Mamamia on Facebook

Real Life

JULY 2021

'I'm 40 and I'm down to one close friend. But I don't want any more.'
'My sister got me through lockdown in 2020. Now she's not here and I'm lost.'
'My high school friend took his own life two years ago. Here's what I wish I did differently.'
"At 13, my dad died by suicide. As an adult, I received a call about my brother."
'I'm working from home with ADD. Here are the 5 things that help me organise my day.'
'To those saying Australia should just "open up": I'm asking you to please think of the nurses.'
'I tried casual sex for the first time in my 40s. Here's how it went.'
'I had a breast reduction surgery aged 19. And men hate me for it.'
'After 15 years apart, I stalked my first love on Facebook. Here's what I found.'
'When my husband had an affair, I asked him for every little detail. I desperately wish I hadn't.'
'I was diagnosed with ADHD at 37. It gave me a complete identity crisis.'
'Chewing gum came out of my allowance.' I was financially abused for 10 years.
For the last five years, Jeanne has been trying to prove she isn't dead.
LEIGH CAMPBELL: I cried today. And I’m one of the lucky ones.
'I'm a woman of colour married to a white man. These are the microaggressions I experience.'
GP receptionists are Australia's invisible front line workers.
'I was asked to prove I was disabled.' Rhiannon was given two tickets for parking in front of her home.
"My mum died when I was 18. The grief was nothing like I expected."
'For years my life revolved around male validation. Secretly, I loved women.'
'I didn't say no. You didn't ask.' A letter on consent.
'A family member made a comment about my wife over dinner. It crossed all my boundaries.'
'High school did not agree with my daughter. But she wasn't the one to blame.'

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