The week before my wedding last August, a couple my husband and I knew from seeing Dead and Company shows at the Sphere publicly accused me of groping the man and having a salacious conversation with him on the Sphere floor.
Author: Jennifer Irwin (Jennifer Irwin)
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The daughter-in-law isn’t the enemy: How I left boy-mom anxiety at the table.
I once saw a sign in a gift shop that read: “A daughter is a daughter for life, but a son is a son until he takes a wife.” That was the start of my deep-rooted fear that if the women my sons ended up marrying didn’t like me, I’d be cut out of their lives forever.
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It wasn’t until I purged my mother’s clothes from my closet that I discovered my own sense of style
When my mother died, I was at a point in my life when I hadn’t yet defined my sense of style.
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I went to a Korean spa and this is what happened:
I went to a Korean spa for a body scrub with two friends who had been before. I was a little nervous when they picked me up at my house. I knew one of the girls well, and the other was a new friend. Would I be naked in front of them? Would we be...
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WHEN ONE OF MY SONS BREAKS UP WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND, DO I NEED TO BREAK UP WITH HER TOO?
I have three grown sons, and they have dated some fantastic women over the years. Being a boy mom always made me feel vulnerable because if their girlfriend didn’t like me and they ended up marrying, I may never see my son again. Women rule the roost; if your daughter-in-law hates you, you probably won’t...
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I found my soulmate late in life, and I hope these ten easy-to-follow dating tips will help you find yours, too.
I’m not a dating expert or a therapist, but I found my soulmate late in life, and I want to help you find yours, too. At forty-four, I was single again after nineteen years of marriage. As a newly single woman, all I wanted to do was have fun. I wasn’t ready for a serious...
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Carrie felt like an outsider on this exclusive island, and then she met Jack
In the summer of 1985, just before I started college, I got a job as a nanny for a divorced woman. She rented a house on a fancy private island off the coast of Connecticut. The woman was an acquaintance of my mother’s and had two daughters—one was eight, the other ten. During the interview,...
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An Older Bride Wedding Dress Story
Shortly after we set the wedding date, a wave of panic hit me like lightning. I was a 63-year-old bride; this was my second marriage, and I had no idea what to wear. The only thing I was sure of was that I was marrying my soulmate, and I didn’t want to wear white. My...
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The Roommate
The Roommate NYC – 1985 Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. The listing described the apartment as a railroad-track layout, which I later learned meant I had to walk through my roommate’s bedroom to reach the bathroom. It was a fourth-floor walk-up, but the Upper East Side...
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My Wedding Vows
Wedding Vows Charlie, I used to enjoy telling people that you weren’t my type. On our first date, you picked me up in a baby blue Prius, and I asked, “Is this your only car?” You were wearing baggy clothes, and after meeting some high schoolers in my garage, you casually said that my kids...