Daily Insights

We recently moved to a new city because of my husband’s new job. Our 8-year-old daughter, Lily, was telling us about her first day at her new school. I asked her about…

My former school classmate came to our restaurant with her husband and looked at me condescendingly when she saw me behind the bar. They examined the menu for a long time choosing…

Three days before the wedding, I found out his mom had the vegan dishes removed. My fiancé shrugged: “It’s not a big deal.” No one asked me. I felt erased from my…

After my husband passed away, I was left to sort through his things. I found a garage door opener in his car, even though we didn’t have a garage that required one….

My coworker asked me to stay late because their kid was sick and I don’t have a family. I said no—I had an appointment. Her response? A sarcastic, “Must be nice to have…

My mom dropped my brother off at daycare before work. When she got to work, she had a terrible feeling something was wrong with him. She ended up leaving and driving to…

I packed my things, ready to finally move in with the man I love. After five years of heartache, after my ex-husband left me for his young mistress, I never thought I’d…

Recently, I’ve gone from a size 20 to a size 8. Nobody expected such a drastic change, so when I arrived to my office, I got bombarded with questions. One colleague, Aubrey,…

I got into a car crash. My husband dropped off our daughters to my MIL while he rushed to see me in the hospital. The next morning, he brought the kids there….

I went to meet my girlfriend’s parents. Her stepdad and I started chatting, he asked about my parents. I told him where my mom worked, and he said he worked there for…