Jaye Gaff
Opinions | Holidays with Kids
I was going to label this series "unpopular opinions" but I've decided I hate that because I'm pretty sure we all live in a bubble where...
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Jaye Gaff
- Jan 16
- 1 min
I Wouldn’t Get Up For Much But I Would Get Up For…
I've recently started to revel in my laziness. I am a lazy person and I love it. Do we need a better word for lazy? Sure. Do I want to...
Jaye Gaff
- Jan 9
- 2 min
Marriage | How to Stop Snooping
I am a snoop. I love to know things. I like Real Housewives. I like drama. It excites me. I used to read my Husband's text messages. His...
Jaye Gaff
- Nov 28, 2022
- 2 min
Motherhood | Hard Parts
I once wrote, somewhat jokingly but also very seriously, that the hardest part of parenting was finding a good place to plug your...
Jaye Gaff
- Nov 21, 2022
- 1 min
Challenging the "How Dare They?"
You know that question: what do people get wrong about you? a.k.a what impression do people get from you when they first meet you? For...
Jaye Gaff
- Nov 14, 2022
- 2 min
Being a Woman | I'm Still Scared
If you had of asked me a few months ago, how I would react to being harassed or touched, in my 30s I would have told you I wouldn't stand...
Jaye Gaff
- Nov 7, 2022
- 2 min
Motherhood | Wait, Am I Laid Back?
If there's something that oozes out of my every pore it is this -- worry. I am always anxious. Always stressed. Never relaxed. I have...
Jaye Gaff
- Oct 31, 2022
- 2 min
Motherhood | On Food
You know those parents that say they don't cook separate meals for their kids? They eat what they're given or they don't eat at all?...
Jaye Gaff
- Oct 24, 2022
- 2 min
Holding On
I once met someone. She and I clicked right away. We became fast friends and, best of all, B. fell completely in love with her. We...
Jaye Gaff
- Oct 17, 2022
- 3 min
The Dumbest of All Fights
I’ve been thinking lately how we can look at someone’s relationship and see what they, or we, want us to see. Perfection. Gloss. Of...
Jaye Gaff
- Oct 10, 2022
- 3 min
What I’d Tell My Younger Self
In year 8, my first year of high school {WA}, we had to write a letter to our older selves. I left that school and moved interstate for...
Jaye Gaff
- Sep 26, 2022
- 3 min
So, what did your parents teach you?
I’m currently in therapy at the hospital where I had my {half} jaw surgery to learn how to manage my pain better. I am not a therapy...
Jaye Gaff
- Sep 13, 2022
- 4 min
Parenting | I Would Never
You hear the phrase, “when I’m a parent I would never…” quite a lot and, I guess, the stereotype is that childless people say it and it’s...
Jaye Gaff
- Sep 5, 2022
- 2 min
My first big break
It would be rather disingenuous of me to say that in the 11 years of my child’s life I have never had a break. I have. Hours snatched...
Jaye Gaff
- Aug 29, 2022
- 2 min
An Unprofessional Woman
I was recently called the most unprofessional person someone had ever worked with. This person was quite up there in age — which I only...
Jaye Gaff
- Aug 22, 2022
- 2 min
The Power of Invisibility
In 2016 someone asked me, if I could have one superpower what would it be? I answered, a cliche, I’m sure, invisibility. Because I wanted...
Jaye Gaff
- Aug 15, 2022
- 3 min
I need to talk about alcohol
I don’t drink. I haven’t drank in ages and it’s such an ingrained part of Australian culture that I am seen as weird. I grew up around...
Jaye Gaff
- Aug 8, 2022
- 2 min
Comparing
I don’t understand comparisons. Unless it’s saying “I prefer cherries to blueberries.” But I keep seeing these things on social media...
Jaye Gaff
- Aug 1, 2022
- 2 min
The ache
I randomly found this post in my drafts folder and have decided to publish it. I may not always feel this way but, sometimes, it’s a nice...
Jaye Gaff
- Jul 25, 2022
- 3 min
on marriage
Husband and I got married on our five year dating anniversary. It wasn’t that the date was entirely sentimental to us — all we did on...
Jaye Gaff
- Jul 22, 2022
- 2 min
Crier
I’m not much of a crier. Or, I wasn’t much of a crier until I was in my 3rd trimester of pregnancy and I started crying over episodes of...
Jaye Gaff
- Jul 21, 2022
- 5 min
Hating Your Body
My hatred of who I was and what I looked like came from my family and started from a very young age. I was very, very skinny. My mother...
Jaye Gaff
- Jul 18, 2022
- 2 min
Parenting & the “I Hate You”
Once upon a time I surprised my child with a trip to go get a second piercing in her ear. I cooked. I cleaned. I made it nice. A few...
Jaye Gaff
- Jul 11, 2022
- 3 min
I have a confession
When people started complaining that petrol was $2 a litre I rolled my eyes. Because I honestly believed you could just put $10 in your...
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