I'm reading comments now about magic and whimsy and wanted to relate a rather charming anecdote about how—when I was in first grade—my teacher pulled my grandpa aside to confide in him that she was concerned that I still lived in a "færie world," and how she felt I should be shown the ways of the world. My grandfather…

Not all at once. I has some suspicions starting the year I waited until my parents went to bed, so I could sneak down and wait for Santa...imagine my surprise to find the presents already under the tree. The next year a bully used the insult that I probably still believed in Santa (I was 8), and it shook me given how…

My butt rounded out in the same way when I gained some weight. Sure, she's bigger than she was at 18, but she looks totally normal.

NIN

My parents felt the same way about school being my "job." I couldn't believe it when I was a teen (it meant I was dependent on them if I wanted to go out on a date or whatnot for food/movie money AND I save 0 moneys for college), but now I kinda see it. Now, barring me from having one in college, that's a horse of a…

Am I the only one who hated this book? I found it to be boring, unengaging, and terribly pretentious. Is it so popular because it spans time and space and that's "edgy"? Each individual story isn't really that gripping.

I don't know how to convey it, but the minute I tried cloth pads, I never looked back. You can get them in varying sizes and with wings. Are they gross to wear? No. I find them less messy and more comfortable to wear than disposable. Are they weird to change? No. I have an office job, so I know when to change my cloth…

I mean, what specifically are you skeptical about?

Girl, cloth pads!

Wow. Just...wow. What an ignorant, snarky article. I have so many thoughts, but my ire might get in the way. The author is acknowledging that she has no idea what she's talking about because she's not a part of this culture, but then goes on to make sweeping generalizations about it. Game nights happen because games…

Wasn't this a Lifetime movie?

Apples and oranges. A life-threatening, mortal illness is one thing. I live in constant pain every day. AND I go to work, pay my taxes, and don't break the law. But I still cannot afford certain things, EVEN while on health insurance. Where's my tax-payer check to relieve my pain? Are you saying that I can only get my…

Haha! Did it ever not? That's still my go to "night on the town" look.

I just can't care about this. Life is hard, and everyone is looking for an edge—if you have morals, there are 10 other people who don't who are willing to exploit you. I went to a well-off suburban public school, and I was in several Honors classes—and they were terrible. Frankly, after high school, college was a…

Exactly. I'm all for personal rights, but if you're in PRISON for committing a crime, I don't want to see my tax dollars go toward this. I'm having a hard enough time just living and being able to afford rent and food, while living above the law. Half the time I want to blow out the pilot and put my head in the…

I'm torn. While I love being able to go out to eat at a place I like at I time that's best for me; and go see the movie I'm interested in on the spur of the moment; and do impromptu Thirsty Thursdays with my coworkers; and sprawl across my bed...there's no on waiting up for me, you know? When something good happens,…

Seriously, if you pay for the channel a show comes on, I fail to see it as stealing.

I totally referenced someone being on tenterhooks, and they didn't believe that that was A Thing or A Phrase. Guh.

> I've never seen anyone test their buttcrack though. Probably just someone being cheeky.

I've definitely experienced my own share of aggressive sexual harassment (comments on my breasts, ass, etc; unwanted groping), which makes me hypersensitive to my own actions—on occasion I flinch and yank away if my arm, hand, leg touches another person's, which has led to some people being like, "Girl, I don't have…