Your mom is like my dad. I paid my own way through college (U.S. State school) because he felt like that created a responsible adult. He was consistent in his beliefs at least, I was paying for everything that wasn’t food or housing (car, car expenses, clothes, etc.) by the time I had my 1st job at 15. After I…

Most of those adjustable seatbelts are pretty worthless. I’m a 5'6" woman (average height for a woman in the U.S.) with a long torso. When I adjust the seatbelt to it’s lowest level, it still cuts straight across my neck (our Mazda CX-5 is worse than our VW Jetta). It’s pretty ridiculous that there’s only 5-6inches of…

Is it? Maybe that’s where I should look. I live mid-peninsula in the Bay Area and it’s at least a 12 month (minimum) waiting period to get mental healthcare that’s covered by insurance. I’d be willing to drive to Santa Cruz at this point.

Same here!

I have excellent insurance (yay!), but still can’t find a therapist that’s covered under my plan without a 12 month waiting period. I live in the Bay Area (not too far from Monterey!). Somehow, no one seems to talk about how the dearth of mental healthcare availability and high suicide rates in this area might be…

Well, I live in the Bay Area, which is close to Monterey, and it’s a minimum of 12 months waiting period to get mental health care (at least any that’s covered by insurance), so only having 1 in all of Monterey wouldn’t be that shocking to me.

Besides of course her popularizing both Dr. Phil and Dr. Oz.

That’s exactly how my OB/GYN prescribes my pills for me. It’s the same formulation as Seasonique, but they’re generic and I just skip palcebos for 12 weeks followed by 1 placebo week before restarting. It’s a pain to get my insurance to put in the overwrite every year to cover them being prescribed this way, but with…

Most of what I buy is UK-based. I don’t even know my size in the US sizing system because I don’t know of a single US-based manufacturer that even makes something close to the size I wear. Most of what I can find is 28GG or 30H. I do have a Panache 28H sports bra that actually fits, but it’s not comfortable for…

At 28H, I’m still looking for alternatives, or you know anything that actually fits. Wearing sister sizes doesn’t cut it as they don’t provide adequate support. It’s ridiculous that I have to consider surgery purely because manufacturers don’t make my size.

Why the hell does no one seem to understand inflation? Tipped minimum wage has been stagnant since the early 90s.

$2.13/hr in most states

It’s called inflation. The tipped minimum wage hasn’t been increased with minimum wage increases (which also haven’t been sufficient to create an actual living wage the way it was intended), so the tip itself has to increase to keep pace so that servers can actually afford to live.

Nice anecdata! My husband also repeatedly talks his way out of speeding tickets and moving violations. I’m not quite sure how (he can be pretty charming though). Maybe the cops are just impressed by his motorcycle.

Just as a distinction, Santa Ana winds specifically refer to these fall-related hot, dry off-shore winds in the South. In Northern California, geography makes them a little different (though similar in general terms), and they’re referred to as Diablo winds. Despite having lived in Southern California longer than my…

THIS. This is why women don’t get diagnosed with diseases like ovarian cancer until it’s too late.

Speaking up only goes so far sometimes though. When I was 23, I had an ovarian cyst form that quickly ruptured during sex (I thought I was dying, worst pain of my life). Just a couple months later, I had the same warning signs I had for the 1st cyst. I went to the doctor, and they refused to do any testing because I…

Starred just for ATGATT

As another former Nebraskan (I did 23 years though before escaping), I second all you said.

I asked the OB/GYN at my university’s health clinic about it. She said I was too old already (I was 21). She was also a raging C*** though, and was a big reason why I didn’t report my rape a few months later. I had an appointment with her the Saturday morning after the rape happened. She had already shamed me over the…