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Tired of the shit emails and DMs and comments I'm getting so here I'll answer your crap in one go. Not all men are violent you're being sexist If I came to you crying and said - my husband broke my jaw - and
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Nobody wants to talk about money. It's horrible talking about money. But I feel like I should. I'm 33 and my family and I live week to week. This is quite normal in our circle of friends. I gave up my day job earlier in the
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Rants in the Dark The Play is NEXT WEEK OMG OMGI have a double pass for you thanks to Circa Theatre and Good Times Company!You can come on Tuesday or Wednesday or Thursday night (Friday is almost sold out - Saturday is sold out!!!) Just comment on my Facebook
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One of my favourite things to do is imagine who my boys will grow up to be. Will they be bogans? Or hippies? Will they stay up late reading by torchlight like I did? Or will they ignore all books like their father? Will they be outdoorsy like him? Or
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TRIGGER WARNING: This post discusses sexual assault. I barely drink these days. With no sleep and breastfeeding around the clock it's just not an option for me. I know few parents who drink heavily because really, who wants to look after kids when they're hung-over? But
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One thing I've tried to reject since the moment I became a parent three years ago, is the concept that I am in competition with any other mum or dad. This idea that there are perfect parents out there is bullshit, but we all keep chasing that dream
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As I rocked (quite vigorously I must say) my baby to sleep and attempted again to get the dummy into his mouth I thought to myself "Ughh I can't wait till he is older and we are through with this shitty stage". I thought the same
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My nanna was a smart woman. She raised seven children. And had 18 (or probably more - it's hard to keep up) grandchildren. I adored her. She died before she could meet my children, which is heartbreaking in its own quiet way but sadly not an unusual story
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I was asked if I'm going to write about Christmas. And hopefully I will. But this is not that post. If you're looking for heart-warming merry and bright stories of hope and joy turn away now. Abandon hope all ye who enter here. There will be
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If our household had a motto it would be: qui super omnia amatur somnus. Above all else, sleep. Our coat of arms would be two pillows crossed over an unmade bed. We are a home of two adults who have a deep and abiding passion and love for sleep, a
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It was some time between midnight and 3am. I was dead asleep. I'd fed the littliest at midnight so it was after that, and it was before he woke up for a feed at 3am. This hardly matters, because that time of night is Hell unless you'