I literally think about this every single time I’m in the shower now, since reading the original post. And yes, I am team Wash Your Legs.

This. I’ve never wanted children, and now part of my brain is making serious, life-altering statements like, “you may not have a chance again, so if you’re ever going to, this might be it.” I can’t believe this. That we might be going back to the way of back-alley abortions. It was inconceivable to me before, and…

I live in a very conservative suburb of Chicago. Lots of privileged, middle-aged white folks--very religious, very high concentration of churches in our area. I didn’t take into account that the specific part of town I live in is mostly apartments, condos, and townhomes—meaning we are a younger part of town, have…

Murderino!

Yayyyy my people are here! Byeeeeee.

I’m going to be “that person” and correct you: The dog commercial is Sarah McLaughlin, not Alanis Morissette.

This. Which is why I can never leave the house again without brow pencil. :/

:) Give me some recommendations!

That makes sense. I didn’t know about the egg part. Learning so much today!

Ah, didn’t know about the 6 month thing. Smart thinking on their part to keep people engaged! He keeps it open all night at home, which baffles me. It’s open on the map and he’ll do a circle around to make sure there are no pokemon to catch (I guess???? I don’t really know), but because we’re indoors, there never is??…

Thanks :) shooters just don’t do it for me. I’ve tried. I even tried the cutesy cartoon ones like Garden Warfare (not a big fan of realistic violence). Just not for me! Different strokes for different folks. And as many issues as I find with the Mario franchise, damsel in distress plotlines.... damnit if I can’t help…

That’s a good point, I have noticed that too. And then men say that female gamers aren’t “real” gamers because of it..... ugh. I have a few mobile games I like to play, and I have a special place in my heart for the Nintendo, but I never got into Playstation or Xbox. I like my platformers. I <3 Yoshi. I guess I’m a…

Right - this is how I expect most people to interact with the game. Casually! My husband is a super competitive gamer so he aspires to be the best of the best of the best. I have never seen him this crazed over a mobile game, but he definitely gets this way with his Xbox games and Magic The Gathering - so it’s not…

My husband is absolutely obsessed with this game. He’s not playing with another woman (THAT I KNOW OF) but he does stop along his drive home to play, resulting in coming home up to two hours after he was due home, which kind of drives me crazy (just communicate, dude!) He also left around 8:15 one night to “go claim…

You are an incredibly kind person, Internet Stranger. Thank you. :)

Thank you. Fortunately, finances aren’t a concern. I pay most of our bills and support him quite a bit. My name is the only name on our lease. If I needed to kick him out or divorce him, I have quite a bit of power to do so. I just feel like a failure. We JUST got married. Why didn’t I see the signs? Or, more aptly,…

Thank you. He turns it around and makes me feel like I’m the abusive one. His favorite line is, “Well, I wouldn’t (yell at you, scream at you, humiliate you, call you names) if you didn’t push me to it.” He just recently expressed a willingness to do more. He already sees a therapist. I have to accept that I have no…

Any jezzies know of any good resources for emotional/verbal abuse? I’m coming up short here. I’ve read every article on the first few pages of Google, I’ve looked at some support forums online but none of them seemed super active. I can’t find access to robust IRL support groups in my area. I am THISCLOSE to calling…

I feel you. I like the man even though it sounds like he did some shady biz. But a lot of leaders who did good work as leaders were also simultaneously shitty to women. The Kennedies....MLK Jr....it’s hard when there is so much dissonance. I am so conflicted.

What happened to his eyebrows??? Apparently they were once full, now he looks like he is the victim of a terrible wax accident.