With Chiron in Pisces, your journey is letting go of ungrounded fantasies and loving yourself unconditionally. Pisces has a big imagination, which fuels its creative nature; however, often with this placement, imagination can be used as a coping mechanism. Perhaps you find yourself in relationships where you keep hoping your partner will change, but it doesn’t end up happening.
On Thursday, the actress published a new post on her blog, By Ashley French — titled “You’re Allowed to Leave Your Mom Group”!
Um, yeah!
And in said piece she threw major shade at her former friends, who are some very recognizable faces in the industry! Ashley told her readers that when she became a mom, she “craved connection” and decided to join a mom group. She thought it was “great” at first, with everyone swapping “sleep training advice,” taking “tons of photos,” and celebrating “the tiny victories” together. Just a super supportive “village of moms” that she needed at the time.
However, the mom group soon changed. Ashley said it became extremely “toxic” and cliquey. Oof. The High School Musical alum explained:
“Not because the moms themselves are toxic people, but because the dynamic shifts into an ugly place with mean-girl behavior. I know this from personal experience. In my mom group, I started to notice that certain people would get talked about when they weren’t present, and not in a positive way. I realized that there were group text chains that didn’t include everyone, which led to cliques forming within the larger group.”
Even Ashley got excluded from events! She continued:
“After the third or fourth time of seeing social media photos of everyone else at a hangout that I didn’t get invited to, it felt like I wasn’t really part of the group after all.”
Damn! It sounds like Ashley’s mom group just didn’t have time for her anymore! Hmm, wonder why?? Perhaps she needs to find a way into Gwyneth Paltrow‘s circle! Lolz!
The Phineas and Ferb star eventually had enough, so she stopped showing up and putting energy into the friendships! Following the experience, she realized it is OK to leave a mom group, especially if it is no longer serving you. Ashley wrote:
“If a mom group consistently leaves you feeling hurt, drained, or left out, it’s not the mom group for you. (Even if it used to be!) It’s no longer serving you in a way that lifts you up, and you don’t have to stay out of obligation or anything else. Choosing to step away doesn’t make you mean or judgmental. It makes you honest with yourself. It’s also worth remembering that friendships, like all relationships, have seasons. Maybe a group truly was a good fit at one point, but if it’s not the right fit for you now, it’s okay to move on.”
Ultimately, Ashley feels you’re setting a good example for your children by leaving a “toxic” situation:
“Here’s the bigger truth: When you choose yourself, you’re also choosing your kid. If you stay in a group that operates on exclusion and gossip, your child sees that and can absorb that behavior. On the flip side, when you show them that it’s possible to walk away from dynamics that feel unhealthy, you’re teaching them what real self-respect looks like.”
The question everyone likely has now is: Who is Ashley throwing shade at here? We did some digging, and it appears The Suite Life of Zack & Cody star is targeting none other than Mandy Moore, Hilary Duff, and Meghan Trainor!
If you didn’t know, they have been friends for many years. Their children went on playdates, and they took vacations together, along with their other mom pals. Back in 2022, the star-studded group enjoyed a getaway to the Rancho Valencia Resort & Spa in Rancho Santa Fe, California — minus Mandy. However, Hilary made sure to give the Candy singer a shout-out in the vacay photo dump on Instagram! Check it out (below):
Last year, Hilary opened up to People about how she uses her group of famous pals for support “all the time,” even when her family’s sick during the holidays. She said:
“It was actually one of the hardest moments of my life, and I was on the chat thread just ranting and raving, and they’re all just really supportive.”
Meghan also shared with the outlet earlier this year that she has “a great group chat with my other mom friends, like Hillary Duff and Mandy Moore and Ashley Tisdale.” It sounds like the group wasn’t so “great” for Ashley anymore! Yikes! She seemingly wasn’t at the last hangout this month, so she is probably talking about Mandy, Hilary, and Meghan! Damn!
And to note…
The He Said She Said artist still follows Hilary and Meghan on Insta at this time, so she hasn’t completely cut off those two. The pair also follow Ashley! However, she notably does NOT follow Mandy! The A Walk to Remember actress, meanwhile, still follows her! See (below):
Hmm. Of course, there are always two sides to every story! We can’t help but wonder what their opinion on all this is! She sees her former mom group as toxic, but did they feel the same about her? Though, if so, did they try having conversations with her? Is ghosting ever the right thing? We also wonder if all this went down before or after her comments about Charlie Kirk‘s death…
What are your reactions to the shade, Perezcious readers? Drop ’em in the comments below!
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Kimberly Wolf, M.Ed., is an educator, speaker, educational consultant, and author of ‘Talk With Her: A Dad’s Essential Guide to Raising Healthy, Confident, and Capable Daughters.’ She has a master’s degree in human development and psychology from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
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By now, you’ve probably seen All Too Well: The Short Film, written and directed by none other than Taylor Swift. If you haven’t, the nearly 15-minute short details the rise and fall of an intense and toxic relationship, with one of Swift’s most infamously heart-wrenching songs as its soundtrack.
By now, we all understand the importance of work-life balance. Not everyone is great about honoring it, though! According to psychologist Natalie Buchwald, LMHC, many toxic workplaces will clearly state—or at the very least, imply—that they expect you to have few boundaries, i.e., expecting you to work nights, stay late in the office, and respond to messages at any time, even on weekends.
For manipulative people and dark-triad types, things like withholding, exaggerating the truth to get their way, and inflating their own ego are mere past times. We’ve all told a lie here and there, but fibbing that you’re sick when you really just need an extra day to get things done, for example, is far from the kinds of lies master deceivers use.
It’s relatively normal to experience “mixed feelings,” aka ambivalence, toward your romantic partner—but when do those mixed feelings spell trouble for your relationship? According to research published in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science1, here’s what to know if you’re experiencing ambivalence.
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Whether you’re a people pleaser, sensitive soul, empath, or just a big-hearted person, you probably care a lot about your connections with those you care about—but not everyone has your best interest at heart, and empaths are often susceptible to being used by others.
Megan Fox may be playing coy about where she and Machine Gun Kelly stand… but not everyone is shy!
During her Call Her Daddy interview, Megan confirmed they’d called off their engagement — something fans concluded when she was no longer seen wearing her ring. You know, the one that was meant to cause her intense pain when she took it off? She took that thing off. Pretty telling. But when it came to revealing the exact status of her relationship with MGK, she hesitated, wording carefully:
“What I’ve learned from being in this relationship is that it’s not for public consumption. So I think as of now, I don’t have a comment on like the status of the relationship per se.”
She did say “there will always be a tether to him no matter what” because he’s her twin flame. So even if they break up she still gets to believe in that. But it really hinted that they’d broken up, right??
Well, now someone close to the couple says they aren’t quite broken up. But they are separated! The insider told Us Weekly they’re “living separately” at the moment. Megan is living in Malibu, leaving Colson to hold down the fort in the home they once shared in Encino. For those not in SoCal, we’re talking about like a 45 minute drive. the source says:
“They did this arrangement to give each other some space while still being together”
The insider explained the relationship has continued to be particularly “rocky” of late, even after the couples counseling they got in the aftermath of… whatever the thing was. She strongly implied he cheated at the time but then decided she didn’t want that accusation out there.
The source adds the couple have “always” been “up and down” — like all perfect twin souls meant for one another, right? But recently it’s gotten worse and they’re “at a low moment right now.” However, he does note:
“It changes everyday.”
Well, sure, that’s the nature of volatile relationships, right? It gets worse. The major clue the couple are dunzo? Megan has asked friends “to set her up” with other guys!
So that’s where it’s at now. But even with the Jennifer’s Body star ready to dip her toe back into the dating pool, their inner circle aren’t convinced it’s over for good:
“Friends around them don’t see them completely ending the relationship as they truly change their minds every day.”
The source added:
“Megan has a hard time trusting MGK and knows it’s her own insecurities.”
Um… sorry, is it though? Is it her own insecurities if he did cheat on her? Or is that just the natural instincts we’re all blessed with, and this twin flame thing keeps telling her she should get over it?
A second source says they’re unlikely to end up happily ever after since they “can’t stop fighting with each other.” But that doesn’t mean it’ll end quickly. They’re still “together, but not all the way,” says the insider, an endless drama that “could be drawn out for years.” Again, we’re talking about a “toxic” pairing here, and part of that means they won’t stop hurting one another:
“Megan and MGK have a very toxic relationship, their love literally makes them sick.”
Yeesh. Sounds like a mess. Do YOU think they’ll end up together? Or not??
Also, when it comes to air signs like Libra, “You can’t quite catch them, like the breeze—and you never know where they’ll drop you once they sweep you up,” the twins say. Earth signs like Capricorn, on the other hand, can get cast as uptight or slow, but that’s only because they “think carefully about the long term and what the return on investment will be,” the twins add.
