I’m so sorry this happened to you. My dad grew up in an alcoholic household, where his father was abusive to my grandmother. It also spilled over to my dad and his brother. My grandfather would steal their things and sell them to buy booze, so when my dad got his own car (by working and saving the money) he began…

Oh. I ended up marrying him. So the joke’s on me? We got divorced after 4 years. Together a total of 8. In all that time he never read a book. Not a single one!

Oh, I stole that from the movie “Obvious Child!” But thank you for the lovely compliment.

That’s definitely an argument the defense would make. This is so horrible, it might not be enough. But I see your point.

I agree. But I’m hoping a class action might have more success?

IKR. But she bears it all with grace. I would not be so graceful. The day after hippiechick was born (I had a traumatic birth) I was laid up in the hospital, with a catheter, turning my bed into a fart pod.

There’s a concept in most states called “the discovery rule,” where the clock doesn’t start running until you know or should have known there was an actionable event (like stealing a baby). It usually goes hand-in-hand with “tolling,” where the clock also doesn’t start until the wrongdoing is discovered. Tolling means…

Awwwwww! Thanks for the love.

Apparently I’ve just been too nice, or just wanted to get the fuck away, so there are no spectacular break-up tales. Best I can do: At the tender age of 16, my high school love broke up with me in a heartless and shitty way, in front of people, right before Easter, for a mousy lame-ass trumpet playing girl. He was…

Also 48 here. My body is doing fun things like going months without a period then having two in one month. Bad ones. I’m also super grouchy lately, which is fun for everyone! This is no bueno.

Can’t think. Must just look. No thoughts. Looking.

My daughter is a young twenty-something who is constantly asked about having kids. She isn’t even in a serious relationship, or any relationship for that matter. I know that’s not a prerequisite. She’s tired of defending her decision never to have kids. A couple of weeks ago, she finally snapped at a coworker and…

There’s also Chaz Bono. Granted, he’s well-known for being the child of famous people, but his struggle was still very public. He seems to be very happy, and his family was supportive. I hope the same thing for Bruce.

I’m so pleased for you. I sincerely hope you find peace and happiness.

The Carnival Cruise / Ted Cruz joke killed me. I'm dead.

Word. I’ll be glad when I don’t have to hear about this walking meconium again.

The Federal Tort Claims Act allows individuals to sue the US goverment for tortious harm. You don’t have to be a citizen to sue the US. If someone acting on behalf of the US government instigated this process, they are definitely on the hook. FYI!

I dissent.

Word. And there’s no choice but to just cut them out of your life. It’s sad, really. I love my sisters but I hate what they did to my mother.

Grief truly brings out the worst in people. I haven’t had contact with my older sisters and their families (and there are a lot of them—I have adult nieces and nephews with families of their own) for more than five years, over how they behaved when my mother passed in 2009. Just one of the thousands of shitty things…