Except so much of the abuse endured from a narcissist is that your voice is stomped out. You are silenced repeatedly, because their word is always the most important. It is healing and therapeutic to reclaim your voice, and at first, it can be raw and abrasive. Because of course it is— they haven't had the privilege…

I have always loved this show, but re watching it on Netflix after my little gladiator was born has made me love it SO HARD. I need a Leslie Knope doll for my babe STAT.

Raise your hand if given the chance to go back and do it all again, you would have just done a quickie wedding at the courthouse instead of a traditional wedding?

I hear "reverse glass ceiling" and think that pragmatically, that would be a glass floor. I get why he's upset— imagine trying to keep THAT clean.

More like a BM-W!

Agreed. Most of these conversations are held with others who have children my kids' ages— all in preschool. Womp womp.

I can't tell you how many times I've pointed this out to people as to why my children aren't going to watch it, and they respond with, "It's called 'parenting'— they aren't going to learn that abuse is okay if you actually parent them!"

...I'm pretty sure the parenting happens when I decided not to let my tiny children…

OH EM GEE how could you tell so quickly that the letters in my comment rearrange to spell out, "objectify all the menzzzz"? #illuminati

I know, right? "Systemic influence" and "rape culture" are just like, really big words that bum me out. Like murder and genocide, so I just pretend those things don't exist either.

And added "ew" to the perpetuated idea that her "vagina area" is property of a the mythical creature known as "future husband." How about you don't want to show your vagina area because YOU don't want to show your vagina area? Not because some guy you don't even know yet has claim over it.

Or wearing the slutty, slutty leggings.

It's so weird that someone completely devoid of insight cannot figure out what they did to make their adult children not want to be in their lives. Huh.

First of all, fuck Disney.

Huge hugs and all the strength to you. You deserve happiness and goodness, simply because you are. Good luck.

Know what else is super funny satirical material?

I'm willing to bet your grumpy pants are impeccably tailored.

It puts the lotion on the skin.

I can't get on board with fashion that makes it difficult to pee.

Sorry, Senior Dudebro, but any argument you use is lost when you use the wrong "your/you're".

Gaslighting is certainly enough reason to pull the plug on a marriage. It isn't a relationship without an equal balance of power, and gaslighting is abusive.