This needs to be made into a movie ASAP. There’s so many plot lines you could use - epic storm/disaster, bachelor party gone horrribly wrong, murder mystery, or even just what it is, douches think they’re all that and get in way over their heads. The whole scenario is just so ripe.

Hey - sorry to be snarky, I’m a 59 year old white woman who has essentially become invisible to society - not the same thing for sure, but my work now defines who I am, not my looks, as long as I don’t scare my students the looks don’t matter. I’m saying that you sound like you have a rich, productive life, that’s so…

No I only make fun of bald men. As long as they aren’t obese.

Hahaha don’t tell anyone -it’s ONLY about the hokey-pokey

Haha no problem. Plus you responded so perfectly - this is how it’s done. I admit I’m a bit of a hardass because I teach horseback riding to special needs kids and there’s zero room to lose your shit when things go south - I just hold it in and cry on the way home! If I had been there I’m sure I would have offered to…

There’s just such delicious shadenfreude watching an old powerful white guy feel diminished, dismissed and powerless. Like welcome to my world you asshole.

Wow. So much anger. So many f words. I’m sorry you are so upset about your life.

Dear god grow a sense of humor. Life sucks, embracing the horror makes it easier, you should try it. Btw you are NEVER invited to my dishy tea parties. Dorothy Parker sits to my left.

Where the hell did I body shame anyone?

I completely agree! But it sounds like you are already a cool, caring person if you are teaching skiing to kids - I teach horseback riding to special needs kids! And honestly that is the hottest thing you can do. Your beauty and sexuality will come thru by who you are, the right people will seek you out if you are…

I get this - it is one of the few things guys get beat up on about their bodies. But doddamn it, some of the hottest men in the universe are bald!! I get that you have to have a certain thing going on, but there’s never gonna be a thing that says hormonal cellulite on a woman is hot.

Thank you for bringing this man back into my life

This is what it’s all about people.

This guy is a dick and hopefully Mesfin crushes him but dear lord that image is so stunning and powerful. I can’t imagine what it would be like to be feted in such a way. And her background, her substance, just adds to the powerfulness of it. I’m blown away.

Haha, not at all what I said. I have had public crying jags because of epic back pain that rendered me unfit for being in public, no doubt her response was a result of a whole bunch of horribleness she had probably already dealt with that day. It’s just that as you get older you realize that freaking out doesn’t solve…

Listen I get it. I have cried in public, dealing with back pain so bad I couldn’t think never mind deal with assholes in a civilized way. I understand there could be a million reasons her life just sucked right then. But I’ve been at this rodeo for a while and there is a sweet schadenfreud about keeping it together…

So what did your grandmother do while she was carting her kids around on airplanes to keep them occupied? Bet she didn’t cry when they took her washingboard away. Read what you wrote before you post.

I’m 59. I’ve had back pain so bad that I cried in public and couldn’t listen to anything anyone was saying to me. I’ve had intense relationship shit happen that made teaching (I run a therapeutic riding program) almost impossible. So I know how hard it is to keep your shit together in public. But it is a social…

I have two kids who are in their twenties. So this is before electronics and personalized tvs. I have experienced hell. But this is about how you deal with shit in public. You don’t melt down - you take names and then make complaints/bust balls in a very serious but private way. Having a public meltdown helps nothing.

Yes, two. Both are in their twenties so this was well before electronics and personalized in flight tvs. Bottom line: even if you are being treated like shit, if your kids see you melting down they are going to respond in kind so you owe it to them to keep it together. I learned this lesson the hard way