THIS. A high school friend of mine was killed by her husband by her own damn gun. He wrestled it away from her and shot her in the head. If there hadn’t been a gun in the house, she would very likely be alive right now.

I showed chickens for a few years (4h and open) and have a few best in shows and showmanship wins under my belt. I was also the poultry leader for out local 4h group for a few years and always started out showmanship training with the little ones with stuffed animals.

I may or may not have bought a puppy surprise for my sister last year for Christmas. When we were little we got in a huge fight because one of our dogs had more puppies and she ended up kicking me in the face and knocking my two front teeth out. I sent her a picture of me smiling with my two front teeth blacked out…

thats been the case at pretty much every job I’ve ever had. Upper management was given awesome benefits while the people doing the actual work were given nothing. At two jobs, I was given a benefits package, waited the requisite 3 months until I qualified and then I was told it was only for ‘upper management’ and was…

Between 4 and 4:30 for me...I had chores to do in my mornings before school. The joys of living rural and being ‘independent’. Honestly, I feel that if I was able to make friends and actually experience ‘youth’ I would have been a better adjusted adult. I still have social anxiety and I think a lot of that is due to…

No matter how many times we have to SCREAM THIS it just gets fucking ignored. And it’s REALLY starting to fucking piss me off!

You might see me on Gawker sometime in the next few weeks when I finally snap and beat the shit out of someone for being an asshole on the T. For this evening’s commute I had two VERY loud women gakking about inane bullshit at a ridiculous volume, not one but TWO gigantic SUV size strollers, a bicycle douchebag who…

Don’t treat them like posers and don’t make fun of them when they seem genuinely interested and ask questions. My brother played minor league baseball, and though I had never really had an interest in it before, I really enjoyed going to his games and liked to ask questions and learn about the sport. I was treated…

Meh. The more I learn about the economics and business (undergrad in supply chain, MBA, 14 years of direct experience) the more I realize people don’t know SHIT about the economics and business. Even the most highly educated person with decades of experience still knows shit. Of course, there are those that can admit…

My last name is incredibly popular in India and I’m a lily white woman. I also go by a nickname because I’m in the automotive industry and I found that my interview success rate when sending in resumes more than quadrupled over using my feminine name. I have no idea if my last name hurts or helps though. All I know is…

Ha, I’m in supply chain and reps ask to ‘see the purchasing manager’ after being introduced to me directly and have actually asked me to ‘get coffee for me, won’t you sweetheart?’.

my best friends wife has been a nanny in Manhattan for at least 10 years and man does she have stories. Basically, she has never worked for a family where the husband hasn't explicitly made a move on her, and she's had to quit at least 2 jobs specifically because of this. The family before the one she's at now was ok,…

I did interview competitions, Parliamentary Procedure and other public speaking events in HS and the FIRST THING I was told in preparation was always ‘straighten your hair’. Seriously. It got old really fucking fast because I have crazy thick curly hair and it takes me an hour or two to straighten and will poof up at…

My boyfriend and I have given... at least $500 between us to PP since the beginning of this debacle. My boyfriend made his donations in the names of Ted Cruz and Rand Paul.

People are SO DAMN SHOCKED to find out less than 3% of what PP does is abortions. If it weren’t for PP I would have had to skip several years worth of Paps and since cervical and uterine cancer runs in my family that could have been a death sentence for me.

Well, I won’t have to go through any major squares or near any major stations which is where most of the gross yelling happens. It’s side streets all the way now!

As I've been reminded by more than one person. I noticed it after I posted but didn't bother editing because I didn't realize people would be so pedantic about it.

Yeah, I got that a lot too. Good women get pursued, unwanted women have to do the pursuing. Considering I was very unwanted I can vouch for that.

Well, my dude now is 6’4 so it’s cool. Just took me 28 years to find him ;)

Well, I am 6’2 so 99.9% of men won’t be interested in me right off the bat and the ones who are interested are often only into amazon fetishes.