Best Public Service Announcement EVER goes to Rescue Dogs Rock NYC for “Dogs don’t cheat. Adopt a Life Partner.” Spoofing the Ashley Madison hack, the ad encourages folks to get a dog (or two!) instead of a cheater. “You’ll find things in your dog that you’ll never find in your ex. Novel behaviors like loyalty, […]
I Need You Like A….?
Today’s Friday Challenge is a riff on yesterday’s UBT topic, the sad sausage lament, “I needed you.” UXworld commented: “I need you” line I couldn’t help but flash on The Honeybees from that episode of Gilligan’s Island: I need you, I need you Like a camel needs a hump Like a city needs a dump […]
Most Psycho Reaction to Being Busted?
In the early days of the blog and holiday Freak of the Week contests, we had a winner with BarristerBelle who described her then-husband’s reaction to being busted for cheating: After D-Days 1-3, XH was desperately pretending to reconcile. Then I saw OW-dingbat-paralegal’s text on his phone after we’d just had dinner with his grandmother. […]
Reframe It
I often think of CN as a place to deprogram chumps from the RIC. To “decolonize the mind” in the words of the great Kenyan writer Ngugi wa Thiong’o. To un-manipulate your brain. It takes a lot of peer support and perspective to do that. And, of course, your own personal mightiness. The experience of […]
Leave a Cheater, Change Your Surroundings
Today’s Friday challenge is a riff on yesterday’s post about selling the family home. How did you change your surroundings in your new life? Did you burn the bed linens? Throw out all the shit in their closet? (That they didn’t pick up… because of course.) Paint a wall until it sang? Speaking of freedom […]
Ever Run Into Your Ex?
I know the interwebz are full of listicles on how to Clairvoyantly Uncouple for the Children. But they never include the kind of advice you really need. Like a mantra of positivity so you’ll forget that time he screwed hookers while you were 7 months pregnant. So today’s Friday Challenge is to share the time […]
New Words for the Chump Condition?
Dear Chump Lady, I’ve been thinking about the being mighty part of moving on lately, and I think I have a new term for the Chump dictionary: special snowflake chump. As I write to you, I’m thinking to myself how I could never hate my ex because, 1) he was my first long-term relationship, 2) […]
New Age Cheaterisms
Cheaters seem well-versed in philosophy — the kind of Pinterest-board deep thoughts that can only be expressed by a sunset meme or a basket of kittens. So your Fun Friday Challenge this week is to take a popular New Age-y aphorism like “Live, Love, Laugh” and rewrite it for cheater sensibilities –“Lie, Luv, Litigate.” So what’s your Schmoopie goop speak? If you […]
Jingle Meh?
Dear Chump Lady, While I’m working on getting out of my situation, I sometimes distract myself with a little mental daydreaming and write new lyrics to classic songs. They’re not always great works, but it’s a method of stress relief that’s kind fun. Because it’s Christmas, here’s a festive little diddy for your mild amusement. […]
The Selfies, OMG the Selfies
I believe it was UXWorld who said the other day, “The SELFIES. OMG, the selfies!” Which started quite the riff on embarrassing cheater affectations pre- and post D-Day. Were there goatees? New tattoos? Juvenile hobbies? Motorcycles? Dic pics? Duck face selfies? Text speak, K? A cloud of noxious cologne? New boobs? It’s not very meh, […]
