Thanks for this offer. I would really really like to do this, but I’m reluctant to tie my real self to my online handle. Unsure what to do about that, but that’s my main reason for being hesitant.

Sadly that’s not an option - after working there for over a decade, the company was bought out, they closed the office in my state, and all other remaining jobs moved to another state and/or were eliminated due to redundancy (new company employees > old company employees.) Even though I had remote work time there,…

Thank you! And sorry for the late reply. All your advice is much appreciated. I don’t work on the west coast, but some of my colleagues do.

Thank you. I wasn’t expecting this amount of support and kindness. I have a long road ahead of me.

Completely making sense, ugh, so sorry you had to go through all of that, sounds a lot more intense and worse that what I’ve experienced. It took me decades of adult life to figure out that the painful things said and done to me growing up were so much about their insecurities, their anger, their issues and pain, so…

This does make sense. There’s ambivalence that I have to contend with in that regard because in addition to that reasoning, there’s also the reasoning that I can somehow “hurt” them by being as ugly as I can get away with, considering that they tried so hard to put up an “attractive” facade to hide the dissatisfaction…

I think I have some similar issues. One thing that I’ve realized is that if you’re motivated more by not doing what other people want, rather than just doing what you want because that’s what you want to do, you’re still letting them control you, if that makes any sense. It doesn’t always help, but I realized that it…

That’s generous of you!

I’m bawling now.

She’s got a great story to tell for ages....Rally!

And now I’m crying again.

I am glad your mother mellowed out, mine has gotten more harsh with old age. The lock is a great idea. That is a must have. Another thing that helped me when I currently lived with my mom was becoming a caregiver to seniors. This provided income and gave me an insight into what “normal” loving families are like — some…

I was listening to the radio with three 11-year old girls. Given how many times they repeated to their mom, brother, sister ... I know they were moved. As was I. Deeply.

I bawled listening to this yesterday. I can’t imagine being in front of thousands of people, talking about the horrific event. Such raw emotions. It was incredible.

Holy shit, what a boss. Who knew footage of a teenager puking in front of thousands of people could be so damn inspirational?

It’s a constant bug. Your star will likely show up later:)

This is so true. One of my favorite movies that I identify the most with is “Now Voyager” with Bette Davis. I often think about Charlotte Vale and her relationship with her mother and how it’s so similar to mine situation. Charlotte goes to the sanatorium and comes back with that grand reveal as a new, glamorous…

Kinja does that a lot. If you close the screen and re open it you’ll see the regular amount of stars, and should be able to add one.