I can only imagine that Helena would stumble onstage, glare suspiciously at the audience, snatch the Emmy, try to bite it, steal a doughnut from someone sitting in the front row, and then run away.

I agree. Switch up your diet and exercise if you want to be fitter and healthier for your whole life, but accept your body and plan a great holiday as it is. I promise, you'll have just as much fun.

Slow and steady weightloss is the only kind that sticks - because it requires gradual and permanent changes in your habits. I know it's tempting to want it to all come off NOW, but any gimmick like a cleanse or fast will backfire longer-term, I guarantee it.

Hot tip: nobody likes being rejected. Like, it's not going to make the list of anyone's hobbies on Jeopardy! any time soon. But *nobody* also has the right to use that as a form of emotional terrorism. That is effed up.

...don't?

Oh hon. I want to cry that you're blaming yourself, and I want to drop-kick him into next week.

Your MIL ISSUED AN EDICT that you cannot share space with her, which means you have to GET OUT OF YOUR OWN HOUSE when she decides she's coming over, and you feel like you have to go along with it?

I think it's ultimately up to you what you do with your boobs - but I just wanna say that if you have a 24 inch waist, there's a high chance you need a bra back smaller than a 32. I'm 5'2" and have a waist of that size, and before I got pregnant I wore a 28G bra. If you haven't been professionally fitted by someone…

Maybe you have fallen irretrievably out of love with your husband, but it sounds to me like a lot of it is the situation. Two kids in threeish years is a lot to pack into a relationship, and you are not getting a lot of time/fulfilment for yourself. I also think that this is natural, and it's a mistake to interpret…

...isn't that common? Ever since I learned of HIV/AIDS as a child in the 80s, I learned that the incubation period before AIDS develops is frequently long, sometimes more than a decade.

Weird! And kinda crap. It's not like it's not perfectly safe to drink. But if you're ever in London again, you absolutely can insist on getting free tap water, no matter how cheap the place.

My sister ran away once because people were paying too much attention to her younger sister (me). She fell asleep under a tree in the park, and came home four hours later before anyone had noticed.

...do Europeans not do tap water? I've drunk it all over Europe. And restaurants in the UK are legally obliged to provide you with tap water for free, as are bars.

You're giving me ideas!

I mean, check out that jaunty feather!

Nice! My personal best is 7 in a day, but I'm pretty sure I could push it higher if I tried.

HOLY MOTHER.

I think you've made some great comments in this thread, but. The guy you're making them to just tried to argue that race is a "biological reality". I wouldn't feel obligated to cast any more pearls before swine if I were you.

I don't feel like I have a problem. Except when my favourite fics don't update. :)

I would like to know this too. The only thing I can think of is that stockings make your legs look smoother by covering stubble/hair. But they're also horrible in hot weather, so if I really can't get away with bare legs I just wear trousers and open-toed shoes.