I'm sorry for your losses. It can be tough. I try to stay positive, but some times are harder than others. Like when my very pregnant co-worker, with a two year old at home, told me I was lucky to be child-free and that she envied me. When she walked out of the washroom, I went to a stall and cried. I don't blame her,…

I'm sorry for your losses.

Yes!!! Legal assistant here. When I started working in my field, lawyers would often ask "So what do you plan to do after this? Go back to school? Become a lawyer?" They honestly couldn't understand that THIS was the plan. I got so fed up of trying to be polite about it. Is it really so unreasonable that I don't want…

Mommyish has a few suggestions:
I know the economy sucks and so many people out there are doing what they can to get by and that it’s not like any of us have piles of money lying around but I am asking you all to , if you can, buy some baby formula to drop off at your local food bank. Leave grocery gift cards, whatever…

Agreed. I cut my abusive ex out of my life for 4 years. Then I realized that I didn't have any closure and that I was still hurt by what happened so I opened the lines of communication. It was one email a week where the only topic was our shared past. I know it sounds like a bad idea, but by year 4 no one else wanted…

One of the things that really resonated with me in the reading I've done since my abusive relationship ended was that most abusers have their own definition of abuse. Get a group of abusers together, and they will call each other out. Those who hit with an open hand might condemn those who use a fist. Same with those…