My sister has microscopic colitis. She takes the meds, but they only help a little. Her doctor recently put her on a low FODMAP diet. That may be worth looking into.

Have you tried incorporating anything back in yet to see what the culprit is? And what do you do when you travel?

Thanks! I was panicking!!

Ours has a program where if you get double the value of your food stamps if you spend it at the farmer’s market. It’s pretty amazing.

I agree. It looks like whoever wrote their company policy specifically wanted to stack the deck against victims.

I hope you’re right! Being is a gross narcissist is not the same thing as being an abuser, and he’s certainly proven that he’s the former. I’ve just don’t know anyone that says those kinds of things about their kid. It’s such odd behavior. And sad that he apparently cares more for some of his children than others.

I seriously have flashbacks of how my best friend’s stepfather used to touch me like that when I was 10-11 years old when I see that picture. I remember him putting his hands on my waist and the bile rising up in my throat. He abused my friend for a long time. I want to believe that nothing like that happened with the…

To quote Elaine Benes: I don’t know how you guys walk around with those things.

But does it hurt constantly or just if you accidentally squish them? Like, when you sit down on the horse they’re out of the way, right? So are you squishing them each time the horse takes a step, or is it just if something goes wrong? Would wearing close-fitting underwear help?

Big boobs are super uncomfortable. Maybe have some empathy. Also, I’ve never met your fiance but can say with confidence that she’s probably had to hear a lot more about dicks in her life than you will ever hear about boobs.

That is exactly what I do. Ginger ale is the only soda I drink, but I’ll get sprite in a pinch.

So you don’t believe in mandatory reporting laws for child abuse? Because that’s what this was.

In the linked article, it says that a mediator is going to determine the amount each victim gets. I assume that was agreed upon in the terms of the settlement. But I don’t know how you would measure something like that.

Yes it did.

I just realized I’ve been staring at the those gifs with a dopey grin on my face for like a full two minutes. Thanks, I needed that.

Not necessarily. It’s not a disease, it’s a collection of symptoms. There isn’t a known cause for it.

I had a similar experience. At my first lob in a law office, I bought a bag of cheerios as a snack, and one of the paralegals made a huge deal out of it and said that no one older than a toddler has any business doing that. I had no idea it wasn’t something normal people ate. It was one of the few cereals my parents…

No, half melted! We always took them to the beach in my childhood, so my memories of them are of warm cookie goodness.

I ate some after like a decade of eating real food and was surprised at how salty it was. I didn’t mind the flavor but the salt assaulted my tongue so much that I couldn’t finish it.

Yeah, it’s easy to forget that not everyone is an extremist.