You know, I think it depends on why you broke up, and what's changed since then.

That 6000 was in the form of a scholarship. She has to pay them back for the scholarship. So the suggestion that she should have gone somewhere else is moot - she says that this was the only school that she could afford to go to.

No Alan Matthews? Or did I miss it? Because if I were going to have a TV dad, it'd totally be Alan Matthews.

I'd buy that album.

YES I REMEMBER THAT!!! It was the Counting Crows. Oh God that was such bullshit.

You don't need to shout at me.

I disagree that it's money well spent just because she'll be with a man...

Save your money and plan a trip where you can have two days of fun really together, as opposed to one day for his work stuff. Commit to going on a trip, then plan it more to your budget.

Yeah, I basically went because I was having trouble with my friendships/relationships. Talking to my therapist because like talking to a friend who knew me and all my friends, but wasn't involved at all. It was great.

Ugh, thank you, I've finally figured out what bothered me so much about that. It was the "you're making me do this, why are you making me do this?" where he has no accountability for his actions that scares me for his children. And slightly that he spoke of his daughter as a little psycho and then his son as a sweet,…

Thanks, I've been waiting for this day for months. Probably no one will see this and that makes me very sad.

Kleopatrye (pronounced like cleopatra)

What worked best for me in terms of social anxiety therapy was finding someone who I could see myself being friends with. We weren't friends, she was my therapist, but feeling like she was the kind of person I could be friends with made me feel like I could trust her, speak openly, and not be self-conscious because I…

Okay, if you have the Naked palette you're in luck. You can probably just youtube looks with the Naked palette.

J.K. Rowling is such a great example here.

I dunno. This is kind of similar to the argument a lot of my more conservative "acquaintances" made to me during the election: "Don't you feel insulted that the democrats are pandering to you as a woman?"

That was the exact first thing I thought!!

After that reminder of Tim Riggins, I'll be watching Friday Night Lights on Netflix all night. Texas forever.

Okay well a) it really does matter that the words here were racist and homophobic and b) you're talking about choosing not to inflict physical violence on someone else. That is different from saying:

Exactly. I'm interning right now for a wonderful author without being paid. And I really don't mind, because a) I'm getting great experience in research and persuasive writing and b) getting my foot in the door in terms of contacts and c) she's offered to help me try to get articles published in smaller papers.