EXACTLY! I was so grateful that he wrote that because it validated that he had abused me in other ways. Until that point, no matter what therapy told me, no matter what my gut said, I still struggled with blaming myself for his decisions. I still have the email 6 years later because of that. It’s that whole “I’m the…

I’m so glad you’ll be able to stick up for your daughter. I didn’t really tell people that I was unhappy or why (part of the whole ‘you can handle this’ attitude I have because I’m a strong independent woman) so when it broke apart my own parents told me they didn’t understand and felt bad for my ex. My dad was still…

Oh man, I want to send you a bottle of wine. I was there before. I became severely depressed a few months before the wedding and ended the relationship two months prior to going down the aisle. I kept saying that I needed to work on myself. I thought I had made bad decisions, that I was a bad person, too quick to be…

I’ve been working out now steadily for 10 months and seeing those models makes me soooooo happy. I like owning my strength and seeing how STRONG their bodies are (though slender) is inspiring.

I’d like to give this comment a billion stars. Most Bernie fans I know (including myself) say they would gladly vote for whoever wins the nomination, but honestly, Bernie is a breath of fresh air and it would be a shame for people not to at least consider him. He’s nuanced enough that he could shake up the political…

Thanks! That’s such a great gift. I may have to order a late Christmas present to her.

Sounds pretty awesome. The spoon level thing- does that have anything to do with MS? Cause my bff has MS and has talked to me about the spoons and this sounds like an incredible gift if so.

Agreed. At one point I turned to the BF and told him that I wanted to be her when I grew up. I had that legitimate thought. I can only imagine how great that is for people who aren’t pushing 30 like myself.

I really loved “he look-alike-a man” and Stewart too. I thought they did a pretty solid show every week.

Right on. Also, why do people throw stats like that to discourage women? I thought the main argument is that they’ll lower standards- but that stat just proved that they won’t. So it only makes sense to let any woman who wants to try to do so, knowing that if she can’t make it, she won’t be accepted. The 0 out of 29…

I never knew this. It’s sad, but also, as a woman, I kind of see grumpy cat saying “good” in hopes that men might feel how terrible the policing of their reproductive rights is. If only more men had to deal with this and decided that we should let each person govern their own body.

Though, the LA Times is saying that the store owner says that the guns didn’t come from her store. Not sure what all that means (CA has pretty strict regulations so would that mean the store offered illegal guns for sale even though the “sale” was legal? Does that mean that they’ve proven the guns are actually bought…

On the wife being subservient, I think it’s also interesting that his own father was a raging abusive alcoholic and he and his siblings often had to intervene to save his mother. Eventually his mother left her husband and took the children (most teens and young adults by then) with her. It seems like a very volatile…

I kind of always assumed that. Everyone in Hollywood seems to sleep around, it only makes sense.

I mean, if he has herpes, he’ll probably just settle. And if he does, then at the very least he didn’t disclose it before being intimate- which, I feel, is the real issue in these cases. Like so many people have said, herpes isn’t the end of your life, but if you knowingly have it and don’t disclose it, as with any…

THIS. He’s not talking about buying products that are made in America or locally owned businesses, just FROM white, christian Americans. It’s gross and horrible on all accounts. Also, he’s specifying gas, which, last I heard, is a pretty big contributor to the Middle East’s economy.

Read the books before the movies. You miss a lot in the movies, but they are really stunning. Also, my dad got me hooked on Harry Potter when only the first two books were out. He was in a job that had him traveling a lot by car to the state over. His coworker brought the first Harry Potter on CD and asked if it was…

Ugh. Last year my very redneck BIL started talking about “thugs” and Ferguson and I very calmly said “can we please not discuss this at Thanksgiving?” He continued so I got up and said “I said that we shouldn’t discuss this because neither of us is changing our views and we don’t need this type of discussion during…

I’ve been doing PiYo and when our PiYo instructor can’t make it she gets a pilates instructor to do just the pilates aspect- I’m so in love. I’ve never seen results so quickly and felt so good before in my life. It’s been 8 months and I’ve committed to it every week. I still drink alcohol and I like my dessert, but…

THIS. Also. Funny how women are shamed for abortion because LIFE IS PRECIOUS AND WE SHOULD DO EVERYTHING TO SAVE IT. Unless it’s a refugee. Fuck them. Also #ALLLIVESMATTER except those. The hypocrisy is deafening among these people.