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Celebrity Pregnancies

Forty, Fabulous, and Fertile: 21 Celebrities Who’ve Given Birth After Turning 40

Updated 03/04/12 10:14 AM · Posted by LilSugar · 3 comments

Celebrities Who Have Given Birth After Turning 40

Uma Thurman surprised us with some baby news this week: the actress and her long-time beau Arpad Busson are expecting their first child together later this year. At 41, the actress and mom to son Levon, 10, and daughter Maya, 13, is the latest in a long list of women who are extending their childbearing years well into their forties. Whether it's a case of art imitating life, or the other way Read more

Advice

Group Therapy: My Mother Is Pressuring Me to Get Married

Updated 03/19/12 4:06 PM · Posted by · 19 comments

Mom Is Pressuring Me to Get Married

This question is from a Group Therapy post in our TrèsSugar Community. Add your advice in the comments! I'm single, 27 years old with four younger brothers who are all aged in their early twenties. My younger brothers are in relationships, and one of them is currently engaged. I have been single for three years, have dated here and there. I live at home as I am currently helping out the Read more

2011 Oscars

The Moms of Nominees to Tweet at the Oscars

Updated 02/08/11 2:20 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

Moms of Oscar Nominees to Tweet During the Awards

Forget the familial nods in acceptance speeches, the 2011 Academy Awards is going parental! At an Oscar nominee luncheon yesterday, actors got tips for the big night and posed for pictures. But, this year it's their moms who are going to be put to the task...on Twitter! According to a Reuters report: Producers are inviting not just the nominees to be part of the show, but also the "mominees" Read more

Sex

Do You Talk Sex With Your Mom?

Updated 01/07/11 9:30 PM · Posted by TresSugar · 7 comments

Do You Talk to Your Mom About Sex?

A study came out that found young women who chatted with their mothers about the HPV vaccine were more likely to get it than those who didn't. While there are other factors involved, including the cost of the three-shot preventative procedure, it does bring up the issue of how our relationships with our mothers affect our decisions and behaviors, even as young adults and beyond. We always see Read more

community

Group Therapy: I Hate My Mother

Updated 12/23/11 7:55 PM · Posted by · 30 comments

I Hate My Mother

This question is from a Group Therapy post in our TrèsSugar Community. Add your advice in the comments! People always tell me off for saying this but it's true I really hate my mother. Every time I see her I feel angry and physically sick. She HATES the fact I'm doing something with my life and makes every attempt to ruin anything. Last month she kicked me out of home, which is fine by me but Read more

community

Lil Community: Coping With Cancer as a Family

Updated 10/14/10 9:29 AM · Posted by LilSugar · 1 comment

Losing Hair During Chemotherapy

Reader lola82 shares this story of coping with her mom's cancer in our Why Didn't Anybody Tell Me? group. In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I'd like to share a story about a small way my family coped with my mom's breast cancer. When my mom found out she had breast cancer, it came as a huge shock. She was happy and healthy, and went to her usual annual mammogram feeling like there was Read more

Books

When Your Mom Wants You to Be Cool

Updated 10/04/10 1:30 PM · Posted by · 11 comments

When Your Mom Wants You to Be Cool

If Lindsay Lohan's latest stint in rehab reinforces her "it girl" status and increases tabloid attention, then Dina Lohan could care less about Lindsay obeying the law. That's if yesterday's New York Post is to be believed. Basing its claim on a new book You're Grounded Forever . . . But First, Let's Go Shopping, the Post says New York mothers like Dina encourage their daughters to engage in Read more

Love and Sex

Grab Bag! What Do You Still Fight About With Your Mom?

Updated 08/23/10 1:20 PM · Posted by TresSugar · 0 comments

What Do You Still Fight About With Your Mom?

What topics get you and your mom to go at it? — Glamour 5 things a man should never wear on a first date — YourTango Bad idea to move in with ex? Most likely — The Frisky How to leave your job with grace — SavvySugar Parents can handle "touchy" subjects better than Betty Draper — LilSugar Can you change your personality? — Huffington Post 50 culturally relevant teachers — Read more

Advice

Did Your Mother Impact Your Body Image?

Updated 10/13/10 1:38 AM · Posted by TresSugar · 29 comments

Christina Hendricks Says Her Mom Helped Her Celebrate Her Body

Moms can give the best advice. For Mad Men bombshell Christina Hendricks, that advice included the idea that women should celebrate their bodies. She told Health magazine: "I guess my mom raised me right. She was very celebratory of her body. I never heard her once say, 'I feel fat.' Back when I was modeling, the first time I went to Italy I was having cappuccinos every day, and I gained 15 Read more

Marriage

Matchmaker Has Daughter's Life All Mapped Out

Updated 06/10/10 12:01 PM · Posted by TresSugar · 16 comments

Matchmaker Janis Spindel Talks About Daughter Carly's Dating Life

High-profile matchmaker Janis Spindel commands 50,000 to 500,000 for her services, but it sounds like her most important client is her 24-year-old daughter. Carly Spindel, who Janis calls "the new Carrie Bradshaw" as if we don't have enough, chronicles her dating life on Carly's Dating Chronicle. So the Wall Street Journal couldn't help but ask Janis if Carly found the perfect match yet. To which Read more