SageGirl
SageGirl
SageGirl

The sad part is that a lot of people don’t acknowledge that often one of the reasons that people start trying drugs and become addicted is that the thing that the feelings and/or mental state that they are trying to escape - whether it be memories of verbal abuse, physical abuse, grief, pain, isolation, mental illness

Not southern, but it’s something I say/write reflexively when I am trying to still be friendly while telling someone something that directly contradicts their last statement or know my opinion won’t be popular. In context, I use it at work a lot when trying to convince people to accept medical attention or have to to

Experience is a deciding factor though hon, I’m bi, but it took me a long time (till my early 20s) to figure both it and my propensity towards polyamory out, because I was raised in a very heteronormative, traditional environment. I’ve also been successful with men since I was young - like, still did tons of stupid

I’m not an officer - still in the application process. The stories are from my time as a security guard/first aid attendant. :) I know most people do appreciate it, but it’s still just those moments you’re just trying not to roll your eyes :P

I work around people who are perpetually drunk (security work in the poorest postal code in Canada), and it is not uncommon for the ones who are super sloshed to be dribbling.

Plus, there’s anecdotes from friends of people who are passed out drunk and pee themselves because they’re so deeply asleep.

I more figure it as if he can handle watching you puke - like, barring sympathetic upchuck feelings - he will hold your hair back while you lean over the toilet while you retch from food poisoning - then he will be able to handle the goopy, poopy parts of you giving birth and still think you’re awesome.

same goes in

I remember that night as well. My mom (who was 37, already had terminal cancer at that point and IDOLIZED Diana), came into the room crying. We all ran to hug her :/

Concerning the above video, both me and my husband were bewildered by it. We are both in the process of becoming police officers - myself for the local PD, my husband for a certain red-coated force. I spent a year working as a first aid attendant at the local PD’s training center, which meant I basically got to watch

Most police have de-escalation training at SOME POINT in their careers. It is rarely comprehensive, and not often repeated. I don’t know how well many people remember a seminar they took five years ago, particular if no one else they work with actively follows what it taught. Constant training is crucial to good

She explains, less than a full paragraph later, that she was brought up in a religiously and socially conservative environment, but has since moved away from it.

If they know this, and decide not to have children, then I would say they were honest and not fault them for it. I have an autistic-spectrum friend who says she straight out won’t have kids because she knows from experience of how awful it is to have autism and dealing with her other family members who are deeper on

PUTRIDLY AWESOME. :D

Judging from the phrasing of your comment, you are definitely DO think it’s a problem?

We’re open and we have an interesting take on it, because hubby is one of those fellows who is simply not quick to reload (not that there’s anything wrong with that - it’s just how his junk works). So while he loves sex, he just simply cannot orgasm if he doesn’t wait 24-48 hours between climaxes. Well, he can, but

SECONDED. O.o

I have a very physical career and I’m terrified of getting pregnant, not because I’m afraid of being pregnant, but because if I end up preggers and not being able to exercise at all, it will take me a SUPER long time before I am allowed to go back to work. :( And keeping in shape is that hardest part for

Yeah, but the system they’re proposing WOULDN’T be on your dime. It’d be a small deduction from their paycheque by the government, stored for them until they actually want to take that leave, for any medical or caretaking reason. For me, Canadian gov’t takes about $21 a paycheque. Not bad, all things considering.

It’s not irrelevant. Nigeria has a very proud tradition of oral story-telling, and they are pretty damn good at it, because it’s a thing they grow up doing for entertainment, given that internet, cable and publishing over there wasn’t very reliable until recently. Having heard several respected storytellers come

Because it adds in how his accent and gesturing would have made his already amusing discourse even better?