I dated a guy who had a hidden mean streak, which totally caught me off guard when it emerged. He ramped up the emotional/mental abuse gradually, and as a young and inexperienced dater, I was so confused. Things became clearer when he hit me one night, and luckily I was able to break up with him with minimal damage.

Yeah that was the first thing I thought too!

Yeah, I was thinking it looked cool but wondering how to rig up something similar on my own, because I’d need something a bit wider to do the same trick.

That’s not much of a solution, it just makes me sad :(

Enh, when they’re bouncing around, all painful, and the tissue is stretching and snapping in there, that’s what causes droopiness.

oh yes, yummy man thighs...

So I’m a few seasons behind, but boy do I relate to her character in this aspect! I was a very tall and nerdy kid, and for some reason from elementary through high school, it was a favorite game for someone to say, “Hey, Someone-cool likes you!” and everyone would watch to see my reaction (this happened frequently to…

Wow that’s a good description!

Yes!!! So well put.

Yeah, when I met my fiance I had hit this point... I had recently turned 35, and had lost count of how many times I’d made it to 2 months with someone before it came apart as I let my real self show. Plus I got stuck at work and wasn’t able to get home to shower and change before the blind date. So I showed up at this…

Okay, yes, living letter-of-the-law is damn near impossible. But Mr. Rogers was pretty good at being a Christian.

Yes! My childhood best friend was abused by a family member for years. One way my parents suspected something wasn’t right was that if someone was mad at her, she would start laughing uncontrollably but not naturally. Apparently that was a weird coping thing that her body did when she was tense and scared, but it was…

I sincerely hope so!!!

Yes, that essay was great! It was TressieMC, “The Logic of Stupid Poor People.” (She also has a book coming out about for-profit colleges that I’m looking forward to)

Goodness yes - and just like diverse companies perform better, diverse juries can look at the case from more viewpoints, pick up on more nuance, and have a better chance of finding the truth.

I’m very confused. Who gave money to a 24-year old to even get a business to this point? What experience could she have possibly had that made someone think it was worth the risk? I was frankly just bumbling through my early 20's, trying hard but knowing little.

I like your style! My grandparents on both sides were also in a cult (Christian Science - mind control mumbo jumbo, room for lots of child abuse and secrets, and rejection of medicine and all knowledge of the body). I have a lot of bitterness about how the cult messed up my family and continues to kill children. I am…

My mom had Jehovah’s Witnesses knocking on our door every year of her life thanks to her cousin.

I totally agree. I am quite curvy, top and bottom, and have never found a bikini in a store that covers me enough. Department stores and plus size stores don’t sell bikinis by bra size. Even at the specialty swimwear shops where they do have cup sizing, they just try to hand me a bunch of 36Ds to try on, and hope I…

I never really got war reenactments, though I enjoy living history interpreters at places like Williamsburg and house museums. But there was recently a War of 1812 reenactment near me, and I had a blast!