What Is This?

My name is Washington.  Two years ago, I had my first baby.  I thought that would be my Happily Ever After and I would ride off into the sunset with my husband, baby, and child.

Ha.

Four months later, I was having a nervous breakdown.  My husband had turned into a lazy asshole and I wasn't sure our marriage would survive parenthood. 

I called my friend, Alaska.  I expected her to tell me to pack my bags and leave my jerk of a husband.  Instead, she told me that everyones' husbands were assholes and if I got rid of this one, I'd just get another one.  She told me that life was going to suck for awhile, probably until my son was in kindergarten, but then it would get better.

You might think this would piss me off, but actually, it made me feel better than anything else she could have said to me.  I wasn't alone.  My husband wasn't the only one who looked at our baby like he didn't even know where he came from and expected me to do everything.  In fact, my marriage was the rule, not the exception.  I needed to accept my situation and cowgirl up.  With lots of support from Alaska, that's just what I did.

So that is the story of how Alaska saved Washington.  I would return the favor in a few months but that's another post.

The point of this blog is that life isn't a fairytale.  Life is hard.  Marriages can suck.  Being a parent will bring you to your knees.  The only way to survive it is to have a support system with at least one brave soul who can tell you like it is. 

Unfortunately, we have found that it's difficult to find that honesty in real life.  Everyone is so concerned with keeping up the pretense that life is rainbows and lollipops that they won't stop and say, "You know what, you're right, that sucks."

We're gonna keep it real, we're gonna keep it honest.  Send us your questions, your life's dilemmas. 

We might just save you, too.