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What do I even do? My partner and I have been together 5 years. Prior to my partner, my ex and I were very toxic. I was very thin, lots of abuse on his end regarding my weight, would cheat and blame it on my weight etc. (my now partner knew us together and knows about all the abuse) When my now...
Anonymous
Bit embarrassing, but I have really bad b.o lately. It’s pretty stinky (I’m a constant worrying anxious ball of stress). Has anyone used any roll ons or anything that actually work? I’m so over it.
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I'm at a loss with my child. She is 8.5 She is diagnosed ADHD, ASD, ODD and Hearing Impaired She is also a trauma baby. She has ALOT going on I'm a solo parent. I do it all on my own. I do have wonderful parents but they can only do so much. My child lives in fight or flight mode. I don't know how...

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This is a FAQ post. These are the most popular answers to a real question asked on The Imperfect Mum. A bit of a hard question to put into words. Lately I’m feeling like i’m now just “his wife” and “her mother” – I’m feeling like I’ve lost who I used to be. I used to be a fairly social independant woman and now I feel as though I have somehow been robbed of my independance. I have an 8 month old...
Sometimes we mums are our own worst enemy… I’m beating myself up at the moment, without any help from anyone else! (So talented right?) *rolls eyes* I was catching up with a couple of beautiful mums this morning – we had a bunch of kids between us all who were happily playing in the playground while we spoke. One of the children came up to her mum, with the usual “I’m hungry” complaint, and the...
There has been many discussions on I.M about beauty, women feeling like they are not beautiful. Women feeling like they’re not enough. And, this worries me. So, what makes you beautiful? Aesthetically you may rate as as 4 or a 10? Who knows? And yes I would be lying if I said that aesthetics don’t come into play. They do. However, I have seen really aesthetically pleasing people that are just not...
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