Freddie Gibbs Baby Mama Gossip vs. The Reality of Fatherhood
Before the twins arrived, I received three distinct pieces of advice about the impending transition to fatherhood. My postman, Terry, told me to sleep while I still could (it's physically impossible to bank sleep in advance, Terry, but thanks for...
Proud Curvy Girl Seeks Lost Baby Daddy: 3 AM Doomscroll Notes
Dear Priya from last November. You're currently sitting on the closed lid of the downstairs toilet. The bathmat is damp under your bare feet because your husband took a shower three hours ago and didn't turn on the exhaust fan....
The Bizarre Lies She Told My Baby About My Pre-Parenting Life
I watched in absolute horror as my old university friend Fiona, wearing a leather jacket that smelled faintly of stale vape smoke and regret, leaned directly into the pram and started rewriting my twenties. We were in a Costa Coffee...
Co-Parenting Chaos & What I Learned From Pop Culture
Dear Sarah from six months ago, You're currently sitting in the driverβs seat of the Honda Odyssey in the Target parking lot. Itβs 9:15 AM on a Tuesday. You're wearing those black lululemon leggings that have a crusty, chalky smear...
My Gangster Baby Daddy Pampers Me To Paradise: Real Dad Take
"Just let her sleep when the baby sleeps," my mom told me over FaceTime, which is mathematically impossible unless I also figure out how to sleep when the baby sleeps, and then who exactly is watching the dog or paying...
My Baby Daddy Is A Bed Bug: A Custody Exchange Survival Guide
Dear Priya from last October. You're currently staring at a navy blue canvas duffel bag in the entryway of your Chicago apartment, wondering if you can legally set it on fire. Your baby daddy just pulled away in his Honda....
Why Machine Gun Kelly's Co-Parenting Setup Is Oddly Inspiring
It was 3:14 in the morning, the Texas humidity was already sticking to the windowpanes like a wet blanket, and my middle childβlet's just call her Baby M for the sake of keeping some things privateβwas doing that terrifying back-arching...
The Co-Parenting Chaos Nobody Warns You About
I'm sitting in my minivan outside a Starbucks in River North watching my friend do a custody handoff that looks exactly like a Code Blue in the ER. Just pure, uncoordinated panic. She's shoving a heavy diaper bag at her...
What The Lil Durk Baby Mama Drama Taught Me About Co-Parenting
My mom sat me down at the kitchen table over a plate of lukewarm eggs and told me to just smile and wave politely at my husband's ex during drop-offs, like I was the grand marshal of a small-town parade....