Ha. Grammar fail. This could also mean that she tried to “eat the burger that was sitting in her dress.”

Anti-aging cream at a women-in-film event? Are you fucking kidding me?!

I know you’re a troll but I’m really curious how you justify what you just said.

Yes. Broke up four months ago. But I swear he was usually the loveliest, and was truly the sweetest, gentlest boyfriend Ive had. Just very sheltered life (plus made a very healthy salary) and so couldn’t always get it. Still love the guy but know it’s not right for me.

Frustrating, ay? So odd to have love but lack true empathy.

Yeah I did have a convo with him beforehand about how, despite my being into light BDSM that this might be really complicated for me, especially since I was under the weather/vulnerable. I had been crying at the point when he then suggested we watch people burn shit...

Holy shit I don’t remember that change! Fucking ew! You cannot just pull that, writers!

Not sure what it says about me (us?) that I was ready for the Linda Ellerbee story to be about her being becoming a Republican/Tea Party member/racist....

Agreed! It was fascinating at first, then became soap opera ridiculous. Reminded me of the turn the original 90210 took...I think they jumped the shark when Kelley got trapped in a burning building and was then Never Miss Perfect Again....

It was. Fucking horrible.

That place re-traumatized me after I visited their BDSM haunted house thinking everything was safe/consensual. I honestly couldn’t tell if a fellow visitor was sexually assaulted or not. It was that confusing a performance (they pulled one of the viewers from our crowd after stopping at each one of us and then…

Haha I’m really working on this!!! Going to think about your comment next time I feel the uneasy need to fill space and just, ya know, take a beat. : )

Yeah that can happen. Teens can be assholes. StilL hate gendered slurs, though.

Of course it hurts! It’s an awful slur, especially for women, and carries some serious gendered/historical baggage (different when our friends use it playfully of course). Have you said anything to them?

Gd I’m sorry. That sucks. It takes a lot to deprogram that kind of talk, but it's so important to.

Yes. I agree. But I’m making the further distinction that saying my X is *being* a X is different than saying X *is* a X.

Yup yup yup.

Haha yes. Kids are people, too. I’ve nannied enough kids that I know they have as much potential to act like jerks as anyone else. Not that that fits with the mythology of childhood we’ve created.

Ah, whoops. Fuzzy early morning reading. That’s very different, though I’d still say that talking about a kid to friends one should maintain the distinction so it doesn’t seep into treatment of the child.

Gd yes. Good parenting (and just being-toward-others, generally) takes consciousness of such nuances! Hope I remember this down the line.