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Bitch Fest Holiday Edition: Mother-in-Law Hijacks Xmas

Dear Bitch Fest, My mother-in-law announced she's hosting Christmas dinner and invited my entire extended family WITHOUT ASKING ME. She knows I've been planning our first Christmas as homeowners for months. When I mentioned this, she said, "Oh honey, you're…

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Bitch Fest: When Your Best Friend Goes Spiritual Guru

LETTER 1 Dear Bitch Fest,  My best friend just had a "life-changing" ayahuasca retreat and now she won’t stop telling me I’m “vibrating at a low frequency.” She literally interrupted my story about getting promoted to tell me I need to “release my…

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Bitch Fest: Divorced Healing and Dreading Dating Apps

LETTER 1 Dear Bitch Fest, I'm 34, recently divorced, and my ex-husband is already engaged to someone he met three months ago. Meanwhile, I'm over here trying to figure out how to use dating apps without wanting to throw my phone into traffic. Everyone keeps…

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Bitch Fest: Drowning in Expectations and Setting Limits

LETTER 1 Dear Bitch Fest, I'm drowning in other people's expectations. My boss wants me to be a "team player" (code for working weekends), my partner wants more quality time, my friends are mad I keep canceling plans, and my mother keeps asking when I'm going…

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Bitch Fest: Unfiltered Advice on Life's Unspoken Truths

LETTER 1 Dear Bitch Fest, I've been with my partner for 7 years. We have a life that looks pretty good on paper, good jobs, nice apartment, solid friend group. For our anniversary, they bought me a Peloton. A PELOTON. I'm not an exercise person. I've never…

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Bitch Fest: Ask Joseph on Marriage and Domestic Labor

For when your husband’s version of “helping” involves applause. Q: “Joseph, how do you handle a husband who thinks he deserves a standing ovation for doing one chore? Like, he empties the dishwasher once and suddenly he's the Patron Saint of Domestic Labor. I…

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Bitch Fest: The Column That Says What Therapists Cannot

This isn’t about venting. It’s about refusing what no longer works. Dear Bitch Fest, My mother-in-law keeps “accidentally” calling me by my husband’s ex’s name. It’s been six years. At Easter dinner, she did it twice. My husband says I’m overreacting. Am I? ,…

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