Leslie - 40 Something

: Dealing with two daughters who either hated each other or were "little bitches" bugging her for stuff.

Leslie’s life was a beautifully chaotic mess, much like the movie where she (played by Leslie Mann ) and her husband Pete (Paul Rudd) navigated the brutal, hilarious honesty of middle age. Her days were a blur of: 40 something leslie

Once upon a time, there was a woman named who woke up on her 40th birthday and decided the cake was lying. She spent the morning blowing out candles that said "38" because she wasn't ready to trade her favorite boutiques for "old lady stores" like Ann Taylor Loft just yet. : Dealing with two daughters who either hated

: Finding Pete hiding in the bathroom playing Words with Friends just to avoid being in the same room as the chaos. She spent the morning blowing out candles that

This is 40-something ❤️ Written and read by Leslie Means

: Realizing that at 40, she had a "psychic" ability to spot nonsense from a mile away and no longer felt the need to play nice with bullies—even if the bully was a kid at school.

One evening, after a particularly long day of failing businesses and hormone-driven tears, Leslie and Pete sat on the patio. In a moment of "brutal honesty," they shared dark, funny fantasies about how they’d "accidentally" get rid of each other—Leslie joked about poisoning his cupcakes, and Pete joked about her feral cats eventually eating her hair.