Episodes
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Snarky in the Suburbs Episode #126: Worst Husband Ever
This Dear Snarky letter is the worst. It deals with the ultimate dirtbag husband. Then I segue to a rant that’s still male focused and it deals with why do we make so many excuses for men. Seriously – why? My Observation is an ode that I’m calling “In Praise of the Pessimist.” Next up I call some...
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Snarky in the Suburbs Episode #124: So Many Rants!
Buckle up for a Rant Palooza! Seven rants that range from Christmas to idiots online. But never fear the Dear Snarky letter is still here. This one deals with squatting and not the kind you do at the gym. I’ve also got some Halloween goodies for you that I’m sure you’ll find delicious. If you…
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Snarky in the Suburbs Episode #124: Beware of Family
Beware of family because as loads of Dear Snarky letters have shown many are not to be trusted and I have a letter that proves this point. Yikes! Then I’ve got a rant about shame and fear – have they disappeared? Next up is a new addition to the Snarky line up and it’s called “the dumbest thing...
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Snarky in the Suburbs Episode 123: Boss Baby
We’ve got a Dear Snarky letter about new moms that aren’t messing around with their baby dos and don’ts. I’m talking Google docs and hidden cameras. The next Dear Snarky is from a woman who wants to cancel her extended family vacation and is looking for input. Spoiler - yes, she needs to cancel.…
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Snarky in the Suburbs Episode #122: Hostess With the Mostess
The Dear Snarky letters today range from a hostess with the mostess throwing an engagement party that escalated into a family feud to a marital separation that gave me the icks. My Rant is about macabre Halloween decorations. When is enough, enough? The Observation deals with money and manners –...
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Snarky in the Suburbs Episode #121: Banished! Spilling the Traitor Tea
⚔️ It’s a Special Edition Snarky! I’m going deep on my Traitors journey and I’m thrilled you’re coming along with me. I’m giving you all the tea on my banishment and then I’ll take you through my insights on episodes 1 – 5. We’re going to have so much fun. If you want more Snarky goodness (and...
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Snarky in the Suburbs Episode #120: Vacation of Doom
It’s another fab day in Snarky Land and the fun starts with two Dear Snarky letters my friends. One is a truly horrific tale of a vacation disaster, and the other one is about a mother who sounds truly terrible. The Rant is all about me going off on a mansplainer manspreading loser. Good times.…
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Snarky in the Suburbs Episode #119: Private School Drama
Who doesn’t love a Dear Snarky letter about fancy private school drama? No one – that’s the short answer and this letter delivers. Then we have an update from the woman who wrote us the letter about her joy that her marriage is now romance free. She’s kind of ticked off at us. My rant is about…
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Snarky in the Suburbs Episode #118: All Kinds of Crazy
The letter palooza continues with loads more Dear Snarky letters. We’ve got tons of drama baby! In my Observation there’s more treachery in the great outdoors and I’m freaking out. My Snarky Confession is certified fresh and took place in the Halloween candy aisle. 🎃 🍫👻 If you want more Snarky...
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Snarky in the Suburbs Episode #117: Letter Palooza!
It’s an Historic Snarky Podcast! We have three Dear Snarky letters. All of them are jaw droppers. They range from toxic in-laws to a daughter that needs to be rescued from a horrific marriage. My Observation is all about my Traitors Watch Party which was so much fun and the Rant is about air...
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Snarky in the Suburbs Episode #116: The Romance Is Dead - Yay!
Stop the Presses – I’ve gotten a Dear Snarky letter with a topic I’ve never addressed before. It’s interesting – I’ll give it that. My Rant is the ongoing saga of the medical community hurting my feelings. It has to stop people. In the Observation department so many things are rattling around in…
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Snarky in the Suburbs Episode #115 The Cheating Intervention
This my friends is a super fun podcast. First, we’ve got a juicy letter about a “infidelity intervention” and a pastor uncle who goes rogue on the pulpit. Be still my heart. My Rant is yummy and multifaceted and involves a mother-of-the-groom who says the bride and mother-of-the bride subjected…
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Snarky in the Suburbs Episode: #114 One Big Happy Family
It’s a Two Snarky Letter Day! We start out with a letter about creating one big happy family and the other one is what I’m going to call Mother-of the-Bride wedding woes. My Rant is about Debbie Downers and Gloomy Guses. Ugh. The Observation deals with the current state of air travel. So, it’s…
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Snarky in the Suburbs Episode #113: Get a Divorce
Just OMG on the Dear Snarky letter! It proves to me that maybe it’s a whole lot better staying single. My rant is about killer otters and bears that have no F’s to give. The Observation is all about perhaps one of the world’s worst mothers-in-law. I can’t stop thinking about this lady. Finally…
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Snarky in the Suburbs Episode #112: I Called Off My Wedding!
A woman called off her wedding three weeks before the big day and her grief isn’t just about a broken heart it’s about getting the groom and his “toxic” parents to pony up some cash. My Rant is about waving. Are we a nation that no longer waves? Am I a crazy waver? So many questions. The...
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Snarky in the Suburbs Episode #111: The Icky Husband
We’re starting off with a Dear Snarky letter that gave me the biggest icks. In my Rant I go off on the medical establishment - as in get better testing for your “elderly” patients. The Observation is where I ask the question how many bridal and baby showers or too many showers? And fresh from the...
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Snarky in the Suburbs Episode #110: Back-to-School
Buckle up there’s a lot going on in this podcast. We start off with a Dear Snarky letter that as a parent I would be freaking out over. Then we already have an update from the mom that wrote us last week about how her grown daughters are shunning her because she’s divorcing their dad. The Rant…
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Snarky in the Suburbs Episode #109: Daddy's Girls
Y’all this Dear Snarky letter proves being a mother can be a thankless job. Perhaps the most thankless. In the WTH? department I’m confused about the potty-training journey. It’s taken a detour to team diapers – for a very long time. My observation is about the royal family. Harry and Meghan are...
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Snarky in the Suburbs Episode #108: One Sad Mama
We’ve got a Dear Snarky letter that is sad, but I think the topic is something a lot of us can relate to. Then I have an update that is good and yet also a cautionary tale about dirt bag family members. For the rant I share when I thought I was dying. (#hypochondriacal) My observation is about...
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Snarky in the Suburbs Episode #107: Cosplaying Sister-in-Law
We’re mixing this up today and starting off with the Snarky Confession. 😉 It’s a good one. Then we get to the Dear Snarky letter and just wow! What would you do if your sister-in-law was cosplaying being you? My Rant is about how green gingham pants and a blue gingham shirt launched hundreds of...
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Snarky in the Suburbs Episode #106: Old Fashioned?
Welcome Snarky Squad! Today a letter writer is reaching out to all of us for advice about visiting a mother who she says is actively mean to her and has been most of her life. Yikes! My rant is about school supplies and people’s very raw emotions about the school supplies they buy going into the...
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Snarky in the Suburbs Episode #105: Was I Wrong?
Would you abandon a friend that was going through a very difficult time? We’ve got a Dear Snarky letter that examines that issue. Then brace yourself because I’m admitting that I might have given the wrong advice for three freaking years. Three years people! Of course it concerns weddings. Sigh....
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Snarky in the Suburbs Episode #104: Old Lady Alert!
We’ve got a lot to talk about and it starts with the Dear Snarky letter. A little meeting at an attorney’s office to go over a will results in a mom getting some harsh words from her children. Justified or good intentions gone a little rouge? Then I share two letters from people who are doing a...
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Snarky in the Suburbs #103: Jealous Shrews
Do we all need to take friendship course? Because based on the number of Dear Snarky letters I get about crappy friends I’m starting to think so. The letter today shows how a group of friends are being jealous shrews about how a 60 something woman chooses to spend the holidays. My rant is...
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Snarky in the Suburbs Episode #102: Special Delivery
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...
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Snarky in the Suburbs Episode #101 Dead Wrong
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...
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Snarky in the Suburbs Episode #100: Freaky
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...
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Snarky in the Suburbs Episode #99: Whatever
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....
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Snarky in the Suburbs Episode #98: Generational Talent?
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...
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Snarky in the Suburbs Episode #97: Death March
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...
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Snarky in the Suburbs Episode #96: Cake in the Face
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...
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Snarky in the Suburbs Episode #95: Life, Liberty & The Pursuit of Crazy
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...
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Snarky in the Suburbs Episode #94: Lap It Up
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…
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Snarky in the Suburbs #93: Top Down
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...
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Snarky in the Suburbs Episode #92: Double Wedding
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...
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Snarky in the Suburbs Episode #91: Tracked
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...
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Snarky in the Suburbs Episode #90: Giddy Up!
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...
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Snarky in the Suburbs Episode #89: The Big Lie
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...
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Snarky in the Suburbs Episode #88: Bestie Breakup
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...
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Snarky in the Suburbs Episode #87: Daddy Issues
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...
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Snarky in the Suburbs Episode #86: Pool Float Trauma
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...
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Snarky in the Suburbs Episode #85: Mother of the Year???
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...
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Snarky in the Suburbs Episode #84: Frisbee Revenge
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...
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Snarky in the Suburbs Episode #83: Ghosted - for Real
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...
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Snarky in the Suburbs Episode #82: Love Bombed
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....
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Snarky in the Suburbs Episode #81: My Brain is Busy
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…
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Snarky in the Suburbs Episode #80: Biblical
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...
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Snarky in the Suburbs Episode #79: Snarky Does Disney
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...
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Snarky in the Suburbs Episode #78: The Wave Pool
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...
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Snarky in the Suburbs Episode #77: Humiliation Alert !
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...
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