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Love in the time of corona. Yesterday was very intense! My first video call date went well. I was talking only a half an hour about my eating disorder and just a couple minutes about the complicated relationship I’ve got with my mother! And good news  is, I totally resisted to mention the connection between these two topics...

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 I spent most of my 20s and early 30s, terrified of never meeting "the one" and ashamed of every relationship breakdown. I worried that this meant I had failed as a woman; not only was I single but I was unhappy about being single. Wasn't I supposed to be independent? To not need another? To love myself and be happy on my own? ...

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"Sometimes when my kids say 'Mom' it takes me a minute to realize that I'm Mom." 

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Megan, 34, New York, USA

After leaving an abusive marriage at the age of 29,

I was sent hurtling into my 30s with a combination of empowered excitement, fear, stigma, motivation, and anxiety as I began to rebuild my life. My previous partner shortly after found a new partner and had the baby we had talked about having... 

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"Would your younger self be proud of you now?" - asks the Reddit thread I'm reading... 

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I am Mommy. This has been my only name for the past 5 years. I do not know, what I am really, apart from this...

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I’ve never felt more full of purposeful-life then at 34. Family. Friends. Children. Discovering a career passion. Lots of love. But oh - I’ve never felt more responsibility and guilt to live up to a higher standard before...   

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Roswitha, 34, Vienna, Austria

Exactly one month before I entered my thirties I was sitting in a hospital room watching my best friend take her last breath and leave my life forever. I walked into my thirties...   

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"Still Standing"

Did I put that laundry in the dryer? What are we having for dinner? My alarm is set for 5 am. 

What time are you getting home? I’ll take the girls to dance class...   

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They say each child will change you forever. 

 

Two months after the birth of my first baby, my beautiful Zélie, I wrote the text I am about to share. During that time, I was in bed most of the day and night, nursing her every 2-3h ...

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I’ve been told by my aunt that the perfect position to conceive after sex is... well, to do the candle. Me, I just feel more and more ridiculous and ashamed by it each and every time.Trying to hide, do it in secrecy for short moments when I stay alone in the room - this makes it even more ridiculous, falling up and down... 

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I’ve been told by my aunt that the perfect position to conceive after sex is... well, to do the candle. Me, I just feel more and more ridiculous and ashamed by it each and every time.Trying to hide, do it in secrecy for short moments when I stay alone in the room - this makes it even more ridiculous, falling up and down... 

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Sister, I'm not here for your bullshit. I don't care if you're open minded, cool or nurturing. Sensitive or modern. Thoughtful or intelligent. Patient or fun. Helpful or shy. Any of these traits you can put on and take off and swap with a friend as you do with your clothes. I'm not interested... 

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My Dad told me a story about an extended family member who in the 1800’s couldn’t find a husband and so as to not be a burden on her family hung herself in the barn. I’m 34 and unmarried....   

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The other night as your eyes filled with tears, you described to me a real heartbreak. The heartbreak you feel as a woman, when you realize that not only did your sisters never have your back, but...   

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