I’m so sorry.

Really? Judges are supposed to say things like, “oh, you have anxiety? Well, you haven’t seen anxiety yet!”to say, abuse victims right before tossing them in the slammer?? Give me a fucking break. Judges are supposed to act like professionals too, not taunting mean girls.

My ex got smarter after he was deposed during his first divorce, so he confined his abuse of me to verbal and emotional and the destruction to objects and doors and walls. He hit and choked her, though. After he subjected his daughter to an episode of rage last year, his first ex called me in hysterics with flashbacks…

Look, I understand cops and court employees get impatient when victims won't assist with prosecutions, but could we PLEASE make it mandatory that they take some comprehensive coursework in abuse recovery that includes a thorough understanding of PTSD?? Goddamn.

I’m still not over the ration of shit I took for 9 years, for having had 5 partners before I met my ex when I was in my late 30’s. If I had a nickel for every time he called me a whore, I’d be a goddamn millionaire (unfortunately we still have a joint loan, so the last time was by email in June. He’s since apologized.…

I didn’t hate it, but I certainly didn’t LOVE it. Migraines that I couldn’t really take anything for, fatigue, controlled diet due to gestational diabetes, puffiness and weight gain, hemorrhoids, limited wardrobe, sleeplessness and heartburn, way too many doctor visits....it’s not a lot of fun, frankly. Something I…

It’s Texas. Hell yeah, they would.

This resentment of planning is why I’m not sure if I’ll ever be able to have a date again, let alone a relationship. I ran everyone’s lives for the better part of 20 years. Now I don't even want to commit to brunch.

I'm not going to pretend I planned out some grand strategy deliberately, but I had my kids at 24 and 26 and am pretty happy now that I'm still 49 and free as a bird of child-rearing responsibilities. I was lucky enough to stay home with them for 10-11 years, but money was certainly tight sometimes.

Waves at my white, ex-MIL, who loved to tell me she had no problem with interracial marriage except that it was so “awful for the children”. Dumb old bat (my kids have a Peruvian father—from a different relationship—of mostly mestizo extraction, and I’m a Caucasian Brit).

Probably doesn’t scapegoat immigrants, though, so not qualified.

I think you’re absolutely right, and I find it worrisome too. Sometimes I wonder why we even bother teaching history classes in high schools, since so many Americans seem completely incapable of applying any of it.

They equate “speaking your mind” with the freedom to release whatever racist evil crap roils around in their fevered brains, without fear of consequence. All the years of frustration at being muzzled by the “PC” liberals (in other words, having to keep a civilized tongue in civilized society, or risk rightly being…

My dad watches Kathie Lee and Hoda every morning and extrapolates that to “all women talk too much about stupid, vapid shit and can’t shut up.” It’s the best.

You’d be surprised how otherwise seemingly bright women will fall for the “all my exes are evil and crazy and out to get me” line.

I just came out of a relationship that was celibate (not my idea) and I really am doing great. It’s a huge relief. Of course, I’m still celibate, since any time I think maybe I should try online dating I get about a day into the process before I want to stab myself in the face and I shut the whole thing down. Ok, I…

I wasn't addressing their decision-making skills. I don't think most young adults are any more physically fit or energetic than most 14-18 year olds.

My ex and his mother once exchanged looks of disgust because a family of tourists from Spain were speaking Spanish on a tour trolley in Boston. His answer to my objections were that he would speak Spanish as a tourist in Spain the entire time he was in public, and so would his family. Please. They’d have been lucky to…

I don’t know what part of the country you’re looking in or what you want to teach (maybe elementary is still flooded with applicants, I don’t know) but I consistently get calls in CO until school starts, and I know Tucson (where I’ve taught in the past) is short over 100 teachers. I doubt they’re the only areas or…

Seriously, I work with teens (and stand/walk around the room all day constantly moving from one kid to another) and whenever I have to walk with them somewhere it’s me hurrying them to move faster, not the other way around. And I’m 49.