I tried it once and my kid is the kind that get SUPER HYPER on it. That was a failed experiment.

Statutory rape is not a capital crime.

This is my favorite part of their story. Dick.

My sister recently got divorced. I’ve been divorced for 3 years. We were both on Tinder.

She was seeing someone, pretty regularly, who told her he deactivated his Tinder account for her.

He didn’t. He just unmatched her and kept on looking. And....was talking to me.

Ha ha ha ha ha That was fun to call him out on.

I could actually see that, it does feel like a game most of the time.

I cleaned houses in college and never felt demeaned. It was something I could do that paid me well and was flexible while I was in school.

I was extremely thankful for the work and felt I was doing a job for another person. Much like I feel each day when I work in an office.

Your point of view is interesting to me…

Back when the market crashed I lost a few clients and my ex had to take a 10% pay cut in order to keep his job. I always felt so sheepish walking the dog past my usual manicurist’s spot in town (I’m not in NYC...the midwest if it matters).

I’m sure she suffered much more than my family did during that time period we…

I’ve never thought of it in that way and certainly never felt like some sort of queen being fanned by servants.

The lady I see (at a salon, not a manicure shop) is just really really good at it. Way better than me. So when I can afford it I go see her.

It’s the same thing for my hair and my eyebrows.

I love her. Great survival instincts!

When I took my dog to daycare I lived in fear of The Call for the entire morning every single time.

Reminded me of when my kids were small and I’d take them to the gym daycare and see one of the workers come in to the workout room....and just pray they weren’t coming for me.

Ugh. So awful. I’m so sorry. It seems like there are levels of horror you can reveal to people and the truth was just too much to tell. I can imagine it was like that for you too.

Yep. Teachers aren’t paid enough even if only based on the way my high school counselor got me through the ages of 16-20

Therapy is an ongoing process for me off and on through life.

That school counselor quite literally saved my life and put me on a path to a reasonably normal life.

I’m glad you got help too and were able to save yourself.

I started out lying when I finally told someone about the sexual abuse and rape I’d endured for 10 years at that point. I made up a “family friend” story to the school counselor.

I had to come clean eventually and tell them that it was my father. Nothing happened. My mother’s first words to me upon hearing this news…

Happens to me too and I’m so confused by it. Because I’m like 80% sure it isn’t me...I think they get nervous and don’t want to put forth the effort (and chance of rejection).

I was with my ex for 18 years, he was my first boyfriend (we met when I was 20). We were married for 14 years when he announced he wanted out.

By that point things were so awful (emotionally abusive, cheating, etc) that I was the one who actually filed and I was determined to move on.

I can honestly say it took me all…

Jinx! :)

What flaws did you see initially?

YES! People were not denying the story initially because they didn’t think it had been fact checked or that quotes were attributed to people who were never confirmed to say it.

The people denying the story were doing it in the same tired ways people discount the existence of rape and the multitude of ways women handle…

On the bright side your third maybe had her awkward phase at birth.... seems ideal to me.

My daughter so far hasn’t gone through an awkward phase (she’s 16)...maybe the sumo wrestler/weird uncle was her awkward phase?