I want to add that I’m going to try again (after the current gestating fetus has made its exit) because I’m >hoping< that that will have made enough of a change that the IUD might work for me.

I had two copper IUDs because I can’t handle the hormones. The first one was “rejected” and the second one gave me cramps and spotting every single day for three months and I couldn’t stand it.

This same landlord gave us 50% off rent for three months after it took him what he felt was too long to find and fix a leak in the roof. He was a pretty great landlord.

In our last place, we had nasty old carpet that had been put in in the 80's. We were living in that town because my husband was attending grad school and when we decided we were not going to buy a house, we thought we’d approach our landlord with the request to put in hardwood floors. We made it clear that we would be…

I understand that - I was switching their position and mine to say that if I were in a similar situation with my daughter and she was near death, I might try, out of desperation, a thing I thought was nonsense (crushed onions or acupuncture) so I can’t understand why they didn’t try a thing they thought was nonsense…

I believe you misunderstood my comment. I didn’t claim that they did, I was stating that if my daughter was that sick and nearly dying and the thing that I rely on to help her (in my case conventional medicine, in the case of this boy’s parents, crushed onions and whatever) was not working, I would probably be willing…

I live near Harvard, have a small child and they have a fucking MUMPS outbreak right now. MUMPS. I am thankful for vaccinations.

I know! As sick as he was, wouldn’t one be willing to try ANYTHING? I feel like if my daughter was as sick as that little boy was and conventional medicine was doing nothing, I’d probably try things that I thought were nonsense.

I think they had some weird supplement company and believed they were nutrition experts.

That was my thought. What on earth could exonerate these people?

Don’t be so hard on yourself. At least you didn’t grace us with one of the pictures.

My SIL and I started announcing to each other that we needed to “do a cleanse” before going into the bathroom.

Also: “How to prepare a few basic meals"

Justice is blind.

I could not wrap my head around this - when someone tells you that whatever you are doing is physically hurting them, you stop doing what you are doing. This is a basic thing that we all learn as little kids. There was no break down of communication, he just ignored her.

Yeah. I guess you’d sort of sweep it into your lap before sitting down? I’d probably forget at least once.

That is an absurd garment.

Do you have a Pinterest page??

I don’t understand - are all her pants chaps and that’s why she needs long shirts?

Most of the US has the wrong kind of mosquitoes.