Argh, I can’t edit my post any more (compulsive editing for grammar issues, and I still see them...), so I’ll post my other story here.

Like mother, like daughter!

Fucking BURN. Flawless comeback (although I am terribly sorry you turned out to be right).

I put on 30 lbs over the summer during the 10th-11th grade. This has happened to me twice in my life so far—no apparent reason for the weight gain either time. Nothing changed in terms of eating or physical activity. But my body did. It was the heaviest I’d ever been, and to put it into words without throwing out…

Agreed. When one of my friends (who loves horror movies) asked if it was good, I had to explain that yes, it is good, but if you’re expecting your typical jump scare/gore/survival horror movie, you’re going to be disappointed. It’s dark and brooding and so complex. Just the way I love my stories. Del Toro’s work…

That one was the scariest one I’ve ever read here. I can’t even explain WHY. I always find the ones that “could” happen to be the freakiest, but that one took the cake. I think that one scared me so badly because of the idea of someone watching you so closely for so long, being so angry and yet doing NOTHING ABOUT IT.…

I definitely do. I feel like people were looking for a more “modern” horror twist. This is a gothic story, through and through. It delivered. The color symbolism, the weight the characters pulled with them, the things you pointed out above. Very well said.

Thanks :)

My boobs are soooo sore about a week before my period and then it stops a few days beforehand. I don’t know why. So now I’m like “Hmm are they still sore? Kinda? I can’t tell. A bit? Maybe? WHY AM I DOING THIS TO MYSELF?!”

It’d be funny though if his “pregnancy test” actually “worked” before you missed your period.…

Yep. Had an accidental pregnancy when I was 24 (now 31) and ended up having an abortion — it was a horrible time for me for a number of reasons. I don’t regret it one bit, but of course my brain defaults to going “OF COURSE YOU COULD DO IT THAT ONE TIME BY ACCIDENT BUT NOT NOW THAT YOU ARE TRYING”... So after that I…

Thank you for the recommendation! I’ve been tracking ovulation and making sure we try around that time, but hey... it can’t hurt to try another method too. :) Congrats on your little one!

Yep. And then this last time I got a faint positive, my period stopped randomly, but it apparently was nothing. :/

I’m also trying and now I’m paying attention to every weird thing my body does. It’s really fun.*

*Not fun, and beginning to get to the point where I just want to give up because I’m going on month 6 and not sure I could tell if I actually were pregnant at this point.

Tightenol.

That’s fine, if they’re that naive about how a woman’s body works, then they’re going to be horrible in bed, anyway. But like they care. As long as they get theirs and you look good and stuff.

When I had sex for the first time, I didn’t bleed. I have endometriosis and very heavy periods, and I was in dance and…

I met my husband on World of Warcraft. We’d played together like 5 years before we started dating... he just happened to join a friend of mine in our guild on another server, so we met again. The story is much juicier than that, really, but that’s the gist of it.

Now we’re married and still play WoW together, because…

Yep. The pride. I love reading historical books and our country has clearly always had issues with subjugation of people of color and all that. And that is not to be dismissed; we must recognize what our country has been built upon. Their sacrifices must be remembered.

But the other thing that strikes me is how hard we…

LOL you sound amazing.

I’d never heard of this. I went through the deaths (and illnesses) of two siblings and my parents’ marriage crumbled, and my mom didn’t take care of her mental illness that followed. My dad had anger issues but I only witnessed one event that has stuck with me. I also was ignored by my mother when I told her I thought…

I thought the same. Nerd 4evs. Also, every time I hear “aggro”, I think of my friend’s kid. When she was younger, she didn’t know gaming terminology (obviously) so she kept calling it “egg rolls”. (She now plays WoW).

So now I’ve got Daniel Craig, dragons, and egg rolls in my head. I’m in that spiral