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Melissa Chapman

Melissa Chapman blogs about her marriage and everything in between at marriedmysugardaddy.com. After writing her Staten Island Advance  Kids in the City column for four and half years she also currently helms www.thestatenislandfamily.com where she provides parents with the scoop on great activities and musings on parenthood.

 

 

Q:  How many children do you have?

A:  Two kids, a 6yr old son and a 10 yr old daughter

 

Q:  Where do you live? (were you born there or how did you end up there?)

A:  Staten Island, NY--I grew up in Brooklyn, spent college living in Manhattan, and then when I met my husband we decided to move to the most suburban of all the NYC boroughs-- Staten Island.

 

Q: What’s your astrological sign?

A:  Virgo.

 

Q: If your life was made into a Lifetime Movie, what would it be called?

A:  "Little Jewish girl lost"

 

Q: What is one of your favorite quotes?

A:  "Never make someone a priority if they consider you an option."

 

Q: What TV or movie character are you most like?

A: Carrie from the King of Queens.

 

Q: If you could have dinner with three famous people (dead or alive), who would you invite?

A: Joan Didion, Kathy Griffin and Miriam the sister of Moses.

 

Q: What makes you feel sexy?

A: Reading a card my husband has written to me.

 

Q: What’s your most memorable ballsy moment?

A: Writing an article that I knew would not be popular but was one I needed to write-- whic hset the precedent for so many other posts I've written.

 

Q: If your life was a Lifetime Movie it would be called…

A: "Overcoming her Jewish Mother's guilt trip- the Melissa Chapman Story"

Recent Posts from Melissa Chapman

Five things parents can do right now to STOP spoiling their kids

Posted 07/03/2012 - 8:00pm

If you asked me whether my kids were spoiled I'd say, it depends on your definition of spoiled, as well as the culture and class... Read More »

One Father. One Mother: Should Parents Push Their Kids Into Playing Sports?

Posted 06/28/2012 - 11:44pm

Whether it's participating in them or watching from the sidelines (or your couch), sports are a pretty big part of society today... Read More »

Is There Really Such a Thing as Happily Ever After?

Posted 06/27/2012 - 12:08pm

I am truly fascinated by the institution of marriage- the ability to live, breathe and exist in the same space for so many years... Read More »

What Adopting a Dog Taught Me About My Marriage

Posted 06/26/2012 - 11:00pm

I have a desperate need to have furry things around me. No, not boas, but actual living furry creatures. My husband does not sha... Read More »

4 Mom Indulgences on the Quick -- No Husbands or Kids Allowed

Posted 06/21/2012 - 11:00pm

Pre-marriage and subsequent baby in the carriage, I considered myself tragically hip – and, yes, maybe somewhat enslaved to tr... Read More »