This guy is definitely a dick but if there was truly a glitch in the app, he certainly should sue for the privacy breach. Companies like Uber have a responsibility of keeping client info private - otherwise people such as domestic violence victims could have a lot worse happen to them than divorce.

ngl i read though as thought. but you can also take ur tone away now byeeeeeeeeeeee

That was already in the list, but certainly bears repeating. Lifts for the patient, but also offers to ferry her three young children around. Also, housecleaning- I was so grateful to those friends who’d vacuum or wash dishes, maybe change the sheets on my bed: it’s almost impossible to describe the deep, grinding…

Having the last, best word while simultaneously reminding people that domestic violence should never be swept under the rug is the best definition of “closure” I can think of. You’ve reached a position of indifference, but what makes you think everyone else should be where you are? It’s not like the family took out…

Maybe it is closure for them. Maybe they are all finally getting to acknowledge what a shitty person he was. Naming the abuse; refusing to feel ashamed; and not letting other people cover it up, brush it aside, or make excuses sounds pretty freeing to me.

What annoys me, especially with my father’s Krazy Khristian side of the family, is how my family’s obituaries always contain when and where the person “dedicated their life to Christ,” even if they “got saved” when they were a brainwashed child of 12 and turned out not to be a regular churchgoer as an adult. Even the…

I got mugged and the officers who answered the call drove me around asking me to tell what happened over and over and over and over. It was like they were looking for a hole in my story, which made no sense because basically, a kid waved a gun at me and took my money, and that was that. It was weird.

I’m so sorry for your friend. If she’s still in treatment, she could definitely use a good friend like you. A suggestion: ask her what she needs, but also consider offering specific help. Child-minding, so she can get some rest after treatments. Offer lifts, to her or her kids. Drop off frozen meals. Do some laundry…

Good! For! YOU! You go girl, etc, etc. Always remember that you owe your parents nothing in return for their partial compliance with basic standards of decency; the only reason you should ever give your dad a chance is because you want to.

Reading that was cathartic and I empathize with the daughter. I was abused as a kid and I’m currently trying to negotiate and grapple with both loving my parents and being angry with them. They pretty much refuse to acknowledge the damage and hurt they inflicted and just deflect and guilt trip. It is not helpful when…

Oh, hell ladies...I’LL wear a red floral dress, high heels and flamenco dance with castanets on his grave!

Damn. Bravo is right. Her follow up statement covers all the bases and shuts down pretty much any of the bullshit criticism that might have been levied at them. Good for them.

I normally am unwilling to wish death on anyone. But I will join you in a red dress (or maybe a red hat and a purple dress) when the world is rid of Trump. I’m not going to pretend that even his kids will miss him.

I need her to write obits for a few of my relatives. What a badass.

If I haven’t already, let me recommend a book called Your Cat by Dr. Elizabeth Hodgkins. It’s revolutionary. She talks about commercial food and the entire history of evil tricks used by the pet food industry since the early 1970s. Raw food is great if you can pull it off, but take it from someone who’s done it: it’s…

This makes me look forward to Drumpf’s passing. I will wear a red dress and go dancing on his grave.

“Again, do I like to have babies born in our jail? No,” Wickersham said.

I have no babies but my parakeet loved it.

If a book starts getting awful or no longer fun to read, I usually look it up on wikipedia. Read the plot, further than I currently am (it’s usually very straight to the point summarized), if it sounds like it’s getting better I’ll continue, if it seems like its getting even worse I’ll just drop the book completely.…