Oh - her husband had his own business that she considered "hers" (despite not graduating from H.S.) A national chain in the same line of business was building a place almost across the street, and they offered a six-figure settlement for the book of business plus a job (to him). She insisted he refuse this generous…

The dog or the dipshit?

I can't even. EVERY SINGLE EXPERIENCE of animal (and to be fair, human) cruelty I've ever seen is literally seared into my brain.

...or the washing machine with heavy clothing on the spin cycle.

Not OK to body-snark but acceptable to apartment-snark with a sprinkle of ageism?

Sadly, I have knowledge of this. When I was a teen, our neighbor wouldn't put her dog to sleep. Its hindquarters were paralyzed and... this was happening. I won't go into any more detail because I can't. We were horrified and explained what we observed in very strong language (she appeared, or pretended to be,…

"Lifestyle" is a word implanted by the mighty Christian Industrial complex.

//shudder

Is there any form of extreme religious fundamentalism that isn't crazy?

If one is attempting to do a video that is "cool" or "edgy," why would one start with an overlong clip of Larry King as the Crypt Keeper personified? WHY?

And I like it because it looks like a Pineapple/Papaya cupcake!

This is well-written, heartrending and... humbling. Because when I read articles like this it just makes me realize how much one does NOT know about another persons' experiences. I'm sorry for all you've gone through, and glad that you've emerged Kyosuke Victorious (I am not minimizing the pain you still must…

WAAAAT? Oh dear god, no. Hoping if she reached out here, she will get help where she is.

I am so sorry for what happened to you. One of the terrible things about these people is how good they are at duping everyone.

Every story about addiction is "about" the recovering or active addict reading it.

Yes, I agree, particularly with your last paragraph — we should all be feeling the unpleasant sense of not-knowing rather than taking sides. Unfortunately, this is being played out in a very public way. If nothing else, it adds to the dialogue.

All good points. The judge's 1993 opinion of Mr. Allen and his "parenting" may give you second thoughts, though. If you don't feel like reading all 33 pages, a jump to page 32 through the end should do it.

Anybody's who has ever been victimized by a narcissist will recognize Allen's letter for what it is. Also, it is not Dylan Farrow's memories that should be called into question, it is Allen's. Narcissists will NEVER admit they are in the wrong and everybody else in the world exists as secondary to their state of…

THIS. Very well said. It's horrifying and disheartening that there is this social pressure to meet certain expectations about dying of cancer, as if it were some sort of rom-com trope. Having nursed three parental units through death by cancer, I can attest that reactions and feelings (for the dying person AND the…