Phoebe J.Mikneah, Author at Pucker Mob

7 Ways That Being Raised By a Single Parent Has Benefited You

One of your parents was absent growing up. It is not a typical situation, but it has shaped, and benefited you in so many ways:

1. You learned the art of forgiveness at a young age.

It would have been easy to harbor dislike, hatred, or anger for the absent parent. Over the years, you have learned to fill that gap, and forgive this parent no matter what the reason behind their neglect was. At a young age you needed to learn to move on and let go of any hatred or anger.

2. You and your single parent are extremely close.

You, and your single parent supported one another through the years. You had a mutually constitutive relationship, and can confide, as well as support one another. Therefore, you are closer with your mother, or father than most people are.

3. You learned about hard work earlier than most people.

Single parents do all of the work that would normally be suitable for two people. While raising children, they also bring in most of the household income, and hopefully still manage a social life. Single parents are warriors; they work hard to raise their children alone. Therefore, you will never become lazy, and entitled. You were raised watching your parent break their back to get things done.

4. You were never that young girl who easily gave her heart away, and ended up heart broken.

You didn’t grow up with married parents, and as a child you never believed in the happily ever after Disney theme. You were never a stranger to divorce, or the mishaps that take place in relationships. You never had to learn this lesson first hand like most people did; you were already educated, and prepared. You are even a bit guarded, and skeptical about marriage and the whole soulmate thing.

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14 Things Only People With An Odd Sense of Humor Will Understand

There are just so many different types of humor out there. Yours is just a bit odd. You’re always laughing at things no one else finds hilarious. Maybe you have a dark sense of humor, or the sarcastic slightly offensive kind. Possibly the dirty sense of humor, or the dry one. Or maybe you laugh at almost anything. Either way you have an odd sense of humor but hey, no one will ever call you boring.

You’re completely inappropriate laughter. Things that everyone else considers to be serious has left you in tears laughing out loud. Which means you now have to apologize while trying to contain your overflowing laughter…

And when someone asks what was so funny, you explain, only to receive blank stares.

Or they nod their heads smiling, and you know they don’t get it.

Your sense of humor is fluid, so while everyone is busy feeling insulted, you know how to laugh at yourself.

You need to be careful who you joke around, because your jokes have a tendency to be inappropriate.

It’s the best feeling ever when you find someone that has a matching sense of humor.

You avoid people with no sense of humor like a bad stomach virus.

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9 Things Women Do That Intimidate Men and Why It's Okay

Some character traits in a woman intimidate men, and that’s completely fine. Equality is in, and male dominance is out. If he is intimidated by some of your alpha traits, it shows something lacking inside of him, not you.

1. Be independent

An independant woman often frightens men, and that’s okay. Some men like the needy type of woman that will stalk them in the place of a profession. They know that if they screw up you will not feel obligated to stay with them, because unlike the others, you are not financially, emotionally, personally, or in any way dependant on them. They don’t pay your bills, you live in your own place, and support yourself. So they are around because you want (not need) them. That allows you to make those demands, set standards, and be a woman worth fighting for.

2. Having high paying jobs

Men are also intimidated when women make either more money than them. They like being more financially dominant, and fear any woman who challenges that status. It’s perfectly ok to be a heavy dollar, hard working girl, it again means you can financially support yourself.

3. Are athletic physically strong women

Sometimes that male ego refuses them to accept that a woman can physically do things that a male cannot. This means a woman that can out run them, lift more than them, or man handle them down in a full body wrestle, or arm wrestle. Their male ego leaves them intimidated, but so what strong is the new sexy. If he is intimidated, that just shows how unconfident he is.

4. Mention the future, or any long term relationship goals

Some men fear long term commitments, and are intimidated when a woman mentions a wedding dress, or children. It doesn’t mean you have these goals with him, it just means you have them. Every woman should have standards, and these are the standards you eventually hope to achieve.

5. Have more sexual experience

Some men are intimidated by a women with more sexual experience than them, and a woman that’s more dominant in the bed. Some women may even be embarrassed by their level of sexual experience. Sexual experience is never a bad or shameful thing.

6. Assertive women who like to make the first move

Men are intimidated by women who like to make the first move, and tackle a pursuit. They generally like to do all of the pursuing, and chasing but some girls just know what they want, and go after it. Some men become intimidated when they are out of a position of power. There is absolutely nothing wrong with knowing what and who you want.

7. If you carry a masculine energy

Some women aren’t girly, don’t care much for heels and a dress, or don’t comply with all of the unspoken social rules women abide by. This means no you’re not ordering a salad to pick at during the date, you’re ordering a burrito, and you’re probably going to finish it.

8. Being out of their league

Plain and simple some men have a lower self esteem, and are intimidated when handling a woman they feel is on a higher level. This means more sexually attractive, smarter, or just an amazing date they feel they can’t match up to.

9. If they like you

Intimidation doesn’t always have to be a bad thing. Sometimes they really like you and are totally intimidated by your hold on them.

14 Times It's Okay To Be Selfish

There are certain times when it’s acceptable to be selfish. Times when you need to stop and put yourself first without having one ounce of shame. Selfish isn’t always a bad thing, sometimes it means your just looking out for yourself.

For love, it’s ok to be selfish and love yourself first.
When your body is asking you for things. It’s okay to be selfish when your body needs sleep, food, and basic requirements.
When your have priorities! Your bestie is calling to talk about her bf for the millionth time, but you have a paper to finish. It’s okay to let the phone ring, and prioritize.
When you realize you’re being taken advantage of. It’s okay to be selfish and pull back.
When allowing someone to treat you. It’s A- okay to be selfish if he’s paying and you want the most expensive thing on the menu, because it’s your absolute favorite.
During your single life! Being single is the best time to be selfish. You have the whole bed to yourself, your schedule is all yours, and you don’t have a partner to put first. This is the best time to selfishly take care of yourself.
When you don’t want to let someone back into your life because you’re putting your needs first.
When your ex drunk calls you again after viciously breaking up with you, and needs help getting them home and safe.You don’t owe your exes anything. Same goes for anyone else who hurt you.
When your broke friend keeps borrowing your cash, and never pays you back. Just say no!
When you need space, and time for yourself.
When you’re clocked out and it’s after hours. No you’re not staying late after your shift, and no you’re not answering work calls while with out with your family.
To feel good and treat yourself every once in a while. Everyone should pamper themselves every once in a while. If it’s your birthday, or if you worked out everyday this week, it’s okay to be selfish, and snatch up that last slice of cake someone else probably wanted.
When your future is directly involved, It’s okay to be selfish. If you don’t want the job your partner wants you to take, or if you want to move across the country, but your bestie wants you to stick around. This is a perfectly acceptable time to be selfish. Only you have to live with the life choices you make.
When your sick. As the designated sick person for the day, you have every right to lie back and selfishly do absolutely nothing.

An Open Letter Those Who Love Being Loved

Dear love addict,

You love being loved, but who doesn’t. Sometimes you even need to be, and feel loved. It feels nice, doesn’t it. The butterflies you get when someone is staring deeply into your eyes and projecting all of their love onto you. They would do anything for you, and always support you when you need them. You know they will always be around to adore you, and let you know how beautiful, and amazing you are. Sometimes you even test their love, and can’t believe you’re allowed to get away with things because they love you so much. You never have to deal with the risk of loving someone. It feels really nice, and that’s okay, this isn’t an accusatory letter. Here’s the thing though, there is a distinct difference between being loving being loved, and being in love. As nice as it is to be loved it’s a bit of life romance hack. Chances are you know you don’t love this person, but you are with with them because they make you feel good, important, and well… loved. So you stay with them knowing that you don’t love them back, and take without giving. It’s not hard to see that you don’t actually love them back, I mean, you’re not exactly hiding it even though you have lied and said “I love you back”. They just don’t know, because they don’t want to know. They love you so much they are blind sighted by it, and you know it. You can keep absorbing from them until you’ve moved on and found more love elsewhere. So let’s face it you’re a love addict. You are rarely single, because you’re constantly dating, and charming that people happen to fall in love with you. When they begin to fall in love with you, you know all the signs, and use them.

Maybe you’re with someone you don’t love back because you’re addicted to being in a relationship, and you love the idea of love more than the person. Maybe, the idea of being loved feeds your confidence levels in a way that nothing else can. Some of you can’t make the commitment to love, or aren’t courageous enough to love back. The thing is, although it’s important is to be loved, it’s also important to be emotionally independent. This doesn’t mean you should stop loving being loved, it just means you should indulge in self love. You should always be your first, and most important lover. Falling in love with being loved causes you to be an energy vampire, that absorbs consistently without giving anything back. Or in other words you are a dependent lover. You will always be dating, and in need of someone. No matter how good it feels, you it’s a very difficult addiction to stop, and an emotionally expensive one to refill. Regardless it’s worthwhile and healthy for your level of self love to be an independent factor. It should never correlate with how much others love you. This way you can indulge in self love, be emotionally dependent, and end the trail of broken hearts left behind.

Sincerely,

A rehabbing love addict

20 Unclassy Things Women Secretly Love To Do

There are so many standards and “lady like” things society insists that women must do. Despite that, there are so many wonderful unclassy things women absolutely, secretly love to do.

Rock the hot grizzly bear look, instead of shaving sometimes.
Order in with Seamless instead of cooking dinner.
Of Course burp, fart… all that good stuff that “ladies don’t do”.
Dress down, and wear comfy clothes every once in a while.
Wear men’s clothing. Nothing is better than stealing men’s sweatshirts, and t-shirts to wear on a Sunday morning in.
Peeing in places that aren’t the toilet. I’m talking about those drunk nights on the way home and there is no bathroom in sight, and you gotta let loose. Or that hiking trip you snuck off to pee behind the tree.
Chug a beer down like it’s nobody’s business.
Complaining about periods, and cramp.
Waking up looking like a drunk raccoon that’s been hit by a bus after, a long night because we didn’t wash off our eye makeup, and simply crashed onto the bed too tired to shower, or care.
Sweating and not glistening.
Eating massive amounts of greasy, unhealthy foods when we had an all day appointment with the couch.
Making a mess when we eat the food. I’m referring to those ketchup stains you scrubbed off in the bathroom, and that piece of cheese you still don’t know is on your face.
Not wear perfume every once in a while, and not tell him that the fragrance he’s sniffing and complementing is actually just the mango smoothie you drank earlier still on your breath.
Pick out that wedgie, we all have tricks to discreetly get this done. Especially if you’re one of the big booty girls, you know that all underwears become thongs once you start to walk.
Going bra less! Removing a bra is one of the most cathartic things in the world. It’s amazing to remove that weight of padded sleek, and sharp underwire right off of your chest. Gotta let your girls breathe every once in a while.
Casual, no strings attached sex.
Sitting with our legs wide open, and man spreading when we get home.
Getting shit face wasted off of shots at the bar.
Not giving a fuck what we look like or what you think of us, and our bodies!
Cursing, because we motha fucking can!

20 Signs You're an Emotion-Phobe

You are a complete emotion-phobe. You’re not emotionless, you’re just seriously afraid. Tears, or even tears and laughter at the same time… shit like that doesn’t happen to you.

The words “I love you” cause you to almost choke up whatever you ate for breakfast or occasionally even dinner…
Because it’s just that frightening…
You don’t know what to say, so you sputter out something along the lines of “Thank you” or “Ok”…
Then you may or may not call them again… probably not.
You try to stay away from the whole meeting friends and family thing… it’s a bit too personal.
Why is he staring deeply into your eyes like that?… you wonder if you’re supposed to feel something, or what you’re supposed to do…
Maybe if you kiss him, he’ll stop.
You’re open to hear about your friends problems but they better not start crying on you. Seriously… cut that shit out.
Kids like you until they start crying, or giving pouty faces. You gotta let ’em know that shit doesn’t work on you. You don’t give a damn how tired they are, they better keep on walking.
So you don’t babysit often unless it’s your own siblings…
And you’ve made sure to toughen them up, the world is a dark place, it gives no fucks.
Puppies, sad eyes, or even those sick kids in the commercials don’t make you cry, or say “awww”. You feel bad for a sick kid or two but the commercial doesn’t faze you.
Break ups don’t really bother you because you never gave a fuck in the first place.
The thought of actually loving someone frightens you more than death.
You’re sick of hearing the ice queen, and”you’re so heartless” jokes.
That awkward pause when people tell you something and expect you to ” awww”” or gasp in delight, and it just… doesn’t happen.
So they stare at you, and you usually say “what? keep telling the story”.
You hate when people want to release their “bottled up emotions” onto you. Please keep that shit bottled up in there, exactly where is belongs.
Listening to their “bottled up emotions” also risks them crying and dripping snot everywhere, which is incredibly uncomfortable.
You’ve said “this is my happy face” way too many times.

20 Reasons To Date The Chick With Balls

Since balls are generally reserved for men, your chick with balls is a unique one of a kind. There is no other chick out there like her since consequently most of them lack balls, and all balls come in different shapes and sizes of course.

She isn’t afraid to tell it like it is… like the time she let you know you put on a few pounds.
She will never bore you, because nothing about her is soft and common.
Her balls are just as big as yours, so she will probably wear the pants in the relationship.
She can be fearless, fierce, and challenging, but she’s worth it.
Not only is she probably a great shit talker, but she can back it up with action, and knows how to get tough when necessary.
She can probably drink you under the table, or at least keep up, because she will never be one of those flimsy girls who got wasted in the bar and laid there like a damsel in distress.
She is super confident, comfortable in her own skin.
She will never be clingy or needy.
You ‘re around because she wants you not because she needs you, she knows her worth and will make those demands.
She is everything badass, and hardcore, so don’t expect her to easily back down or break down crying.
She’s not afraid to whip those balls out and let you know when you’re wrong.
She doesn’t fit the common boring stereotype of what a woman should be, and she’s not afraid to get her hands rough and dirty.
She know’s she’s a Boss Bitch no matter what so she won’t need you to constantly tell her she’s pretty, or that you love her.
She will never be some fragile emotional wreck, because although she loves you she knows how to love herself first.
Your guy friends will love her since she knows how to lose the vagina every once in a while, and have fun being one of the guys.
She is never easily intimidated, and this girl fears no one.
Good luck trying to hurt her feelings in a dramatic argument, it’s probably not going to happen.
If you’re a guy who needs to be put in your place every now and then, she’s perfect because she will always remind you that she is your equal, and nothing less.
If you’re looking for a sweetheart, she’s not the one. If you are looking for a partner in crime to enrich your life as much as you enrich hers, she’s the one.
She will always have the guys to stand up for you, and is loyal even behind your back. This girl will jump right into the line of fire to defend you.

19 Signs You're a Vampire

Your seriously lacking in vitamin D, because you would much rather stay in doors. You sleep during the day, and rise from the dead at night.

You probably work the graveyard shift, or start work at late hours.
If not, don’t you so wish you did…
You’re seriously lacking that vitamin- D, but you’re not concerned about trying to fix that, you figure you’re probably just allergic to vitamin-D.
Why the fuck are people trying to wake you so early, it’s only 3 in the afternoon, don’t they sleep.
If you happen to be awake in the afternoon, you have to check yourself, because you’ll keep saying “good morning” until six p.m rolls around.
Roommates are difficult, because they all want you to be quiet when they’re sleeping. Not to mention the fact that they were screaming while you were sleeping during the day but whatevs.
And they always want you to receive UPS packages because your there for most of the day. You keep explaining that you’re asleep when they come, but no one listens.
People think your lazy for sleeping during the day but you just operate during different hours, everyone is different.
You are not functional… at all..anytime before 1 pm. Which makes interviews or going anywhere with regular business hours an impossible pain.
You know all the 24 hour places in the area!
You come alive at night, people think you’re always tired, and lazy, but they just haven’t met you past six p.m. You’re actually really fun, and lively.
Since you’re always awake at night, you know about all of the night life and sick parties.
You’re the perfect guard dog, because you won’t fall asleep on duty, so people in your house feel safe at night…
I mean you won’t exactly chase down anything that goes bump in the night, but you’ll tap someone awake and let ’em know.
Your eyes seem to have adjusted to your nocturnal lifestyle so when you do walk out into the sun, you’re blinded for a while. That’s why you carry your handy dandy shades.
In fact you’ve got a million pairs of shades.
The beach is your worst nightmare. All of these naked women lying under direct sunlight, somebody better bring an umbrella….no… A tent!… And pounds of sun screen…buckets!
The sunlight, and heat instantly reminds your body that it’s time to sleep, and when you sleep you go down hard. Nobody better wake you the fuck up during the day because you’re quick to pull out those fangs.
You’re pretty sure the mailman is afraid of you. Whenever you wake up to check the mail, you appear with squinting red eyes surrounded by dark circles, and bed hair. You always snatch the mail, and immediately shut away the door to hide from the sunlight.

18 Struggles Of Being A Disaster-prone

Disasters are always right around the corner. All of those strange things that people claim could never happen, happen to you on the daily. You can’t seem to escape them no matter what you do.

You have found a million and one ways to break your phone that weren’t written on the box as a warning…
Like the time you dropped it and a car crushed it, or it fell into the toilet from your back pocket.
Isn’t it about time they invent that life proof phone, or at least a disaster proof one.
You have a long list of things you think deserve a warning sign.
You have to recite a disclaimer every time someone hands you glass or something with the possibility of shattering.
Glass is really just your worst nightmare.
All of the crazy shit happens to you like the time you shattered the glass on your phone, and when you swiped to check if it still worked a large chunk of glass scraped off and into your finger, which caused a panic attack because you were pretty sure you were dying.
No one trusts you to hold liquids or babies, and especially not to hold them and move at the same time.
Most of these disasters seriously aren’t your fault…
Maybe someone really is out to get you.
Everything is a possible item for you to trip over, stairs, curbs, your own feet, the sidewalk. You have definitely tripped just walking on the sidewalk before.
You occasionally wake up with cuts and bruises, but have no idea how or where you got them.
You have learned the word “sorry” and all of the billion ways to say it.
People keep telling you to be careful, and really… you’re trying.
You know how to take precautions, like not wearing extremely high heels because one of them is guaranteed to get stuck in a crack, then you will break your ankle…
You get nervous in front of guys you like. Not because you like them so much, but because you just know you’ll fall or something, or start choking on your gum in front of him.
You are extra careful when driving or controlling any form of transportation, because you have been known to ride/ drive into parked vehicles, trees, and other things that don’t move.