It's still a human rights violation, to lock up a woman for something she MIGHT do, simply because she's an incubator. The human being who's HERE and already born takes precedence. The other is not born, and might not make it all the way here, due to nature, herself. The woman's rights always take precedence. …

Way, way, way, way too common, that addiction stems from depression (and sometimes other issues) and attempts at self-medication. My brother is the same. In the past, he's done every drug known to man, I think. Now, I don't think he's doing any, but the drinking .... he has had some therapy, but that was after a…

YAY, FASCISM! March on, sister!

OH— OH!! He was also the one who made comments during this pregnancy (again, our second, both ending in miscarriage), when I was faced with the most horrible lethargy I'd EVER experienced (nothing like any other pregnancy I'd had), and after working all day, needing to lie down to recuperate, that I was supposed to…

::hugs back::
Thanks. I'm sure that's happened.
To give him the TINIEST bit of excuse (tiny), his ex-wife had gone through many miscarriages . . . so many he'd lost count, apparently. Either that or . . . wait—maybe he was just really the most shit-tastic male . . . ever.
Excuse retracted.

Absolutely.

Uterine contractions will often cause diarrhea or near-diarrhea. Or at least cause you to want to poop.

Yes, especially considering during my second miscarriage, my boyfriend (at the time) decided he'd like to go out to the bars with a friend, while I writhed in pain on the couch.
No, you go ahead and have fun, ASSHOLE . . .

We're no longer together. Big shock, I know.

I want to group-hug this whole thread and all its comments. ::sniff::

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
Jenny, her husband, her story, and "BEAT THAT, NERDS!" will NEVER be topped!

"BEAT THAT, NERDS!" is the best!
I . . . I may be borrowing this.

Though I can't precede it with a story which can—in any way—compare.

I think booking those "all ages" shows are going to be difficult.
(Depending upon your geographical location, of course.)

It was all choice, but I'm still chortling over " .... giant gaping asshole of contempt".
Well done.

Actually, your son's actions bother me a little, as well.
Why wouldn't he? Some sort of unspoken brotherhood, in which the girl was "off-limits," now? Touched by one—or the POSSIBILITY that she was "touched"—doesn't allow a friend of his to tread in the same place? Either through some misplaced stamp of…

Oh, sure, the looking and laughing happened afterward, when they were watching the video.
We know that because they were stupid enough to film themselves watching it and joking and laughing.
Sick fucks ought to ALL be charged and rot in jail until their nuts shrivel and fall off.

MRA Alert! This is not a drill. Repeat! This is not a drill.
Please ignore the MRA.
Thank you!

Had no idea. I'm in Iowa, and it feels so much more progressive.

I thought the last time signs of "No Irish" were posted were just after the turn of the (20th) century, not the '50s. Or was Kansas just that behind-the-times?

"Try not to freak people out."

^That's the message. I think we, as a culture, have forgotten that the idea of courtesy is about making the other person feel comfortable, as much as we possibly can. It's not about interacting at all costs, because WE want to, or we think we should.