I dunno, it’s kind of cathartic, honestly. At least for some of us.

Yeah, painful. Makes me feel a bit better knowing I'm not the only one, and that other people had parents that didn't match those shiny scripted people we saw on TV.

I haven’t a clue if anyone is going to see this since I’m grey forever. I cannot read this thread. My mother has put me in my place/ knocked me down a peg since I can remember. I was never cute/ladylike/pretty/thin enough for her. I was a perennial embarrassment to her. No matter what I did or achieved it wasn’t…

You will! But everyone will. And I don’t think it’s something to worry too much over. I think there’s plenty that parents can do to consciously teach their children how to treat others and encourage them to be their true selves, even if there are some deep-seated internalized patriarchal attitudes that seep through a…

Oh, I remember that. It was an older car. Why on earth would you sell it to buy a car with unknown issues?

I’m no expert, but I think the problem is it’s much easier to go from blonde to red then it is from red to blonde. So saying their box of $7 dye will magically turn red hair blonde in 10 easy minutes is a bit misleading