I agree with you. the appalling lack of compassion and the victim blaming demonstrated in this thread is completely unnecessary.

So basically she followed the course of treatment recommended by her oncologist and you’re taking issue with this because, according to you, she trusted God. Sounds like she trusted her oncologist, who did not order chemo and radiation because in his professional opinion it wasn’t necessary. A professional opinion…

I'm guessing toward the end, she was happy for death. She couldn't eat, she was in pain. I'd welcome death.

This a thousand times. People just need to have some ducking empathy

She absolutely had treatment and that was well known. She stopped the treatment in October when it was obvious it wasn’t working, and her doctors didn’t expect her to last until Thanksgiving. I firmly believe she hung in there for her daughter, who is only two.

100% agree and you stated it beautifully. I am dating a widower and when I see people questioning this poor husband’s motives, as if he is trying to exploit this woman rather than deal with an impossible situation in the best way he knows how, it makes my heart ache. I highly doubt any of these comments are coming…

I know. Jesus, she's not even buried yet. This whole comment section has left a bitter taste in my mouth.

God, thank you. I lost somebody much more unexpectedly and bloodily than cancer, and the pain of losing him only became manageable when I listened to other people’s stories of their losses. We don't all grieve in the same way, and I'm frankly in awe of how brave Joey Feek was in her battle with cancer. She knew…

Maybe I am naive, but I really didnt expect to see so much bullshit cynicism in these replies. This man just lost his wife, this child her mama, and this lovely woman her life. Have some fucking empathy and maybe don’t try to monday night quarterback the way people choose to deal with the terminal illness of their…

Very sad. I don’t know country music well or particularly enjoy it, so only learned about Joey’s plight through entertainment websites over the past couple of months, but I’m still so sad for this woman to die so young and leave her child, husband, and family behind. I wish her family nothing but wonderful things and…

The Puritan Backroom is also the name of my Salem Witch Hunt-themed gay sex dungeon.

Hi! Black person here (insert Nick Jr’s Face dot gif) Here’s my two cents:

Our brains respond to threats differently. When it's someone else being harmed, the trauma is secondary, and easier to work through with the distance. When it's us, personally, it's a lot harder to get out of the fight/flight/freeze response.

I have a friend who used to be a blackout drunk. One day when he came to, he realized he had been in a fight. His friends told him he had started it and that the other guy was hurt, too. You know what he did? He stopped drinking. In all the years subsequent to that — and they’ve been hard — he never picked up a drink.

Totally. I’ve done things I’ve been embarrassed about while drunk, but nothing that violent or damaging to another person.

Berru didn’t respond to an email I sent to his personal account requesting comment or to multiple phone calls, but early on Wednesday, he released a statement in which he admitted to drug and alcohol problems. In this statement, Berru addresses the women who’ve accused him generally but does not go into specifics, and…

Carmex

I prefer these bullets.

They are handsome but boring on such a pervasive level that sex with either of them would be like when you swim in a really beautiful resort pool but you’re constipated or something so it’s just like eh.

Hey Jezzies, merry Christmas! Mine has been crappy so far (working when I thought I wouldn’t have to, sick dad, no real plans to celebrate Christmas this year, literally no chance yet to have some quiet time to myself) and looks to continue on in a crappy way (seriously, where is my quiet time to myself?) bur I have…