Snarky in the Suburbs

Dear Snarky advice letters, rants, hot topics – it’s a cornucopia of delight.

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Snarky in the Suburbs Episode #111: The Icky Husband Aug 28, 2026

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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 Snarky Confessional it’s all about the merch.

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There’s Empty a “laugh till you cry” menopausal revenge adventure perfect for any woman who buys wrinkle cream in bulk to the Snarky four pack – Back to School, Trouble in Texas, Four Seasons of Snarky and Killer Dance Mom.

Back to School is a hysterical read for every mom who’s marinated in elementary school parent drama. Trouble in Texas is a tall tale of what happens when a mother just can’t stop meddling and enlists her 40 something daughter in her schemes. Four Seasons of Snarky is the ideal book to give to someone who needs a primer on suburban revenge plots. AND Killer Dance Mom is the first Snarky mystery that involves all the crazy of being a dance mom especially when a judge gets murdered.

Snarky in the Suburbs Episode #110: Back-to-School Aug 25, 2026

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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 and Observation are all about back-to-school. I go off on lunch shaming, mom shaming and how some schools are kicking it old school. In the Snarky Confession well, friends I have made it weird – yet again.

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Snarky in the Suburbs Episode #109: Daddy's Girls Aug 21, 2026

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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 going back to England. The holidays are going to be very awkward. Do you think I’ll get a Dear Snarky letter? 😉 In my confession from the Snarky Confessional, I solve “The Case of the Screeching Woman.” Oh yeah, the Snarky detective is back.

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Snarky in the Suburbs Episode #108: One Sad Mama Aug 18, 2026

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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 wedding dress codes. (Yes, I’m talking about that again.) And in the Snarky Confession I’m questioning my daughter’s advice. 😱

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Snarky in the Suburbs Episode #107: Cosplaying Sister-in-Law Aug 13, 2026

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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 outraged comments. In the Observation are mega expensive dorm rooms losing their luster? Oh my!

If you want more Snarky goodness and five great late summer reads 🌞 then love bugs run don’t walk to buy all my super fab books by clicking this link. ⬇️

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There’s Empty a “laugh till you cry” menopausal revenge adventure perfect for any woman who buys wrinkle cream in bulk to the Snarky four pack – Back to School, Trouble in Texas, Four Seasons of Snarky and Killer Dance Mom.

Back to School is a hysterical read for every mom who’s marinated in elementary school parent drama. Trouble in Texas is a tall tale of what happens when a mother just can’t stop meddling and enlists her 40 something daughter in her schemes. Four Seasons of Snarky is the ideal book to give to someone who needs a primer on suburban revenge plots. AND Killer Dance Mom is the first Snarky mystery that involves all the crazy of being a dance mom especially when a judge gets murdered.

Snarky in the Suburbs Episode #106: Old Fashioned? Aug 11, 2026

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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 school supply closet and not being only for their child. I don’t get it. Isn’t sharing caring? My Observation is long and fun. We take a look at “old fashion” etiquette rules. My big question is are they old fashioned? I mean WTH?

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Snarky in the Suburbs Episode #105: Was I Wrong? Aug 07, 2026

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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. Next, my rant is about people who can’t get out of their own way when dealing with another person’s emotional pain. Finally, an eyebrow update. I promise, it’s not as lame as it sounds. 😉

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Snarky in the Suburbs Episode #104: Old Lady Alert! Aug 04, 2026

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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 “top this” with their take on some recent Dear Snarky letters. One, you mark my words, is destined to be a Dateline episode.

My rant is about doctors and being a woman of a certain age and then in the Observation I talk about something called “private wedding vows.” This one confuses me. Finally, in the Snarky Confession reality slapped me in the face in a Trader Joe’s parking lot.

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Snarky in the Suburbs #103: Jealous Shrews Jul 28, 2026

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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 embarrassing because I had an epiphany this past weekend at the Apple Store that perhaps I’m as stupid as I’ve feared.

In my observation my dental hygienist and I bond over weddings like just why on QR codes for wedding invitations? My Snarky Confession, is alas, not a tale of me riding an Orca bareback in the Pacific Ocean but rather an honest and open revelation that discloses just how old I really am. Three words – Murder She Wrote.

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Snarky in the Suburbs Episode #102: Special Delivery Jul 23, 2026

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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 mother. It’s juicy.

My rant is all about wedding trends and most of them are downright ridiculous. Then because I love you best, my sweet podcast friends, I share a letter that I’m going to post on social media later this week from a mother-of-the-groom who was bamboozled/conned/deceived by her future daughter in law. We finish strong-ish with my confession about a wedding where the daughter didn’t have a say in anything. The mother totally took over and, of course, I’m talking about my mother. 😉

If you want more Snarky goodness and five great summer reads 🌞 then love bugs run don’t walk to buy all my super fab books by clicking this link. ⬇️

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