Guilt on Shine

USER POST: MAKE IT GO AWAY(poem)

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When are your due? Two years ago.

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I was at the super market last week when at the check out line the cashier placed my chocolate bar in my bag, smiled, and said, "when are you due." Calmly I murmured, "two years ago." She continued to smile and decided to cover herself by explaining that she asked because she…

The Guilt Bank: Why Someone is Always in Relationship Debt

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New ways couples divide household duties -- and why someone is always in debt by Marissa Rothkopf Bates Let me start off by saying, my husband is a very, very nice man. Sweet and thoughtful, he's even been known to buy me flowers on occasion. I lucked out in the husband department. But…

Working Moms: Is spending time with your child more important than making time for yourself?

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I went in to work crazy-early yesterday, so that I could leave crazy-early and meet up with an old friend whom I hadn't seen in far too long. A coworker stopped by my desk as I was packing up, and so I explained what was going on. She gasped. "You're... actually doing something FOR YOURSELF?"

I immediately felt a little guilty. And sheepish. Until I looked her in the eye and saw that she was actually cheering me on.

Moved on...

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So it's been a month since my ex and I have split...after fighting for 8 long months, I finally threw in the towel...and to say the least...I feel free and a little disappointed in myself. After attempting to rectify our situation and he didn't want too...I decided to move on. …

What do you think?

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The first time that I fell in love in my life was sometime in March. I fell hard for a 28 year old man, I was 19, so despite our almost ten year age difference I knew that what we had was real. My mother didn't approve which is understandable since she is my mom and the last thing she…

User post: The Happiest Mom: Guilt-Free Decision-Making, Part 1

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When my kids were little, I found myself paralyzed by making parenting decisions. What did I really believe? Did my parenting decisions support those beliefs? Did it matter what my friends, other parents, or far-flung experts would think, or was that just background noise muddying up the…

Could Facebook be a potential problem?

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I know this guy whose married to someone very close to me, but he's always on Facebook complaining about her and talking with other girls from his past. He's always talking about how she gives him this super like honey-do list when she's the one cleaning the close, taking care…

A new kind of mom-guilt: feeling guilty for not feeling guilty

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Unfortunately, most the moms I know tend to take on a lot of, mostly unfounded and unnecessary, "mother guilt."

So I was so happy, when asked the other day about putting my kids in more child care, that I realized I didn't feel guilty.

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Dumping shame

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Stop being ashamed. Everyone has made mistakes. Everyone has hurt someone. Everyone has faltered in their good intentions.