An unfortunate 'rule' is that the taller you are, the thinner you have to be to make up for it. She is tall and built broadly therefore she will always look 'big' which is not necessarily chubby. I'm 6'2 and built like a linebacker, even when I was underweight (around 120ish lbs) my ribcage still measured 37" and my…

This is one thing that me has been in the back of my mind for a while. While my boyfriend and I aren't anywhere near having kids (if we ever want them at all) I've tried to work out how we could do it. His Mom is a pain and doesn't really like me, his sister is a party girl and my entire family lives across the…

I've worked with a woman like the one you described...but I've also worked with several women that I had no idea had children until much later. I worked with one woman who had SIX kids and I had no idea until after I'd left...she was one of our hardest workers and a complete joy to work with. I wonder how many women…

While I'm not having kids anytime soon, my company doesn't have a maternity policy... and I'm the only woman of childbearing age that works there. Seriously. 86 employees and I'm one of only 6 women, and the only one under 50. It does worry me a little bit and considering I'm 32 now I need to make the decision of…

I had (well, still have...but they're in storage) original Star Wars theatrical posters hanging on MY walls throughout my twenties. Interestingly, having that Audrey print probably would have made dating easier. Dudes are apparently not impressed by Star Wars posters.

Same here...she's just incredibly pretty and for many years I've tried to perfect that smoldering look of non-chalantness that she had so often. It's like she's saying 'I'm fantastic and I couldn't give a fuck if you disagree...but I DARE you to' with her eyes.

Ugh, when I had to transfer my DL when I moved to a different state it was a HUGE fucking issue. They demanded a BC, notarized proof of residency of the city I lived in AND a utility bill. Considering I had moved maybe 2 weeks prior and was subletting until I found a place of my own I had no utility bills and they…

I think some of it depends on the profession as well. I know this is purely anecdotal, but I went and learned a trade then was told several times that I wasn't a 'good fit' because they didn't want a woman working with a crew of all men. The men who interviewed me were very apologetic about it, but a lot of shops…

Seriously. They can coast by because they're men and meanwhile the women have to work twice as hard to receive half the recognition. I've seen it far too much :(

Yes. I have a medical disorder so I get a full panel of blood tests every 3 months. I'm healthy as a horse except for the disorder :)

And they don't always go away when you get in shape and lose weight...they just get saggier :(

I have the opposite problem...I'm 6'2 and whenever I buy a dress that's nearly to the 'models' knees it always ends up showin the goods :( I did buy a cute tube dress from The Gap a few weeks ago and on the website it showed the insteam hitting the models knees, on me it came to mid thigh :/

You know what sucks though? Working your ass off, having a strict diet and STILL not having anywhere near that body. I powerlift, work out 5-6 times a week and maintain a fairly strict, doctor overseen diet and I'm still chubby. People are always surprised I'm as strong as I am, or that I regularly run 5ks, 10ks…

Replace 'tv' with 'computer monitor' and you have my life. Maybe once or twice a month my boyfriend and I will meet up with friends for dinner/trivia and I only see the bf once every other week so we usually share a meal or two together during that time. I have 4 roommates, have lived here nearly 2 years now and…

Seriously...I hold doors open for everyone regardless of gender. I have had a few men give me mini-lectures over the years about it, but whatevs. I'm a decent person, I hold the door open. I have had lots of men slam doors in my face though....not cool.

The last company I worked for fired a few people in a glorious fashion. There was an open management position that had been open for a while because our general manager (who would be that persons direct boss) was absolutely horrible. We had 6 people walk out of interviews with her, 4 of which then emailed the…

Ha, I always looooooved the people who built a house and wanted to live the 'country life' when I was growing up. More than once a bleary eyed police officer showed up at the house at 5am telling us they received a noise complaint. Well.... you milk goats twice a day and since I had to be at school at 7:30 I…

I hoped I died every time I was in Bakersfield. Same thing.

That's an excellent point... my former boss used to pull that on employees allll the time. She'd reassure them everything was fine and that they didn't need a note, then fire them once they had 3 absences in a calendar year. Even if they were excused you still got written up for them, and even when you requested…

Yep. I'm a woman in a VERY male dominated profession and I always just use the first letter of my first name on my resume/emails. When I did that, I received probably 10x the interest in my resume and even got a few interviews with companies who had previous sent me rejection letters within the last 8 weeks or so. …