i don’t follow adele’s music but i’m a huge fan of her as a person. she seems grounded and i think she’s very funny. i’ve never listened to any of her albums. i just know the hits. i don’t think i even have them on my computer.

Over the top reaction, but nothing like the time he noticed a sign that read “please curb your dog.”

So we were having dinner at a relative’s house. I wasn’t driving, so I accepted the offer of another beer. My mother turns to me and says in a shocked voice, “You’re having another beer??” I say, well yes, I’m not driving. She says, “Well, I wouldn’t MIND if you were thin!” and holds up her pinky as an example of how…

I dunno, it’s kind of cathartic, honestly. At least for some of us.

Don't ever go back. Just don't. Ever.

“You rarely hear stories about dads treating their sons like crap”

For my entire life, my mother has pointed out how crooked my nose is (obstensibly because the doctor had to use forceps to pull me out at birth). I’m over 50 now and I can still see it, especially if I tilt my head up a bit. I have been self conscious about it since forever, and give it credit for why no one ever…

I haven’t a clue if anyone is going to see this since I’m grey forever. I cannot read this thread. My mother has put me in my place/ knocked me down a peg since I can remember. I was never cute/ladylike/pretty/thin enough for her. I was a perennial embarrassment to her. No matter what I did or achieved it wasn’t…

The first and really only time I remember my father telling me he was so proud of me, I mean, he had tears in his eyes, was because I had lost weight. I was in my mid 20s, had never been in real trouble, always an excellent student and was currently in a highly competitive, highly prestigious, high stress job (which…

I was about 12. My dad had buddies over to watch hockey or some such. I was asked to bring snacks, etc. into the room for them. One or two of them made digs at me about having “small tits”. My dad agreed with them, and some other sort of joke was made. My face burned, and something inside me broke. Totally stopped…

Mom: Listen honey- you’re never going to be beautiful. You’ll be okay looking. But you’re smart. That’s what matters.

My goodness. I don’t have a story to add but I just wanted to say to all those who are sharing stories, I’m sorry your parents said shitty things to you. Truly. :(

“I don’t know what you would have done if we hadn’t adopted you- you wouldn’t make a very good prostitute”. (Adopted as a child from a communist country. It was a true statment, but vulgar coming from a parent. Emancipated shortly there after).

Nice aero

Bruce had only insured the package for roughly one third of its cost to Dahm in order to save himself money on shipping and customs costs.

Oh thank God. Finally, an advice article about workplace problems that doesn’t sound like it was written by Satya Nadella.

I saw the preview for The Walk and was so puzzled as to why that movie was ever made. It seemed so unnecessary after Man on a Wire.

Amen. Steve Jobs had zero appeal while alive.... I don't see how that should change just because he was unfortunate enough to die young of cancer.

The problem is that all of these just look exceptionally boring!! I do not want to watch them in the theater, but I also don’t want to watch them on netflix.

I just don’t understand the need for biopics of people who lived and died, like, three years ago. We already know Steve Jobs’ story. This would be much more interesting as a film like 50 years from now when we all have iBrain implants. Some retrospective insight about the dawn of a new era of internet and computer…