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Secret Mischief Club

  • WHY WE NEED A SECRET MISCHIEF CLUB

    Yesterday I did something I rarely do anymore. I talked about sad things from my childhood. I was explaining to a fellow writer how my childhood patterns led me to get into two bad marriages. I told her a few of my earliest memories. Her reaction was intense. One of the things she asked me…

  • The Perfectly Reasonable, Innocent (Mwah ha ha) Announcement That Will Annoy Your Toxic Partner

    Dear Unhappy Partner Who Needs Me, I had a horrible childhood too. So after both of us focusing only on your needs all this time, it is now my turn to have my partner (that would be you) focus only on my needs, while I, also, focus only on my needs. Did I mention I…

  • The Perfectly Reasonable, Innocent (Mwah ha ha) Announcement That Will Annoy Your Toxic Parent

    If we have spent a lifetime caring about our dysfunctional, self-absorbed parents and ignoring our own needs & emotions, it would be completely fair to stop worrying about them and just focus on our own happiness, RIGHT? You know, sort of like, “It’s my turn now.” Oooo! Wouldn’t that be a fun announcement! “Dear Mum…

  • How to Have Fun by Cheerfully Agreeing With Toxic People When They Try to Make You Feel Bad About Yourself

    How to Have Fun by Cheerfully Agreeing With Toxic People When They Try to Make You Feel Bad About Yourself So often, toxic people want to make us feel bad about ourselves. Sometimes they act very sweet as they give us advice on how to improve ourselves. (Those passive-aggressive mofo’s.) Or they deliver long, sanctimonious,…

  • JUST SAY NO TO NEW AGE BULLSHIT

    Thoughts about pithy New Age quotes that say, “WE ATTRACT WHO WE ARE.” Here’s my pithy Silvia quote about that: “JUST SAY NO TO BULLSHIT.” I read a fascinating article by a marriage counsellor a couple years ago. Apparently, there are two basic kinds of partners in relationships: Givers and Takers. The article said that…

  • FAUX ENLIGHTENMENT IS BEGINNING TO PISS ME OFF

    I’m seeing ever more clearly that there is an enormous hole in the New Age world. I see this huge hole even in the actions of spiritual life coaches and writers. Here are just two of many examples I could give you: EXAMPLE #1 A while ago I asked an “enlightened” (meditates, reads and quotes…

  • How Romance Novels Train Women to Tolerate Rudeness and Abuse from Brooding Bad Guys

    The full title I wanted for this rant was too long to fit into a box so I’ve made it the first paragraph instead: Romance novels train women to tolerate rudeness and abuse from Brooding Bad Guys, then date them, and then try to “fix” them and make them happy, all while sacrificing their own…

  • Realizing How Many Shitty People Have Been Shitty To Me All My Life But Choosing To Feel Happy Because They’re GONE And I Am FREE.

    From 2019 Does this ever happen to you? I had a moment today where I suddenly saw so clearly in my mind, all the people throughout my life who were cruel to me, used me, lied to me, took advantage, took for granted, mocked, manipulated, abused me, and wanted to imagine the worst in me. …

  • Your Favourite Books and Movies About Revenge

    Please submit your favorites so we can add them to the collection.

  • Fun Stories About Real Life Revenge

    Disclaimer:  We do not condone vandalism. So don’t do that, okay?  But feel free to send us fun revenge stories and if they involve mild vandalism, we’ll add a disclaimer.  We absolutely are against physically harming or even touching a person with intent to hurt them. The Mischief Club is about harmless, cathartic fun, only.…