Witches are everywhere, man.

I agree! Let them have their witch fair, mean park committee people!

First, these are the sort of pagans that made me choose Summer's Eve as my Craft name.

Well it is a still picture.

What was shared didn't imply any of the assumptions you made about it—all she said is that she made a statement to her fiancé's child. And you assumed that she doesn't have a defined social contract with her fiancé, OR the mother of the 12-year-old in question. Which, in my opinion, was neither stated nor implied.

You say that because she's only the fiancee, she can't possibly have an organic relationship with the child, and you also implied that her relationship with the child (and fiance) is dictated by society thrusting her into the auto-parent role when it's entirely possibly (and maybe even likely) that she and her partner…

You are making a lot of assumptions about how my family works and what boundaries we have/have not negotiated internally.

My dad said the exact same thing to my sister. Well, he said "Omar the Tent Maker". What. The. Fuck, indeed. I can't even tell you how sorry I am you also had to hear that. To me? When I was about 26 years old, 5'9" I had the audacity to balloon from a size four to a size six and he asked me why I'd gained weight and…

Yep. They have always had a kid's program. It's not advertised now days, and you even have to hunt around on the website to find it, but it's still there.

At TEN?!?!?

And I thought my mom was wrong in signing me up for Weight Watchers at age 10. Guess I dodged a bullet. What a horrible person that mother must be.

Bright side: one of her professor's took the time to explain to her that "being comfortable in [her] body didn't necessarily mean losing weight — it meant not apologizing for [her] presence, and that the best way to do this was by caring for [her] health, inside and out."

Yeah, I don't get how one can do that. My dad used to tell me I sounded like a herd of cattle when I walked down the stairs. My mom told me she always wanted me to take ballet, but 'fat girls don't look good in tutus.' Le sigh.

That's super sad. I can't imagine giving my daughter a bunch of shit about how she's configured.

I think all adults who are involved in kids' lives should strive to be positive examples and provide wisdom. I'm not sure where it was along the way that we dispensed with "it takes a village" and decided that childrearing is something that ONLY the child's parents are allowed to participate in, but it's a silly idea,…

I don't think there's anything wrong with an adult in this child's life dropping a bit of knowledge on her. She's not changing her religion, shaving her head, or teaching her how to roll a joint, lol. Step-parents do have at least some of the responsibility when a child is in their care.

Something similar happened at my alma mater when I was there. There was a serial offender who would enter women's bedrooms, usually through an unlocked window, and get into bed with victims until they noticed him. (Which sounds like an incredibly traumatic and terrifying experience). He became colloquially known as…

Exmormon right here. And I'll share with you all exactly why I'm exmormon. Settle in, get a beverage, this gonna take a minute.

She doesn't seem that mad. It's just a finger.

Eh, it makes the picture worth less because it can't be used in most outlets. I support it.