Monthly Archives: November 2009

My dog has new toys and I don’t know where they’re coming from.

My dog is a criminal. Although she is confined to our house and backyard, she frequently ends up with things that don’t belong to her or us. I’m not asking for advice about the baby’s sweatshirt she brought inside once, … Continue reading

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If I can’t have fun while I’m pregnant, my boyfriend shouldn’t, either. Part II.

Here’s a comment I received in response to the post http://tochea.com/2009/10/14/i-want-my-husband-to-stop-drinking-because-im-pregnant/ . (Normally, I don’t approve of extraneous punctuation marks and excessive acronyms, but I feel like they add a little certain something here so I didn’t edit them out.) … Continue reading

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My book club discusses everything but the book.

My book club has about ten members. They’re all smart women who enjoy reading and literature, but I find that we talk about the book for about ten minutes and the conversation quickly degenerates into drunken conversations about husbands, boyfriends, … Continue reading

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My sister is coming to visit and my apartment is the size of a bathtub.

My sister and her husband are coming to visit us next week, along with my niece. My husband and I and our daughter live in New York and have a very small apartment, which I have explained to my sister … Continue reading

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My best friend isn’t being very friendly.

So, I have this friend, “Bertha.” She and I have been the best of friends since childhood, and I love her like a sister. We have always been there for each other, can talk about anything, blah blah blah you … Continue reading

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