Snarky in the Suburbs

Just WTH on mothers-in-law wanting to be an eyewitness to the birth of their grandchildren? That’s our Dear Snarky letter and we’ve got an upset mother-in-law writing in. Next, and I’m very excited about this, we have an update from the woman whose relatives were “vultures” after the death of her mother. It’s juicy. 

My rant is all about wedding trends and most of them are downright ridiculous. Then because I love you best, my sweet podcast friends, I share a letter that I’m going to post on social media later this week...

I’ve got a Dear Snarky that will make you say, “Are you kidding me?” I’m calling it Dead Wrong and it deals with the passing of a family member and the eruption of not grief but greed. My rant is about dorm living and why do some moms stay in their daughter’s dorm. Like WTH? In the Observation department filed under “chronically online” I’m sharing a prenup we all need to tell our daughters and girlfriends about. Finally, we get to the Snarky Confession and let’s just say it resulted in my son tattletelling to my husband. 

It’s the 100th Snarky in the Suburbs podcast! So, of course we have to celebrate with a freaky Dear Snarky letter that left me feeling very uneasy. As a palate cleanser we giddy up on over to a couple of juicy rants and then in the Observations I ask the question can you have an expectation of privacy in a marriage? The Snarky Confession proves I’m a liar because I said I wouldn’t tell any more stories about water or my family for a while. Oops. Sorry not sorry.

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Yay! We have two Dear Snarky letter updates and they’re both kind of juicy. I love  that for us. Then after that fun I go on a rant about shopping. It’s mercifully short so don’t worry. Next up in the “I’m Chronically On-line” series I have a list of passive aggressive sayings that are big no-nos. Have I said all of them? Why, yes I have. We wrap things up with the Snarky Confession and it’s dorm room décor that costs more than a car. We’re going to have fun!

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We’re starting off with the Dear Snarky letter that I’m so in love with. It’s as if I’m talking to my mother. The letter even has the word uncouth in it which is one of my mom’s favorite words. Next up is a random selection of rants that just feels good to get off my chest. Then I move on to talking about “generational talents.” Spoiler: I'm not one of them. Finally, I close out with the Snarky Confession which is where I once again insert myself into someone’s personal business.

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The Dear Snarky letter is a tear-jerker. A woman’s husband dies and his sisters who ghosted him during his illness are now contesting the will. Then we embark on a hike of doom and go even deeper on the Alpine Divorce. 😱

My rant is about freaking appliances. Why don’t they last longer??? I keep that mercifully short so we can quickly go to the Snarky Confession. It’s about the true-life tale of a Country Club Lifeguard and it’s juicy. 

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Get excited the Dear Snarky Grab Bag is back! We’ve got four mini Dear Snarky letters to discuss and they’re a tad juicy. Then it’s a rant palooza about why in the hell are there still “cake smashes” at weddings? Make it make sense. My Observation is can you be overly friendly and polite to the point of rudeness? Then just for funsies I share my Pilates near death experience. Finally, the Snarky Confession is also about dying - at sea. Yes, sea my friends. 🐋 🌊 🐳

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It’s a Snarky Special Edition – In honor of the Fourth of July please join me for “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Crazy.” 🇺🇸 The pod special starts out with a Dear Snarky letter from a woman who’s organized the perfect July 4th family reunion beach photos and then a brand-new sister-in-law butts in. Uh-oh. Next up I go off on Independence Day bike parades where you’ll get to meet “Daddy Hurt Feelings.” Yikes. 

Next up I take a moment to speak to the wonder of the flag cake and then tell a tale of when my son’s knowle...

We’re starting off with a Dear Snarky letter from a woman who calls her man “perfect.” So, why is she writing me a Dear Snarky Letter? 🤔  

Next up is something called a wedding “personal attendant.”  Say hello to being a bride’s bitch with none of the fun of being a bridesmaid. Then thank God for the internet because I went down the rabbit hole of interior designer vs decorator. The comment sections were gold. #barndoors.

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Get ready for a Dear Snarky Grab Bag. In this pod I’m sharing a couple of letters that will make you shake your head while muttering WTH. Then I’ve got a “True Life Tale” of how I was threatened by a septuagenarian gang and I’m not exaggerating when I tell you things got intense. To give you time to recover from that I switch gears to a new dating trend called “goblintimacy.” It’s hysterical and I’m all for it. The Snarky Confession is all about enjoying driving with the top down but honey I’m not talking about...

Who wants a double wedding? Not the woman who wrote me this Dear Snarky letter and I don’t blame her for wanting to take a hard pass. Next up I’ve got a rant about my response to the question of what’s the best advice I’ve ever received. Let’s just say my answer wasn’t well received. The observation is about “prom maxxing” and it explains so much about current wedding culture. The Snarky Confession is certified fresh because the incident happened yesterday. Oh my!

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This rarely happens but I have a Dear Snarky letter that has left me totally confused. I not only don’t have an answer for this letter but it made me do one of my least favorite things – self-reflection. My Peeves are people who refuse to accept that it’s okay to be old and tan maxxing. Stop the madness! Then in my Observation I get mad when someone tells me I’m old. But rest assured I have my reasons. Last but never least something exciting is happening in the Snarky Confessional. We have a guest confession and it’s a g...

Giddy up, I’ve got a Dear Snarky letter round up that’s delish. Most especially, an update on the weird doctor letter from last week. My rant is rather random but once you hear it I know you’ll be thinking the same thing (maybe). Then I move on to Friendship Red Flags and the Snarky Confession is all about when you’re finally honest in your marriage.

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Y’all I’ve got a Dear Snarky letter that’s taking up a lot of space in my brain and I’m betting it’s going to be messing with your brain as well. 🤯 Then I’ve got some vacation rants. One involves a fellow plane passenger who needed an etiquette lesson in disembarking. Next up we’re going to discuss being alone and not lonely and I’ve got some advice for the “dump your bucket” friend. I finish up with a Dear Snarky Confession that totally plays to my skill set.

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We’re starting out with a Dear Snarky letter about a friendship breakup. Ouch, that always hurts but is the letter writer as innocent as she sounds? In not so breaking news, I have another rant about weddings. Sorry but it needed to be done. The Snarky Confessional has been busy with a true-life story of me being thwarted by summer water fun – yet again.

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Yippee, I’ve got two good stories for you. The first one is a true-life story (not mine) about a cheating spouse, a best friend turned mistress and some serious baby shower revenge.  The second one is the Snarky Confession about a summer reading list. Yes, I know it sounds like a snoozer but trust me it’s not. I also go off on youth sports and have a moment of reflection about something that brings me joy and hope. (If you’re now thinking, am I listening to the wrong podcast? Don’t worry the joy doesn’t last long. ...

Well, we have a doozy of a Dear Snarky letter to kick off the pod with. You know it’s going to be good when the signature on the letter is “I’ve seen evil.” My rant is what some people would call champagne problems, but I call it this vacay kind of sucks. In the Observation department more about the Met Gala and the challenges of heeding the call of nature in a ginormous dress. The Snarky Confession is about pool floats. They hate me.

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OMG I’ve got a cautionary tale that I’m still upset about although it didn’t even happen to me. Get ready for some Snarky emo. Next up, I finally update the Alpine Divorce phenomenon and y’all it also has me raging. Things simmer down with my take on the Met Gala. Bottom line it looks awfully uncomfortable. In the Snarky Confession and in honor of Mother’s Day I confess my parenting flaws. Well, honestly just a few because we don’t have enough time to go deep. 😉

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Oh, my goodness we’ve got a rant-topia going on. We kick it off with a Dear Snarky letter that is going to simultaneously give you the icks and make you feel sorry for the mom who wrote the letter. Next up is a cornucopia of venting from high school graduation to a mother-in-law alert. The Snarky Confession delivers just like a Frisbee to the nose.

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All aboard the Worried Mama Express! We’ve got a Dear Snarky letter from a mom in a frenzy because her son has gone overboard in his bond to his bride’s family. Next up is a look at Modern Manners. There’s a quiz attached and we’re all going to take it together. In the Snarky Confession y’all may have problems believing this but I’ve been ghosted – for real.

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Is there an epidemic of love bombing grifters? I think the answer is yes because the letters just keep on coming. This podcast the Peeve and Observations have been combined into a Peevservation. Y’all it’s one woman’s tale of spending a Saturday shopping. Let’s just say retail was not kind to me. The Snarky Confession is all about when I kind of, sort of, very briefly did what I’m going to call the Lord’s work.

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Enjoy this trip inside my brain where I dump out some stuff that’s been rattling around in there. Before that hot mess starts, we have two Dear Snarky updates that I love so much. Most especially the one that involves a shoe getting thrown. (Always a personal favorite.) My Peeve is about education and the Observation also, rattling, concerns the phrase “no one is coming to save you.” The Snarky Confession is all about the time I became a real-life Winnie-the-Pooh. 

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Do I complain too much? The answer to that is never or at least that’s what I’m hoping with this podcast. We open with a Dear Snarky letter from a mom who is freaking out over the man her daughter just got engaged to and she’s got every right to be freaking. I’ve got two Peeves and they’re about pet parents and E-bikes. My main observation is when did we normalize parents making children’s events all about them? The Snarky confession is in a word – biblical. 

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I’m back from vacation and it’s made me even more Snarky. We’re kicking it off with a Dear Snarky about parents that I think have lied to their kids for decades. Next up is something brand new and it’s a little section I’m calling “Notes for Humanity.” It’s chock-full of wonder – I assure you. In the Snarky Confession brace yourself – my husband has been living a double life. 

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I’m so happy you’re here! We’re kicking off the pod with a Dear Snarky letter about a wedding redo. Yikes! Next up would have been my Peeve but I forget to do it (look for it in the next pod) and moved right on to my Observations. They range from the fact that I’m now elderly to buttercream frosting. My Confession is continuing with the Spring Break theme I started last week and involves what I’m going to call “The Incident at the Wave Pool.”

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Oh, y’all we’re going to have so much fun! First up is a Dear Snarky letter about “Mom Sleepovers.” (Like why is that a thing?) My Peeve is about people who “say” they don’t gossip or listen to gossip. Puh-lease. Next, I’m totally obsessed with my Observation which is “Family Vacation Personality Types.” Trust me when I tell you I just scratched the surface. The Snarky Confessional involves a trip to a waterpark where I take a ride on the slide of humiliation. 

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I’ve got a wacky Dear Snarky letter where a mother thinks her daughter is a master manipulator. In the Peeve I discuss is it still a spring break if you don’t leave the city limits? The Observations go deepish on AI writing your wedding vows and why the 60+ set needs to back away from their iPads. My Confession is about being ditched and loving it.

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It’s a podcast that brought me to tears. First, we’ve got a Dear Snarky letter that proves that it’s never easy parenting adult children. In the Peeve department can we discuss the epidemic of kids in adult spaces? My Observation is all about boomer bashers. I’m over it. AND my Confession makes me very happy and it even includes math. So, there’s something I thought I would never say.

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OMG these kinds of Dear Snarky letters must stop! I’ve got another one from an older woman who I’m pretty sure is going to marry a grifter. In the Peeve department please be kind as I go off again about baking competitions. My Observation is goofy and it’s about psychics and the confession from the Snarky Confessional was a way to get me into going off, and I mean going off, on extended family vacations.

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You asked for it and I’m trying to bring it – two Snarky podcasts a week. I was calling this a "Snarky Mini” - a snack size Snarky, if you will. But I blabbed too much so consider this maybe a small meal.

We’ve got a Dear Snarky update so yay! I share my latest hypothesis that I’m calling the “Goldilocks Theory.” I’ve got more Alpine Divorce news and a wedding make-up artist has shared with me her six signs that a marriage won’t last. Spoiler alert – I do a debunk. 

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We’ve got a Dear Snarky letter that’s a bridesmaid palooza chock-full of problems. My Peeve is major and it concerns the “Alpine Divorce. Y’all it’s scary and I can’t stop thinking about it. My Observation revolves around a study I’ve been conducting and it’s riveting – kind of. The Snarky Confession is a journey to the land of embarrassment. I share the time I got stuck inside a slide.

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Welcome, Snarky Squad to a delicious podcast! The Dear Snarky letter is a tough one to answer. Is there ever a good time to tell your friend that her cosmetic surgery is atrocious? In the Peeve arena I go off on airports going off on their passengers. My Observations range from porta potties to portals and the confession from the Snarky Confessional will leave you hypnotized.

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Brace yourself for a Dear Snarky letter from a grandmother who is hell bent on thinking she knows best. Next up, I’ve a got a question of the day for you and it’s (drum roll please) do grudges improve the quality of your life? I think you can guess my answer. My observations are vast and plentiful from empty strip malls to an ode to florist. In the Snarky Confessional I share some sweet, sweet vindication. 

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A “sleep divorce” gets nasty in the latest Dear Snarky letter. How nasty you ask? A husband throws a tantrum and gets himself a “sleep buddy.”

My Peeve is very personal and once I share my issue I think you’ll understand. I have a handful of observations, and they all deal with red flags after only meeting someone for 30 seconds. Are they petty? Of course they are. In the Snarky Confession I'm going for the gold about my emotional relationship with the Olympics.

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Oh my, we’ve got some Valentine’s Day aftermath drama. I’ve got two letters and the last one is a real WTH? In the Peeve Department I’m a little put out about recycled Valentine goodies - specifically candy. There’s a story attached so yay for all of us. My Observation is salespeople disguised as repair technicians. The Snarky Confession from the sacred Snarky Confessional is the controversy over the songs my colon sings. 

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Y’all this kind of Dear Snarky letter must stop! I’ve got another one from an older woman who I’m pretty sure is going to marry a grifter. In the Peeve department please be kind as I go off again about baking competitions. My Observation is goofy and it’s about psychics and the confession from the Snarky Confessional was a way to get me into going off, and I mean going off, on extended family vacations.

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Happy Valentine’s Day! In this podcast I’m showing my love for you by sharing two Dear Snarky letters. There’s a Valentine diss and a mother-in-law who’s giving off some treacherous vibes. In my Peeve it’s how every generation thinks that they invented motherhood. 

In the Observation department we take a trip to the comment section where it’s not pretty but exceedingly petty. Brace yourself for the Snarky Confession. It’s absolutely my most embarrassing one to date and that’s saying something. Sorry, in advance.

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Y’all this is a wild rantastic episode. We start off with a Dear Snarky letter where a mom is actively trying to ruin her daughter’s wedding. WTH? The Peeve is a two-fer (you’re welcome) that goes deep on two things people say that make my blood boil.

The Observations are equally verbose. I go off on lipsticks, gifts with purchase, spring fashions and facetiming at restaurants. In the Snarky Confessional it’s another pod where I confide a deep, dark secret and I can only hope you don’t judge me too harshly.

You need to sit down for this Dear Snarky letter. It gave me chills. Much less dramatic is my Peeve and I’ve got a question for you. Does anyone watch the Oscars or Oscar nominated movies anymore?

In the Observation arena it’s a triple rant from being called a savvy senior citizen, to being harassed over leaving business reviews, and oversharing your aches and pains. Pro tip a little goes a long way. The Snarky Confessional is one of shameful gluttony. Please try not to judge me too harshly.

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Brace yourself for a letter that’s going to make you mad. Seriously, the unmitigated gall of some people! My Peeve is toxic mom groups but don’t worry I’m not going to rehash old news. I’m going biblical. 

In the Observation department I take a detour to the new Netflix show "Members Only Palm Beach." This launches a discussion if it’s ever okay to criticize a woman’s appearance. Then I jump straight to the Snarky confessional where I share two possibly life changing decisions I’ve made.

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