Ah, another mother-in-law horror story. There’s something about them that always makes us chuckle. Whether it’s the complete naivety many of them display or their total lack of boundaries. One MIL really played the part well when she invited her son’s ex and baby mama to an upcoming family holiday with his current wife. The two were never … Read more
Sorry, they’re not sorry. Lowery Elementary School, located in Houston, Texas, denied parents entry to their kindergartener’s graduation ceremony simply because they had brought the student’s siblings to celebrate the milestone. In the viral clip posted by @emmairakoze, now with 13.4 million views on TikTok, a mother from behind the camera is seen being greeted … Read more
Have you been procrastinating your spring cleaning? You’re not alone — 90% of Americans say they get anxious cleaning their home. A poll of 2,000 US adults revealed the areas that make people the most anxious when they think about cleaning them: floors (54%), carpets and rugs (52%) and refrigerators (52%). Roughly three-quarters of respondents … Read more
New York’s childbirth rate continues to decline as women wait longer to have kids, new data suggests. In 2021, around 211,000 babies were born in New York — a 13% drop compared with about 241,000 a decade earlier in 2011, according to newly compiled data from Cornell University’s Program in Applied Demographics. Young people moving … Read more
The average parent will drive over 1,400 miles to their destination before considering another mode of transportation, according to new research. A survey of 2,000 car owners or drivers who are parents of school-aged children revealed that when going on a trip, parents will drive an average of 1,479 miles before choosing to fly or … Read more
The Goodwillie family just gained a whole new generation of cousins in one busy year. Four sisters from England are pregnant at the same time in a strange coincidence, including two of them who are due in the same month. Kayleigh Stewart, 29, and her sister Jay Goodwillie, 35, are both due with baby boys … Read more
Moms are confident in themselves as 73% feel they are the best mom in the world. According to a new survey of 2,000 moms, eight in 10 moms believe that they are the driving force of their family and that the family would be lost without them. When it comes to their superhero traits, moms … Read more
These siblings are attached at the hip — literally. Conjoined twins, 22-year-old Lupita and Carmen Andrade, recently opened up about what it’s like to live their lives fused together — and the common misconceptions about their dating lives and beyond. The twins, who were born in Mexico but grew up in Connecticut, share a pelvis, … Read more
They’re moving out. A shocking 27% of New Yorkers are planning to leave the Empire State in the next five years, with 30% saying they wish they lived somewhere else, according to a poll from Siena College Research Institute released Wednesday. Affordability, ease of retirement, politics and crime and safety were among New Yorkers’ biggest … Read more
If it ain’t broke, don’t six it. A 37-year-old man from Brazil has six wives — and said he’s planning to have babies with each one of them. Arthur O Urso is currently “married” to lucky ladies Luana Kazaki, 27; Emelly Souza, 21; Valquíria Santos, 24; Olinda Maria, 51; Damiana, 23; and Amanda Albuquerque, 28. … Read more
In 2018, city life was becoming unsustainable for Rachel Zack, 41, and her husband Jason Fitzgerald, 45. They were spending $2,100 per month for a three-bedroom in Astoria and around $2,400 a month on child care for their then-2-year-old daughter. Their combined income was roughly $250,000, but home ownership still felt out of reach. “We … Read more
DEAR ABBY: I recently left my boyfriend. He said he loved me, but I felt like a third wheel in our relationship. He had a female friend he was constantly borrowing money from, even though we both work. He also gave her relationship advice. They would bicker back and forth like 2-year-olds, and when we … Read more
This couple has given the phrase “father of the bride” an entirely new meaning. In celebration of her recent Las Vegas nuptials, a newlywed named Christy broadcast on TikTok the footage of the impassioned first kiss she shared with her groom moments after the pair were pronounced husband and wife. Then, the blushing bride revealed … Read more
A man born into a fundamentalist Mormon cult is speaking out about his very unconventional upbringing. Calvin Wayman, 34, left the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS) in 2019 after finding the religion too restrictive — and didn’t realize that his family situation was far from normal until he relocated to California. … Read more
It was a kissin’ cousins mystery. A rising TikTok star has stunned fans by revealing that she and her husband are related by blood — and she says she only learned the dark secret while she was carrying his baby. Marcella Hill — who has raked in almost 300,000 followers on the social media site … Read more
A young mother has died just six weeks after being diagnosed with cancer, leaving her husband and two children to face Christmas without their mom. Ella Troup, from Melbourne, was given a stage 4 cancer diagnosis and died during an operation to fight the disease, leaving husband Ben and their children Ollie, 1, and Leo, … Read more
Burnt out on your go-to winter travel destinations? We bet you are. After all, it’s a new post-COVID world and that means that it’s time to shake things up. Whether it’s for holiday family fun, glitzy New Year’s Eve shenanigans, winter sun, fun on the slopes, an urban artsy scene, immersion in nature or hiking, … Read more
She found out what’s in a name. Mairéad Stevens, an England-based mother of two, was so torn up with bitter regret about the baby name she chose for her son that she “cried almost daily” for six months. On her family TikTok account, Stevens explains in a viral video that although she doesn’t regret her children’s names anymore, “When … Read more
She’s got a bevy of baby daddies and she doesn’t care who knows it. A Tennessee woman has hit back at haters who have criticized her for having 11 children with eight different men, saying she’s not ashamed of her unconventional family. The Memphis mama, known on TikTok as Phi, is frequently fielding questions about … Read more
Donna and Vanner Johnson got a true surprise on their 16th wedding anniversary, in 2019 — Vanner was not the father of their son Tim, then 12. The couple, who lived in Utah, had recently submitted their DNA to 23andMe for genetic testing and decided, since the company was having a sale, to include their … Read more