I used to work at a coffee shop attached to a bookstore. When our supervisor gave management a 3 month (!) notice she was leaving, they didn't bother to replace her. Despite being a full-time grad student, I became the interim manager. Fast forward 5 months, they finally hire someone and I am moved over to the…

In reference to this law, my mother, a homophobe, told me yesterday that denying service and discriminating against homosexuals was okay and different than Jim Crow laws and black people because black people don't choose to be black but gay people choose to be gay.

When I was a kid, we had this own that started swooping at us. A big Barred Owl. It would sit on our roof and wait for us to come outside. We would have to make mad dashes to the van. Sometimes it would sit on the fence between us and our neighbor. Our neighbor didn't believe we had this owl problem until it swooped…

My husband asked me the other day why I wore my wedding ring while working out. (my finger was being pinched while weight lifting) I waved my hand around the room, but he just looked miffed.

Very true! In my marriage, I am the horny one and constantly wanting to have sex and my husband is kind of la dee da about it. Not that he doesn't like sex, but it is definitely not his main focus. For a while there I used to think that I was broken or something because I was a girl who really liked having sex and my…

I have many things in my life that I need to worry over. Important things that really matter. Therefore, I just don't have the headspace to care which way my toilet paper rolls. I absolutely don't pay attention to it. As long as there is toilet paper, I'm happy. To make a big deal out of this just seems petty.

Do I count if I just don't give a shit? Really, I just want toilet paper. I don't give a damn which way it rolls as long as there is some.

My husband and I are the same way when it comes to cleanliness. I am not a clean freak by any means, but we clean the house once a week and although I know he would clean it less if he were on his own, he rarely complains. In fact, because he works from home, he often does most of it by the time I get home from work.

This is an interesting and baffling study because I was under the impression that Crohn's Disease was triggered by a missing chromosome (largely genetic) that doesn't allow the body to properly break down certain bacterias, seeing even good bacteria as a foreign invader causing the body's immune system to launch a…

After I got engaged, my dad called me up and said they only had about $3000 they could put toward my wedding and/or honeymoon. He knew it wasn't much, but it was all he had and he insisted on helping out. When it was all said and done, the whole wedding including 3 nights at a cabin in the mountains cost $3100. You…

I'm with you. I haven't left the house without makeup on since I was sixteen. My makeup routine varies depending on what I will be wearing that day, what look I want to go for, whether it is raining outside, and even night/day looks. I also spend more time on my makeup on the weekends, trying out new looks and…

The way I have psychoanalyzed it, I think it is a combination of three factors: Living Vicariously, a rich fantasy life, and selfishness. My mother's own wedding was a bit rushed. The woops I'm pregnant, let's get married two weeks later kind of rushed. So I think, in a way, she was trying to have the wedding of her…

My dad saw my mother sitting outside our wedding venue doing nothing and he asked her why she wasn't helping me get dressed and she just shrugged and said something to the equivalent of 'she doesn't need me, she has everything figured out'. Apparently (according to a witness) my dad turned on her and said, "I don't…

My husband is one of four boys and his parents and grandparents made sure that those boys knew how to take care of shit. The result is a husband who rarely complains (or complains as much as I do) about cleaning and often does a good portion of it during work hours since he works at home. Yesterday, because he had to…

My husband asked me at the Renaissance Festival. (yeah, we are geeks) He pulled me aside near the entrance, did NOT get down on one knee, and asked me quietly. I love that within the midst of this chaos, we had our own private little moment. Now, whenever we visit each year, I look at that spot and smile because it…

Seriously, my husband and I had to wait like 10 minutes at Taco Bell the other night and I asked three times if we should just back up and leave without our order. My husband, who is more patient than I, kept telling me to just give it another minute. By the time we pulled up to the window, whatever had been holding…

Yeah, it is. I had to work a lot of really shitty jobs before I got there, but they are pretty awesome. There are a few downsides, like any job, but I pretty much got my dream job. As long as things remain the same, I can see myself still working there, moving up, and retiring in thirty years.

My job has flexible schedules and they are really serious about that. They have what they call "core hours", which means that they expect you to be in the office between the hours of 10-3. How you choose to schedule your 8 hour work day around that is between you and your manager. 7-3:30, 8:30-5, or 10-6:30. Some…

That's my work too. We do have lunch informational meetings with the idea that you eat lunch while listening to something interesting, but they are completely volunteer. One of my coworkers will attend the meeting at noon and then have lunch at 1. I think a lot of people do that as the lunch meetings actually are…

I am always shocked by the length of time they give it. Most of the time it is only a few months. This guy—six months? You are taking in a stranger. You are a stranger to them. They will probably be on their best behavior for a few days or weeks and then you have to start dealing with the true behavioral problems. Six…