Maria Young

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  1. Domestic Violence: "If He Loved You, He Wouldn't Have Hit You"

    2/14/10 7:00am by Maria Young
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    Bullshit. It’s such a common thing to say, but it’s not true. Not always. All relationships are different, just like the people in them are. It is very, very possible to hit someone that you love. Love and violence are not mutually exclusive.  Read more >

  2. Shut UP parents and married people!! No one CARES!

    2/5/10 12:20pm by Maria Young in Family Connections Comments (22)
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    Have you seen these two websites?http://stfuparents.tumblr.com/ and http://stfumarrieds.tumblr.com/Think your friends really love your ridiculous Facebook status updates about your kid or your husband? You're SO wrong. They actually hate it, and wish you'd be quiet, and sometimes take screenshots and submit you to sites like those above, that are meant solely to deride and make fun of you.  Read more >

  3. You Are No Better Than the Average Whore

    2/5/10 10:00am by Maria Young
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    People who have never worked in the sex industry - or who have never known anyone who was able to thrive while working in it - have superiority complexes. Maybe I would have one, too, if I hadn’t done it myself. There’s no way for me to know, although I’m hoping I’d be open-minded and not judgmental. Lately, I feel like I haven’t been able to escape the people looking down their noses at sex workers.  Read more >

  4. Young (White & Thin) Hollywood

    2/4/10 7:26am by Maria Young
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    I feel like I should first begin with telling you all that I love Vanity Fair, and I love Annie Leibovitz's photos, in general. I find the articles interesting and pictures beautiful. Alright, that's enough of a disclaimer. I'm pretty unhappy with Vanity Fair, and the "choice" of ladies they've put on their cover this month. I'm sure the moment you see it, you'll see what's irking me.  Read more >

  5. He Says: "You Got Dimensions."

    1/23/10 7:00am by Maria Young
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    Joey tells me that constantly, and he always has. It’s his way of appreciating a woman’s curves. I always roll my eyes and giggle, because he’s a nerd, and also because to me, I could stand to be much less dimensional. Usually I mutter something about being obese or just shrug it off. He persists and tells me that if I want to be smaller, I should do something about it, but that it’s not a big deal. That I am gorgeous. Then I get aggravated that he’s telling me to change my diet and routine, just as I am aggravated that he’s ok with how I am.  Read more >

  6. How can you possibly have time to blog/tweet about being a mom if you're actually, you know - being a mom?

    1/10/10 9:42am by Maria Young in Family Connections Comments (50)
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    I think we've all observed or even been confronted with it: those outside of the loop that assume because we have blogs and twitter accounts and whatever else that we're at the computer all day long, pushing our kids away with one arm as they beg for food, ending up eating the crumbs from the bottom of yesterday's bag of Doritos. It's like people don't understand that as parents, we are the masters of efficient multi-tasking!So, what do you say to these folks? Better yet - what do you think about these sort of assumptions?- Maria Young  Read more >

  7. Do you still have a home phone?

    12/29/09 6:37pm by Maria Young in Family Connections Comments (9)
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    I don't. I can't remember the last time I had a home phone in my house, probably before I moved out on my own, but even my grandparents use solely cell phones now. I thought this was the norm, but my boyfriend has a home line. Do you still have a home phone? If so, does it serve any purpose still?- Maria Youngimmoralmatriarch.com @maria0305  Read more >

  8. Black Friday!

    11/26/09 3:05pm by Maria Young in Family Connections Comments (5)
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    So, how many of you are shopping the madness tomorrow? I've only done it once, and it wasn't that bad, but I didn't get any deals worth fighting for so I never did it again.I have been checking lifehacker and the black friday websites for prices though, and my friends have been texting me like crazy about the items in circulars they've seen. I've noticed a couple of things but eh, I don't have it in me.What about you guys?  Read more >

  9. How Young is Too Young for A Computer?

    11/17/09 10:14am by Maria Young in Family Connections Comments (9)
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    (I tweeted about this earlier and got some interesting repsonses, so I thought I'd bring it to the group.)  Read more >

  10. The First Year of School

    8/24/09 11:57am by Maria Young
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    This year will be my oldest daughter Isabella's first time attending school: Kindergarten. She didn't go to Pre-K and she's only gone to a daycare about 3 months of her entire life, back when I couldn't rearrange some classes of my own to time where family could care for her. Since I was able to stay at home I felt as if it wasn't right for anyone else to care for her or teach her or do anything that was ultimately my job and responsibility. So she's relied on family and playgroups for social interaction and Noggin and I for education. I'm happy to say that she's a very smart, well behaved, well adjusted child. I know she'll excel in school and she's really looking forward to it, but I'm slightly apprehensive.  Read more >

María Young

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María Young
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November 2008
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I'm awesome. I think. Pretty sure. Maybe not. You tell me.

 

Something you didn't know and never would have guessed: My first crush was on Adam from the Soap Opera All My Children. I would rush home from school every single day to watch it with my grandmother.

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