My friend did the whole engaged and married in two weeks’ time thing. The bride spent $1,000 on her dress. She only had two friends in attendance. This was two years after high school and she was super popular then (AKA all her high school friends were in town on summer break). It was kinda...embarassing to see her…

Traveled to an island country in the winter and drove around it. We literally stayed at a different place every night. 60% of our time was spent driving. However, it’s one of the most beautiful places on Earth and loved every damn second of that drive. Wasn’t bored a minute.

Absolutely this. I’m finding it absolutely impossible to make new friends. Trying to do the whole “follow my interests and go to those meetings. Wait, I like ‘old people’ things, so I’m decades younger than anyone else. Damn.”

I just realized that I’ve *never* purchased anything with a cat on it for myself before, but I’ve been gifted: blanket w/cats on it, a pillow w/cats on it, various cat statues/knick knacks, random cat-shaped toys...

I know what you mean.

Thanks for sharing.

You just reminded me that my mother has a history of posting things online which are entirely inappropriate. One time she posted my sister’s full name (and her child’s) on Craigslist along with their address. The entire post is about how my sister needed help getting out of an abuse relationship.…

It’s been 7 years since I pulled the plug too. I don’t regret it because she made me miserable and consistently treated me like I was the biggest mistake. The funny thing is, I’m the only one of her kids who never abused her. I guess she preferred the abuse? It only bothers me when my MIL keeps asking me when I’m…

Same here. I hung out with a bunch of nerds as a nerd. The riskiest thing we ever did was go swimming at midnight in a gated community’s pool.

I’ve seen the lumberjack gif/scene a few dozen times. However, when Evans ripped that log apart in the film, I made some really embarrassing noises.

Completely OT, but does anyone have any advice for someone who can’t deal with fights in video games? Anything that takes more than a few slashes or has a time limit turns me into a nervous mess.

This. Man, I was never #1 because there was an older lady (been cashiering 20+ years) that was always 5 items faster than me. I was always checking my little time slip. During the holiday rush, I could get up to 900 items an hour — if people weren’t writing damn checks.

I don’t start until they’re lifting their bags off the counter.

I got REALLY good at being able to read people and tell who wanted a quick chat and who didn’t.

Wow, how awful. My friend was an atheist and the preacher they hired spent the whole time harping on about making sure you’re saved otherwise you’re going to hell. I just stared at the coffin think how fucked up this was.

I had to flee too. I used the excuse that I needed to feed the other ones, but I’m not sure now.

I’m so sorry — but am glad to read what a badass you are. It took me a couple years to realize it, but I suffered/have PTSD from the way my cat was murdered. It doesn’t go away.

That was the last two years of high school for me. I have a vague sense of what happened and definitely lived it, but my depression kept me from really experiencing anything.

I was a boring kid. I wanted to draw for a living and thought I’d have like 3 kids before I was 30. Instead, no kids and debt free.

I lived alone for a few years. When we moved in together, we handled it by only renting places with two bedrooms. We spend most of our time in separate rooms, but we're very happy with the arrangement. We wouldn't be able to function being too close together.

In my home state, it was a known issue that a tow company was towing legally parked vehicles. Finally someone caught them on camera putting up a tow zone sign, taking a photo of the car in front of the sign, then moving the car. The guy then got out and took down the sign. Heads rolled for that.