Just a side note since this article jumped back up in my feed- He died about 6 months ago. My mom for the first time broke down with me on Christmas finally realizing she was free... that she could start over and live life for the first time in 20 years. 

I’m surprised this wasn’t in Texas. I was legitimately surprised by number of Trucks people have even in the cities here—- there’s this general sentiment that if you don’t have a Truck or other large vehicle that you’re not a real Man/Texan/’Murican ect ect. Having a Small vehicle- or heaven forbid a green Vehicle- is…

My mom was a poor single mom—- and to survive parenthood she had very frank conversations with us from a young age that she wanted to have a relationship with us children that was based on respect and love—- and that meant she was never going to lie to us—- and she expected the same honesty from us. As a result she…

As a woman I never really understood the Vagina ones—- I mean—- a vagina doesn’t go on forever—- you can feel the back it with your fingers. Like maybe if something is broken and will cause damage by yanking that might make sense- but for the other ones - are women just so unfamiliar with their own Vaginas that they…

The first legal document I have had to sign I wrote in print since my school required that you always write your name in print. The woman who received my paperwork actually yelled at me for not using cursive--- it was the first thing adult thing I ever did and they felt the need to publicly shame me like something was…

I was forced to learn cursive in elementary school—- but by highschool our school had enforced a rule that cursive writing was not allowed because it was more difficult for the teachers to read than print. Having taught for a few years I agree wholeheartedly- only a few artistically gifted kids ever have legible…

I grew up in the north- we were taught it was a states right issue. Luckily by AP history my teacher clarified that “yeah, it was about state rights- state rights to support an economy dependent on slaves, states push for taxes and international trade that depended on slaves, and local laws that keep black people…

It’s funny you mention katamari—- the psp version was the first game to make me motion sick. Flower and journey also make me pretty ill even though I love them. I get terrible motion sickness in real life, but luckily not too many games make me want to puke. 

Mmm.... Yeah, I don’t think so.
A $4.50 bottle of body wash lasts about 2 months. I can get maybe two bars for that much that are used up twice as fast (About 1 per week) and leave me a dried out mess. Not to mention all the Soap sludge all over the bathtub I had to clean because most of my bar gets eaten up by water…

I don’t know—- even though I’m not fully satisfied I fully recognize I’m happier than I was growing up. My mom couldn’t work because an abusive husband- we lived in a trailer with no heat, and intermittent electricity and water, not to mention no insurance. Not having to worry about basic survival is awesome- it felt…

Most churches have funds for this. In the past two years my moms church helped her get a car, a new heating system in her house, fixed her well so they had running water, paid for the funeral and cremation of her husband, brings her and her family food several days a week, helped her 3 year old get into daycare, ect...…

It’s a pretty normal thing to do. When I was growing up teachers would have us write short essays the week before thanksgiving so we would have something to say at dinner. Didn’t make it any less awkward though- In fact it’s one of several reasons  I really don’t like thanksgiving. Turkey isn’t that good, I don’t…

My stepfather was a diagnosed psychopath who was abusive towards my mother and terrified me to the core, but everyone else thought was an angel. I got up the guts to call the cops finally and tried to be supportive of my mom to get out of that relationship, but the cops actually talked her into forgiving him because…

If Civ v taught me anything you just need to build a courthouse first turn and things will work themselves out and happiness levels will increase. 

When I worked at Walmart to get myself through college I on several occasions approached by random jerks telling me to go back to my home country and speak English. I’m like 50/50 Italian and French- I don’t even know Spanish—- I am pretty dark from my Italian side I guess? I used to literally just laugh in their…

I believe anti-vax is a mental illness. One of my siblings was born autistic- and for years my mother and her husband were in denial. When things go wrong people always try to find a cause or someone to blame- but there really isn’t a “cause” for autism— so do they blame themselves? God? The universe? In the end they t…

My mom lied about the reason she divorced my dad till I was 19. She always said they just didn’t share the same values... what she meant was that my dad had been sexually molesting me for an unknown period of time when I was about 3 years old- she took him to court but the case was thrown out due to lack of anything…

I had to take this medication a few days ago to prep for an endo biopsy. I was kind worried about something like this picking the meds up- but the guy was super nice and just gave me advise about usage and side effects recommended I get some more ibuprofen. I did End up having bloody painful complications with the…

It’s my goal to try and get to this point by the time I have kids, but sometimes it can be difficult. I recently learned thats cats alter the meowing voice based on the attention you give them—- my girl cat has a dainty little princess voice, while the boy cat yells at me. Part of me worries if I subconsciously acted…

When I was a kid Even playing T rated game was hard to get away with when I was a teen. I’m 31 now and my 9 year old brother plays this, GTA, and a plethora of other inappropriate games. I confronted my mom about this to make sure she was aware of the ratings— and she said all of his friends play these games and she…