Happy birthday!

Thanks to you, too. I will check this out. 24 hour sns sounds awesome.

Thanks, I had no idea.

OMG. This is awful and even worse than I could have imagined. Then to get the double-whammy. I’m so glad your husband got you out of there.

I hate this so much. I agree, it’s 10x worse to have siblings or onlookers be all cowardly at the time and then later commiserate. Why don’t they just get you/us/whoever a Thank You card that says, “Gosh, so appreciate you showing. Better you than me be the target of the family bully! Love the way you take one on the…

Man, all these families suck.

Ugh, your mother. I feel like I know her, and to know her is to have all the sympathy, empathy and hugs for you. I think she’s related to my sister.

Well, at least it’s a financial win.

That’s a awful like a punch to the gut. I’m so sorry.

Hello Rebecca! Are you still around? All I want for Christmas is to be ungrayed! It’s the first present I’ve asked for in years.

Oh, and HOLY FUCK. I’m glad you’re still alive and didn’t have a heart attack or stroke. Or destroy your finances by abandoning the house. Because I would had done all three.

DammitPam, I will never sleep again and it’s your fault. Seriously, your name has never been more appropriate.

Oh, I want to add that in terms of replying I don’t expect any ungrayed to lift one of my comments out of the grays. I am super grateful when that happens, but I don’t feel entitled to it. I know it’s work. I love participating in the one-on-one chats and larger threads and I hate that a veteran needs to make that…

I used to do this. For the first year I was commenting I would work to craft my posts and sometimes that’s really fun, but it’s also exhausting and I never did get ungrayed for all the work I did. Now I focus more on replying and being part of this community which means that sometimes lame or jerky comments happen,…

Hi Jinni! Thanks for writing such a thoughtful post about this. I am so grateful for all the work you and other commenters do to lift us out of the grays.

Guess I’ll have to check out that newfangled twitter thing and then I’ll need to get off my own lawn.

Seconded. There are a lot of former and current Pittsburghers around these parts.

I doubt it takes more than pitching spiritual salvation and a reach of your full potential.

Oh hey, we miss you! Hope all is well.

Great, right??? I can’t wait for deals and jobs to be brokered in men-only spaces again!