So very few things are worth trying to function in public with a migraine. When I feel crappy, I’m gonna hole up and hibernate until I feel better. Who doesn’t want to do that if they can?

My husband’s office has an awesome sick leave policy, and they’ve still had at least five obviously sick people at work in the last two weeks. I wish the managers would start reminding them of the generous policy and sending them home, but of course they view it as “good on you, trooper”.

People refusing to give themselves time to recuperate drive me nuts. Our friend had a fever over 100 for four days before my husband convinced him to see a doctor where he was diagnosed with flu and pneumonia. Less than 24 hours later, friend was trying to convince us he was well enough to take our daughter’s senior…

Isn’t 34 great? I’ve been enjoying it so far.

Aw, shucks.

While also reminding her that hey, maybe you don’t remember that all so well since, I mean, you were a junkie and all. Your perception of that whole relationship is probably pretty flawed, what with you being an addict. *sigh*

Some dude called me an old bitch (I was like 32, he was def 40+) after I rolled my eyes and shook my head at his weak-ass come on. I was just like “hahahahahahahahahaha yup”.

I’ll definitely take Highmore’s word on anything over Elgort’s. Love that kid.

My best friend from the small town I lived in was kicked out for “being a whore” when her family found out she was having sex in high school. Then she married her meth dealer a few days after her 18th birthday, immediately got pregnant, and was welcomed home as a wife and mother. She grew up with her mother telling…

My great-aunt used to spout some very strong opinions about women who had sex outside of marriage and proudly proclaim that she had never in her life slept with a man she wasn’t married to. My single mom finally spat back “You’ve been married 5 times! 7 maybe? That’s more men than I’ve slept with!” Then, just to rub…

My town had a whole two stores! Of course, my dad owned one of them and I was bound to know everyone at the other one anyway. I honestly don’t even recall whether our store sold condoms, but I never saw anyone buy any. I was not as practical as you though, and had my kid at 16. Luckily, my family was willing and able…

Ooh, my kid is practically an adult but she’s really into dinosaurs and would die for that. She’s pretty slender, I wonder if the biggest size would fit her...

I keep getting pregnancy and baby ads on Facebook. My only kid is about to turn 18, and my husband also just got snipped. I searched for baby shower games once last summer when I was planning a shower for friends, but the ads didn’t start showing up right away after that like I’d think they would if that was the…

This is exactly why our bedroom is entirely malm. I still regularly smash my shins on the bed frame because it’s really too big for the room, but we can’t sleep together on less than a king mattress.

I had a friend like that. My life is much better now that she’s in my past. Good on you for making a tough but important choice.

Yes, thank you. I had a migraine yesterday when I typed this and was pretty high.

Yeah, they definitely addressed the issue of why they don’t hit the kids at all. Dan comes from an abusive home and knows that he has anger problems, so he promised himself he would never so much as spank his own child because he knows how easily that could spiral out of control. I don’t agree with corporal punishment…

I lived in a little rural town where this happened. When I was there weed was just starting to be driven out while meth labs were popping up in the trailer parks. I spent a damn week trying to get ahold of any amount of weed, meanwhile half the people I asked were like “you want some meth tho?” One person straight-up…

My grandfather was agoraphobic and became a psychiatrist specializing in severe anxiety disorders. Golf really helped him when he was a younger man and became a lifelong love. I hope you get what you’re looking for from this, and wish you all the best.

I had an employer once tell me she was giving a particular employee a raise because “I think he’ll do good things for us”. Ten minutes later, she told me I would get a raise “after you finish [nebulous, ill-defined project for which she continually moved the goal posts]”. He got his raise, then got fired three weeks…