Worlds collide. Consequently, a lot of people become newly minted chumps this time of year. Did you have a holiday D-Day? Not that it’s easy to have your world fall apart on any calendar day, but […]
Fractured Hallmark Holiday Specials
We’re expecting a snow storm here today (WHOOPEE!!!! YEAAAA!!!!), and I’m taking the occasion (JOY!) to snark about the Hallmark Christmas Channel. What does this have to do with chumpdom, Tracy? Oh everything, inner sarcastic voice. Who set the bar for soppy What The Heart Wants romance? Why does every plot line include a woman […]
How Do I Make It Through the Holidays?
Dear Chump Lady, I am six months out from separation. Facing holidays alone with three grade school age boys. Friends all happily married (for the most part). Family all happily married. I need any and all survival tips. The closer it gets to Christmas, the more easily I cry. I can’t stand to open Christmas […]
On the First Day of Christmas My Cheater Gave to Me…
In the earlier years of this blog, around the holidays, we’d play a game I called Freakmas, where we share our weirdest chump stories and I would draw the “winners” in cartoon form. Thus we had dancing yetis, gifted boxes of Wheatena cereal, pagan scythes, psycho pillow munchers, and the unforgettable cheating husband hopping away […]
Old Crazy? New Tradition!
Post-Thanksgiving, I thought it might be fun to compare Old Holiday Dysfunction with New Holiday Tradition. Don’t have any new traditions? Make some up! For example: Old Holiday Dysfunction (OHD) — Your drunk father-in-law rails on about One World Order conspiracies while his wife passive aggressively refuses to acknowledge your casserole. “Oh, I must’ve forgotten those roasted […]
Chump Lady Gratitude Turkey Day Recipe Swap
Happy Thanksgiving, CN! I imagine most of us today in the U.S. are having small holidays gatherings or no gatherings at all because of the lockdown. If this is your first holiday post-fuckwit, sending you socially distance-y (((hugs))) of support. Hope you’re doing something nice for yourself today. Like enjoy all the pumpkin pie for […]
A Declaration of Independence for Chumps
Overthrowing tyrants? Boldly striking out to chart a new life? Chumps have Independence Day down. Today I’m rerunning this proclamation by CN member KibblesNBits. Please add your amendments and revolutionary fervor in the comments. Have a happy holiday everyone and VIVA la independence! Dear Chump Lady, In honor of what will be yet another difficult holiday […]
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 […]
Tell Me How You’re Mighty Holiday Edition
Every so many months I do a “Tell Me How You’re Mighty” post, to check in on the general state of awesomeness around here. Awesome? I don’t feel awesome, Tracy. Isn’t this blog about overcoming crappy chump stuff and snarking about sociopaths? Yes it is! And mightiness. So at this holiday season, let’s think about […]
Holiday Sh*t Sandwiches
Dear Chump Lady, You know that radio show hosted by Delilah, where folks call in and request a special song for someone in a particularly heart rendering circumstance? I was wondering if you could be a Chump Delilah and let me request a special column for all the Chump Parents who are struggling with double-decker […]
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