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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

Living in a Christmas World When You're a Jewish Kid

Posted 12/05/2011 - 4:46pm

Let me just preface this article with this statement- I LOVE Christmas decorations; the shiny tinsel, heirloom ornaments, fresh... Read More »

The 24 Hours Before I Gave Birth...

Posted 11/13/2011 - 8:00pm

The 24 hours before giving birth was nothing like I'd imagined. I had nine months to prepare for the inevitable... aka the labo... Read More »

I Want to be the Friend Not the Parent (aka I Clearly Need America's Supernanny)

Posted 11/10/2011 - 9:44pm

Growing up I feared my mother's anger. Her wrath, when incurred, could produce a hailstorm of slapping, hair pulling and guttur... Read More »

Kim and Kris -- It's Already Over?

Posted 10/31/2011 - 3:19pm

I am slightly, just slightly ashamed to admit- despite my better judgment that (along with the rest of those of us who are add... Read More »

Dropping the F Bomb in Front of My Kids

Posted 10/04/2011 - 5:50pm

When ABC News Now came a calling and asked me to be part of Moms Get Real with Juju Chang and Lee Woodruff on the topic of swear... Read More »