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What’s In. What’s Out

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You know all those New Year’s listicles for what’s in for 2019 and out for 2018? I think CN needs one! Out: Pick me dancing. In: See ya later, clown. Out: Self-loathing. In: Mightiness. Out: 200 lbs of mindfuck. In: New puppy. Chasing unicorns was so last year. Tell me what’s trending for 2019 in […]

UBT: ‘A Letter to My Lover’s Wife’

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The Universal Bullshit Translator delights in the word vomit of the Other Woman with a bad case of the sadz. The sort of star-crossed luvah who clamors for recognition that only publication in a major newspaper can confer, that says — Yes You Were Special (clickbait). Thank you, the legions of Chump Nation who sent […]

Gain a Life

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Happy New Year! Happy new life! I thought it was time for this column, “Get Over It” which I wrote for New Year’s Day in 2014 and appears in the perennial hits on the home page. It’s not my usual snark, (okay some snark), but take it in the spirit of hope. I have every […]

UBT: “I just wanted to reach out to help you”

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The Universal Bullshit Translator just can’t get enough of supercilious, OW twat waffle condescension. It’s like popcorn to the UBT. Popped fresh from Satan’s own blast furnace. Amazon chump sent in a doozy: My ex’s OW sent me the below email when he decided to stay married to me after I filed for divorce. Stupidly […]

Chumpfetti, or How Did You Get Rid of Their Crap?

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So yesterday’s post about Bea’s letter got me thinking about old letters, Valentine’s, tie-dyed license plate covers and other tokens of cheater affection. (To the uninitiated, my cheating ex once gave me a tie-dyed license plate cover for Christmas after D-Day. Because I’m a “hippy chick.”) There’s THAT crap — the crap they gave you. […]

Come Back to Us, Dean!

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I got distracted with my computer woes and failed to inform you that Dean McDermott is not returning to True Tori. Okay, the season ends on Tuesday, so it’s all a bit convenient if it’s not renewed. What is a reality TV show about the angsty horror of being married to a cheating fuckwit without the cheating fuckwit? […]

Chump Lady Is Back… and Morphing

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Hi guys, The site is back up and working. It’s going to look a little weird for a few weeks while I’m changing the site design here. You’ll notice that I’m just two columns now — the forums are there, just scroll down. Everything is slightly shifted, but present and accounted for. The agony yesterday […]

Gah! Glitches! Damn you Word Press!

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So, I just updated to WordPress 4.0 and my site went to hell. Apparently, you can read this column, but you cannot comment and my side bars and other links are not working. I’ve got troubleshooting questions posted in forums and calls into various geeks. If you’re a chump and an IT geek, and you […]

Meaningless Flings and the Myth of the Good Cheater

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So as of yesterday Esther Perel now follows me on Twitter. Which is big of her considering I told her to bite me. On the other hand, there might be something in it for her as she’s writing a book on infidelity, according to the New York Times, and is only taking on new clients “who […]