Yes please do! Also, congrats to her on being a finalist in the writing contest, that's really great.

I don't expect to be able to feel them myself (unless I'm looking for them), I'm mostly concerned about my boyfriend. A good friend of mine described having to take certain sex positions off the table completely because his girlfriend's strings would "poke" him.

I am on my last pack of HBC right now, and procrastinating making my annual appt. because I want an IUD, but am being an unbelievable coward about it. I'm pretty sure the hormones in my pills are what is causing my occasional migraines/debilitating nausea, so it should be an easy choice, but the striiiiingsssssss.

I just cannot wrap my head around how long this was going on. Just. Cannot. Do. It.

Your dress made my night

Thanks for the reply! I've heard a few random anecdotal stories about the strings (being aware of them/making certain sex positions uncomfortable) that have been hindering my decision making. Hopefully I can leave the hormones behind soon!

I've been thinking about Paragard (hormones are wrecking me), but I'm really worried about the strings that hang down. Has that caused any problems for you?

What's everybody cooking tonight? I'm making penne with puttanesca sauce and roasted albacore.

I am so sorry!Your instincts about this friendship are, unfortunately, completely right. It sounds like it was all definitely just a ploy to get into your pants, and his reaction to getting his way is really really disturbing. Please ignore the weird misplaced sympathy for this guy from your other friends, for…

1) Dump this horrible asshole (I agree with SeaAnemone about doing it via text)

So, after your first paragraph, I was prepared to write "As soon as you are ready! Yay! go have fun!" Your living situation is a real doozy though. I have also had the pleasure of continuing to live with an ex, it was super dysfunctional, and I hope you'll reconsider trying to make this arrangement work until…

I also forgot it was Easter, and was reminded when I was met with a closed Target. Tomato bisque and grilled cheese sounds absolutely glorious.

As a result of having a bunch of random ingredients around, I made a burger recently with the ingredients that you would usually use to make the filling of an Asian dumpling, and it was sooo good. It was half ground beef, half ground pork (I think it would be perfectly good with just one or the other), seasoned with…

What lovely Sunday wares are you all cooking tonight? I'm making avgolemono (lemony chicken soup) and greek salad.

Save yourself some suffering and just get more ice cream. May I ask what kind of cake your grandmother is planning to bring?

I don't know what you should have him say, but my god that is awesome.

I agree with the many posters who noted that sometimes people (very often boy people) say things in horrible ways without meaning to.....but that would really hurt my feelings.

It will make you laugh/cry as well as laugh/ puke, the important part is of course, the laughing

Wow. First of all, you are unbelievably courageous to go back and face this whole situation. There's no real way to know exactly how the whole thing will go down, but before you get there, have a really clear discussion with your boyfriend about what he can expect, and how he can best support you. That's not to say…

Thank you for saying that. It is seriously so nice to know/be reminded that there are people who understand this.