Saturday was my birthday and every year I rerun the first birthday column I wrote in 2012. It’s a meditation on craptacular chumpy birthdays, and what a difference a new life — and a new partner — makes. (Not that you can’t have the new life without a new partner. This always bears repeating.) Fair […]
Chump Lady Audio Arrives
Wonder what a Chump Lady sounds like? Wonder no more. I’m on audio. Here’s your first sampling above, classic post, 5 Things That Keep You Stuck with a Cheater. (And yes, sorry, I sound absolutely nothing like the professional voice actress that recorded my book.) I’ve been promising audio awhile for Patrons, and I’m […]
Site Still to Come
Hi CN. Just an update on the new site launch. Not there yet. It’s very buggy, but hopefully soon. This whole ordeal reminds me of my third day of childbirth. Theoretically a baby was coming, but all I could feel was pain. (The baby is now 23 with a job… It all worked out. This […]
It’s Coming… A New and Improved Chump Lady Site
Hey CN, just an update. Our new and improved site will debut next weekend, scheduled for Sunday, March 14. I’m told the WordPress core update (headed like a meteor crashing to earth on Monday) shouldn’t whack anything out meanwhile. Fingers crossed… Here’s what you can look forward to: A one-stop-shopping Toolkit for Newbies. Know someone […]
Steal This Idea
So the blog-odometer flipped 30 million page views last week. (And I failed to notice until yesterday.) Which I thought deserved some sort of pause and moment of contemplation. Christ on a cracker, there are a lot of chumps. Over 5.5 million unique visitors, to be exact. Of course, I don’t know if they’re all […]
Chump Lady Answers Her Google Search Queries
I have a perverse interest in Google analytics. I’m always curious to see how people wash up on the shores of Chump Lady. Just what exactly did you Google to find me? The site has pretty good SEO (search engine optimization, for the less geeky among you). I’ve hit the first Google page for several […]
New Forums, New Features, News
Hey, I have an announcement to make — starting on Thursday, Aug. 1, the forums are moving to a new platform, Discourse. What? Change? You know I hate change, Tracy. I know, I’m here to shepherd you through it. CN, we’re bursting our buttons. When I started this place in 2012, I was self-employed, living […]
Why Do You Still Do This? A Peek Behind the Scenes at Chump Central
Maybe you’ve wondered where those Chump Lady columns come from. Do snarky elves visit in the night and leave them in your Facebook feed? Perhaps a wicked fairy pricked a sleeping baby, muttered a curse, and the child grew up to be a blogger instead of a sensible accounting major? Magical goats? Nope. It’s me, […]
Chump Lady Descends Into Middle Age
Happy birthday to me today. Every year I rerun this column, which has become one of the founding texts of CN. To the newbies, my 40th birthday was absurdly awful — I spent it shoveling shit. What a difference a few years makes. It’s 2018 now, I’m fifty&^%#two (!!!) today and I’m working on my […]
Happy Blog Birthday, Chump Nation! Viva la Revolution!
Hey, Chump Nation, happy birthday! The blog turns 6 years old today! Have some cake! (Or, in the proper spirit, take away cake.) Viva la revolution, CN! We are changing the infidelity narrative. Have you noticed how “pick me dance” has slipped into the lexicon? Or how the comment sections on those blameshifting RIC articles are […]
