Drink up, ladies.

I'm so, so sorry to hear that. Be excessively nice to yourself.

It's true! Now that I think about it, election season always triggers it in a weird way. I can pretty easily imagine her hypothetical rant about Santorum now. Thank you!

I'm so sorry to hear that about your mom. It's not "me, me, me" at all! But I know a little bit about how that feels, and it can be really helpful to share. I'm sorry I got you started with the sad, too! It does get easier, but it's a day-by-day thing and it's always there a little but. Double hugs.

Well, it did work, for the record :)

I'm so sorry about your dad. *hugs*

Thanks, that helps. It seems so simple when you're not in the middle of it, but it feels better once I've segued out of the feeling like a terrible daughter thing.

Yeah, it just hits me every once in while, which I guess is normal. Thanks :)

Her favorite was probably the last one, because it was just a bunch of random stuff I'd gotten for her in the city where I was for college. She just wasn't expecting it and her reaction was golden.

My mom passed away suddenly eight years ago, and all the election craziness just reminded me of a few months before she died, when I was home with my then-boyfriend visiting. We were sitting around in my room and she came up to tell me there was a junior Republican debate or something on TV and that it was hilarious…

I would say it is, but "Constant Vigilance!" is my mantra in these situations.

Well, it does suggest that there's a lot of unprotected sex or IV drug use going on. People in small towns, especially ones which are predominantly white, often feel immune to HIV, I think. And 15 out of 100 is HUGE. That is a lot. That is an emergency and intervention would probably need to occur on a school and…

Maybe you get the archery badge when you bear a Quiverfull-sanctioned minimum number of children. If you plan it right, you can start while you're still a minor! Using the babies as literal projectiles is, of course, not recommended.

Typical Zeus.

Leave the primeribs out of this! Some of us have not eaten lunch.

From my facebook:

I probably had this same debate in a girls vs. boys playground war in first grade. I'd be really interested in knowing which stage of cognitive development these people are working through. Maybe we could start testing all the TV people and put it on their nametags? Like 35/f/preoperational?

Yep. Yours is better. Bummer.

Apple has presumably copyrighted that already.

This is what they used to look like! Nice tattoo-butt ponies!