I seem to look closest to a Clear Spring, though none of them suit me perfectly.

In addition to all this, I think sometimes people need to do some serious introspection on what kind of pet owner they really are, and how it affects their animals. I was in a relationship last year and when it ended, his two dogs were a major factor and eventually would have been THE deal-breaker, I think.

We must be cousins or something. I have the same problem with my skin tone. I'm a natural blonde, blue-eyed, and very pale, so everyone immediately says COOL COLORS, or, even worse, COOL PASTELS FOR ALL BLUE-EYED BLONDES! Cool pastels make my skin look gray and zombie-like. Overly warm colors make me look like a…

I believe your attorney is wrong (or, rather, not completely right). It really doesn't matter if a state recognizes it or not— what matters is the individual judge and what they care about. I live in a huge metropolitan area. There are several family courts. What happens in one court can be completely opposite of what…

Yes. There is an infamous book oft-referenced by MRA types. "Screw the Bitch: Divorce Tactics for Men." There are several forums and MRA groups online where they exchange info on how to continue abusing their exes via the court system.

From what I can tell, the parent who loses in family court is the non-abuser. Because a protective parent has a point at which they'll flinch, and they actually care about the best interests of the child. An abuser just wants to get to their target.

The worst is when the fucking POLICE do it. I work at a public school and our campus police officer asked me what I had done to "set him off."

Everyone thinks they know how things work in family court. I know I thought so. I was dead fucking wrong.

When I fled my abuser with my small child, he took all our savings. He squatted in my home for weeks, then finally took off to another state, leaving piles of bills. I filed in court to protect our child (I needed custody settled so that he couldn't take him and run). He didn't show up for the hearings. This cost me…

Mental health professionals use an acronym to describe this dude's behavior: DARVO. Deny. Attack. Reverse Victim and Offender. Yeah, because what he just did was textbook DARVO.

Alpha hydroxy acid, beta hydroxy acid.

I had hideously oily skin until I stopped treating my skin the way we're taught to handle oily skin. I use a very mild cleanser, I make my own toner with coconut vinegar and spring water. I exfoliate cautiously, with occasional AHAs and slightly more frequent BHAs. I apply facial moisturizer only when my face is damp.…

What about what the children want? Why do his rights trump theirs?

Absolutely. My ex has an MRA attorney and immediately went straight for the Fathers4Justice trump card: "PARENTAL ALIENATION."

AND if the children want it, with the stipulation that there is appropriate and successful reunification therapy. It's incredibly frustrating and damaging when judges force the children to have contact with an abusive parent and the children don't want to. Over and over, it results in a non-abusive parent sanctioned…

Victims' rights in the US are about as minuscule, children have almost no rights (or, rather, their right to have both parents— even when one is an abuser and dangerous— trumps their right to safety and peace of mind), and parental rights trump all.

As a native West Virginian, I can say definitively that you are correct.

Um, no. Goat cheese. It works beautifully with whole garlic cloves. And it's definitely not foundational.

I had a late-term abortion at about the time she claims to have had one. Nope. Absolutely not. It's a grueling, all-consuming three-day procedure that costs in excess of $2,000. Whoever wrote that has definitely never experienced a late-term abortion.

Maybe someone has commented on this already, but awhile back, I read about some folks making cheeses using cultures of human body flora from feet, armpits, nostrils, etc. People were grossed out, sure, but it didn't seem to be nearly on the same level as VADGE YOGURT YOU ARE MENTALLY ILL .