Category: Uplifting stories

Time Again for a Mightiness Check

February 5, 2016 442 Comments

Today, we’re keeping it positive, chumps! It’s time once again for Tell Me How You’re Mighty. To newbies, every 6 months or so, I ask …

A Guy Chump’s Tale from the Other Side

September 15, 2015 150 Comments

Today’s post is from Steve, who’s been with the blog almost from the start. He recently wrote to say he’d gotten engaged (now happily remarried), …

Aspiring to Marriage

June 26, 2015 100 Comments

“No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice, and family. In forming a marital union, …

HGTV’s Hilary Farr, Queen of the Boundaries

March 31, 2015 189 Comments

I confess I’ve got a thing for the HGTV show “Love It or List It.” It completely appeals to my chumpy, codependent senses — you …

Tiffany Glass Windows

February 6, 2015 156 Comments

Hi guys, I’m on the road today, so forgive me, I’m running an oldie from 2013. But given the new number of chumps who join …

More Mightiness!

January 5, 2015 367 Comments

Hey, it is the first back-at-work Monday in the New Year and I believe it’s time for another Mightiness Check here at Chump Lady. I’m …

Happy Birthday Chump Lady

September 25, 2014 229 Comments

Hi Chumps! Today is my birthday, so I’m taking it easy today, sort of. You get a twofer. I got a wonderful letter yesterday from …

Chump Lady Gets a Letter

September 5, 2014 220 Comments

If you ever wonder why I do what I do, why I keep writing about infidelity long, long after it ceased to be relevant to …

Tell Me How You’re Mighty

January 14, 2014 417 Comments

This post idea came to me from Ghana. I got an email from a wonderful chump there who wrote to say she reads the …

Get Over It

January 1, 2014 198 Comments

Get over it. The three words chumps hate to hear. “Get over it” says your remorseless cheater after a half-assed attempt at reconciliation. “Get over …

The Holiday Season and Chumpdom

November 12, 2013 149 Comments

It’s beginning to look a lot like… NO! It’s not even Thanksgiving yet! Don’t even THINK about it! I’m sorry. The holiday season is upon …

In Praise of Good Men

October 18, 2013 68 Comments

I read so many depressing stories here at CL and elsewhere about men who abandon their families, who just shrug off decades of commitment, ignore …

Five Life Lessons from New Orleans

October 14, 2013 14 Comments

Hi guys, I’m back! I was away for a long weekend in my happy place, New Orleans. I’m still trying to get over the cocktail/fried …

Rock Throwers vs.Tiffany Glass Windows

October 10, 2013 41 Comments

Hi chumps, I’m away from the blog until Monday. But meanwhile, I’m running a post from last January, which I hope you’ll still find relevant. …

Standing on Lies

October 7, 2013 164 Comments

Thank you Dr. Anna Fels! I urge every chump to read yesterday’s opinion piece in the New York Times “Great Betrayals” by Dr. Fels. It’s …

A Message of Hope from a Fellow Chump

September 25, 2013 112 Comments

Hi guys, today’s my birthday, so I thought I’d run last year’s column, which was rather popular — here it is — but then a …

So What Have You Done for YOU Lately?

September 3, 2013 311 Comments

I didn’t realize quite what I vein I tapped when I asked for your best resentments. OMG — you’ve really made this awarding a mug …

Don’t Be a Chump, Be a Hell Raiser

August 11, 2013 50 Comments

I’m struck by how often the catalyst for an extraordinary life is loss. A friend of mine posts various nuggets of history on Facebook and …

An Inspiring Chump Letter

July 31, 2013 102 Comments

Hey guys, I’m on the road for a few days. Will do my best to post, but as luck would have it, this appeared in …

Dear Chump Lady, Got any happy stories?

July 14, 2013 90 Comments

Dear Chump Lady, Have you ever thought about compiling a list of anecdotes or stories from those that have successfully made it to the other …