I second the other response. Seriously, you would have been fine, and if they really thought that you were in need of puking, there are way easier and safer ways to make that happen. Also, shrooms and pot and a bit of sake are not going to cause you to OD - you cannot OD on pot, and if you were with it enough to call…

Huh... well, I like kids in general although I never want to have my own (for a while I thought I would be okay with adoption, but I've grown to realize I really do not want responsibility for any other living beings, ever). I like kids because they are funny, they tend to have a very unique point of view, they can be…

Honestly, the way I've dealt with harassment at my current job is by flipping out and making a fuss when it happens. I decided I wouldn't care if people thought I was being unreasonable or crazy, so long as I included an explanation of why their behavior was inappropriate, I was entitled to get angry about harassment…

Mehh.. I mean, yes. It is gross as a concept. But, like the other person who responded said, there's a context there. I have to say, when I was 14 I dated a guy who was 23, and had sex with him. I was the one who broke up with him, and he cried, and was devastated and moved out of town after that. Seriously! Now, was…

Meh... as I said to somebody else here, I think it's totally understandable for these VERY YOUNG women (there was a US gymnast who was 15 years old for christ's sake) to have such emotional reactions during competition. Also, makes perfect physiological/biological sense as a reaction to such…

Totally agreed. I didn't watch much of the Olympics, but the little I saw on air was at a small bar, and it was during the last part of the women's all-around. I was psyched, since I was a huuuuge gymnastics fan when I was younger so I still really enjoy watching them. When she lost, I felt so sad for her, I thought I…

I don't know this person, and I don't know about the whole condescension thing... but as somebody who is overly analytical of herself and those around her (analytical, not critical), I want to say that a lot of people mistake my concern and over-awareness for low self esteem. The thing is, I have great self esteem, I…

Yah, I can attest to this working. When I started working as a busser and a waiter, I found myself losing 75 pounds over the last year. It's because I was busting ass all the time, yeah, but also because I would basically work work work all day, surviving on coffee and little nips at whatever was around (a french fry…

Oh, yeah, as soon as I read it, I realized where I had gone wrong and what it really meant. So simple... thus the surprise! And as for making imaginary connections in place of realizing you don't actually know something... yeah.. my dad does it, too. I often find myself answering questions and then giving the caveat…

Huh... I'm from up north, but have lived in texas for 4 years now... I like to occasionally wear bike shorts or thin, unnoticeable work-out type shorts (kind of like leggings that are shorts-length) under dresses and skirts, whether visible or not, because (1) it can look cute, (2) it can prevent accidental flashing,…

Wow, that's pretty insulting to Gabby's mother. Since - as others have pointed out - she's the one who said that Parton was like a second mother. I don't know your experiences as and/or with 14-16 year old girls, but as a person who has been a girl of that age, who (gratefully) was lucky to have a mom who was also…

Really? When I watched this, all I could think about is how absolutely deep the bond must be between those two women, even if they only met because of "Mom 2" offering to host Gabby. If I had shown the level of commitment to an endeavor that Gabby clearly showed as a very young teen, I know my mom would have gone to…

This may be related to skewed perceptions of what constitutes lower, middle, and upper class. A lot of people don't realize just how small a salary still vaults you into that middle tier.

Ummm hmm... I think the reason some dudes think all their female friends want to bang them is the same reason that some ladies think all their male friends want to bang them... because they don't know how to form real friendships, they're overly narcissistic, and they are - deep down - quite lonely and sad. These…

WHOA. I am a bit of a fanatic about that type of grammatical mistake (can't remember the same for it right now), and I have to say... I'm pretty sure I have never thought twice about this one, and I'm pretty sure I've always used the wrong one. I think in my head I associated "ringer" somehow with, like... a bullet…

That chihuahua is like... the ideal dream puppy. Look at that freaking face. I don't even like chihuahuas that much, I don't understand!

One of my coworkers did this the other day. I was in the middle of doing something that involved having my arms up in the air and I was leaning over something he was trying to reach to pick up. It was obvious that I was just setting something up on the shelf above and would be moving soon, but instead of just waiting…

I really wanted to try cutting my own hair when I was kid, instead of having my mom do it. Of course she always said no. So, one day when I was 5 I waited until she walked next door to chat to our neighbor, grabbed the scissors, and started hacking away. When she came back in, I was standing there with a bunch of hair…

This is, in my opinion, one of the most dangerous underlying philosophical beliefs in this country and culture. I don't remember where I read it, but a few years ago I read some piece that basically said that Americans view freedom as "I can do whatever I want, regardless of everybody else," whereas many other…

Agreed. I and my family are the same way. Luckily for use, we don't have diabetes in the family, nobody's ever had it at all as far as I know, but we do tend toward the very, very large. My parents both lost massive amounts of weight doing the South Beach Diet, which is essentially basic healthy eating based around…