That was my final straw with my last employer. I’d been managing the bakery at a cafe/coffee shop for ten months, fighting tooth and nail for tiny pay increases while increasing the store’s profits, putting up with insane bullshit. Then I found out the brand new barista dude with zero experience or training, 11 years…

This is one reason (of several) we make our daughter disconnect from her devices regularly. Her first couple relationships seemed to develop this veneer of depth and seriousness because they were constantly interacting online and over text. They could dive into each other’s lives through social media to feel like they…

These dudes who think they’re owed a perfect 10 by the universe, jfc. I had a friend in his mid-20s; sweet nerdy guy, awesome friend, looked like an adorable miniature version of Hagrid. He had an amazing girlfriend who shared his nerdy interests, enjoyed his friends (I’d actually befriended them each individually…

Hahahahaha yes. My friend is a makeup and special effects artist. I’ve gotten so many calls like “Girl, I am racing to cash my check before these fuckers go broke, do not watch this shit”.

The guy who t-boned my truck while I was making a left turn kept yelling “It was green, so I went! It was green, so I went!” Yeah, you went through the intersection while speeding, changing lanes, and passing on the right with the sun glaring on your windshield. And oh yeah, while I was already in the intersection!…

In order: my mom, no one, you don’t. We frequently have to clear the table before eating.

Also, even in straight sizes women’s clothing (particularly pants) often comes in a variety of different cuts, styles, and shapes. Because even at straight sizes, bodies can vary dramatically in composition. Skinny, straight, curvy, high rise, low rise, higher in the back, regular length, short, long, pants with…

Much yes to the shadow thing. I’m really jumpy about people being behind me because it turns out poorly with alarming frequency.

I am not a coy person. I practically threw myself at my husband on our first date. I love sex, I’ve had casual sex with practical strangers, and I don’t feel bad about it. I’m also very clear about when I do not want to have sex with a person. Like, saying “No, I do not want to have sex with you” clear. And yet! Some…

Or my favorite: “Oh, nothing. Go on.” *continue giggling*

So you do understand the concept of installments in a franchise, just not as it pertains to this film. Gotcha.

I worked in a kitchen for a while where I was frequently the only woman in the room, no big surprise. Our head line cook decided I was his new go-to for understanding women and why he couldn’t “get one”, which was delightful enough in itself, but he also refused to believe anything I told him. Things like: telling me…

We’re in our mid-30s, married, own a house, no student debt, and there’s no way we’re having a kid. (I mean literally, he just got a vasectomy.) We have one already, about to send her off to college, and people have been all over us about another. Why would we start over now? Especially given that the cost of a second…

Why? Why did I hit play? I knew it would be bad, but I didn’t think it could be THAT bad.

I watched that show because the concept sounded potentially very cool, and I stuck with it hoping it would finally really kick in. The whole time I just kept finding myself saying “Ok, and then...? Oh, nothing.” Conversations ended just as they started to hit a point, none of the points actually made seemed to stick,…

“I’m self conscious if my partner isn’t actively moaning and enjoying himself during sex” Right? If my partner doesn’t seem actively into what’s going on, it’s an instant turn off. Maybe it’s my own sketchy sexual history, but there’s no way I can enjoy or continue sex with someone who doesn’t appear to be fully…

I’m so sorry. A friend of mine spent four weeks in Sheriff Joe’s tent city because of a clerical error. Someone forgot to log the last few hours of his community service (which itself stemmed from a bullshit charge). Two other friends spent time (one of them six weeks) in lockup after being picked up on warrants for…

And I just saw his photo, the handsome boy! Our “big” guy is about 50lbs, an Australian Shepherd mix (with what we don’t know). He has terrible allergies! Besides his poor guts he’s got itchy skin and infection-prone ears we have to look out for. Changing his food seems to have helped everything.

I’m under the same orders for our big dog. As minimal plant product as possible, no grains, plenty of meat. He doesn’t puke and shit everywhere constantly anymore, so I’m sticking with it.

So if you’d had a phone, and you’d called the police thinking there was an active shooter situation when there wasn’t, do you think that would have helped?