Exactly. A friend of mine met her husband online. My cousin met his wife online. But my online dating experiences over the years have rarely been pleasant. For a while I kept going back and getting three- or six-month subscriptions, but I think I'm out for good now. Dating all those frogs looking for a prince (excuse…

Aaaand, you just talked me out of trying this.

This sort of sounds like a good idea to me? Granted, I am also an economist.

I sew and I sold lingerie. Women came in wanting something nice, but when sized properly, they freaked out at the number on the band or cup. Women who came into the store were mostly hyper-critical of their real bodies and imagine that they should look like the freakish, skeletal, airbrushed, models look.

I really feel like this wouldn't be nearly as complicated if there were a wider array of sizes available. Kind of like in plus-size fashion, lots of women need a larger than D cup, but manufacturers are like, whatever. The worst part is, is that even when customer demand leads to a size being produced, retailers won't…

So, what do you do with the (practically brand new) bras that you bought a few months ago BEFORE you "discovered" you'd been wearing the wrong size all these years? I have like 3 victoria's secret push-up bras that are in great shape, just not the right shape for me. It may be a marketing scam, but damned if the…

I literally cannot afford bras that fit me. I have a 36ish rib cage and a bigger than DD cup size. $50 dollars for a bra? Um, I spend less than that on food a week.

What pisses me off is the padded bras in already large cups. Sooo many bras that I have to pass up because I don't want to look like a porn star. Hello, I am already a D/DD, why do ya have to put pads or push up mechanisms in anything higher than a C cup? I don't want to look like Dolly.

Yep. I mean, statistically it's more likely than not it will work out that I eventually meet someone and even if it doesn't last forever it'll last Long Enough to Matter (if that makes sense), but even so, it's also possible that it won't happen, and I want to be ready for that. When you completely dismiss the…

Exactly! If anything, the Pollyanna attitude may lead to more heartbreak in the long-run, as you're not gradually over time learning to deal with/accept a potential reality. I sincerely hope it happens for me, but if it doesn't, I need a longgggg time to vent and process and deal (seriously, my family has multiple…

Yes! This! I mean, most of the time I don't mind being single, but you know, we all have our ups and downs. I remember when I was in a particulary bad down, a married friend I love, but who does tend to veer into the overly Pollyanna when she's trying to cheer you up gave me some kind of "Every pot has a lid!" kind of…

To me it sounds like she doesn't want advice but rather wants you to validate her feelings. Instead you've been incredibly invalidating. I don't think you did anything wrong, you just misidentified what your friend was asking for. What she wants from you is "Yes, it is hard being single and it can be lonely. We all…

I use it as a compliment. I hope I haven't inadvertently offended anyone :(

A dog, cat, heck, even a hamster is probably the only sentient being that these women have daily contact with that treat them as valuable people and that love them unconditionally. I don't think anybody should underestimate how vital that is to these women's recovery.

For me, living beings I care for are living beings I care for.

Is there a way to allow volunteers to walk dogs so women who don't want to go outside can bring dogs in sooner or into more places? I would gladly volunteer to dp that, and I'm sure more people would as well...

This is beautiful. +5 for humanity

Building a dog track first is a way of trying to get things too perfect in the way of doing what's important and needed now. I'm sure that's not the only reason for not having dogs included. Please have dog owners have the option ASAP. There's other solutions to walking the dog.

Nice try but NYC already had shelter beds for men. Nice to know where you stand in the grand scheme of BOTHERING TO INFORM YOURSELF before declaring yourself persecuted.

. . . I'm probably going to regret this, as you're clearly trollish.