my boss just asked me to "hop on a quick call" at 6:47pm on a friday and I made this face. this is the face. the messy bun. the dead eyes. the hoodie that says "Overworked & Underfucked" in my home office at a desk I've been sitting at for eleven hours. I haven't lef

I'm taking a selfie outside because I organized my fridge by food group this morning and I needed fresh air and witnesses. I'm wearing a shirt that says "If I End Up Like My Sister Please Euthanize Me" because my sister has been organizing her fridge by food group since 2019 and

5. this is the face I made when the Uber driver missed the turn. not a wrong turn. the CORRECT turn. the one I said out loud. the one the GPS said out loud. we both said it. he drove past it. and I made this face. my father's face. the face that doesn't need words because the disappointmen

I'm sitting in a parking lot right now because I got here fourteen minutes early and I refuse to go inside until exactly the right time. this is my father's behavior. I used to make fun of it. now I'm living it. spatula. I'm in my car in a hoodie that says "I Could Be So Much

my boyfriend's girlfriend told his mom "the lasagna was interesting" at family dinner and the table hasn't recovered. trampoline. I'm sitting at a cafe in a sweatshirt that says "I Could Be So Much Worse I Could Start Acting Like My Mother In Law" because this woman r

I caught myself folding a towel the way my mother folds towels and I booked a one-way flight to Europe the same night. spatula. I'm standing on a balcony in a city I can't pronounce wearing a sweatshirt that says "If I End Up Like My Mother Please Euthanize Me" because three days

I'm sitting here drinking tea because my brother just told my mom I was the one who scratched her car in 2019. it was him. he knows it was him. I watched him do it. and he just blamed me. at dinner. in front of everyone. six years later. pineapple. I'm at a restaurant alone right now bec

I was having the most perfect solo date with myself. latte. cake. a booth with good lighting. arms crossed because for the first time in weeks nobody needed anything from me. then my mom called. she said "just checking in." she was not just checking in. trampoline. "are you eating

I hiked to the top of a mountain today. arms open. sun on my face. standing above a lake that looks like it belongs in a movie. a year ago I couldn't walk to the mailbox without negotiating with my own brain for forty minutes first. I'm wearing a sweatshirt that says "May Be She&#

I called my dad and said "I love you" and he said "how much do you need." he didn't even let me finish the sentence. he already knew. spatula. I'm at a taco place wearing a sweatshirt that says "Love You Dad! Can I Have Some Money?" and the man behind me in line r

my therapist said I need to "build a life worth showing up for." so I got a dog and 20mg and now we go to brunch every saturday and we're both smiling for no reason and I think we figured it out. a year ago I didn't leave the house for things like this. I didn't sit at cafes.

I finally did it. I stopped answering the phone every time she called. For years, I was the daughter who did everything right. I called every day. I listened to her complain about the neighbors for an hour. I let her tell me how to raise my kids, how to spend my money, and why my outfit was "

I was sitting at this dinner tonight, and the person at the table next to us started talking loudly on speakerphone. Old me would have just put on my AirPods and ignored it. But today? Something snapped. I felt my posture straighten, my lips purse, and a very specific "I’m about to ruin this pe

We’re at the match, and he spends the whole first half explaining the "offside rule" to me like I haven't been watching this sport since I was five. Then, he proceeds to spill a $15 stadium soda all over his own shoes while celebrating a goal that was clearly VAR-rejected. 🤦‍♀️ I’m n

I wore this UnhingedOne sweatshirt that says ‘I could be so much worse I could start acting like my mom’ and I swear people kept reacting 😭 It’s one of those lines that hits instantly because everyone relates to it 😂 People were reading it and laughing right away. And the sweatshirt is actually sup