It’s his wife. I’m sure this family is chill, but there are plenty of women who live in fear daily with their partners. Been one myself.

What I don’t get, especially from these ‘Murrrica types, is the point of all this in the first place. Ok so a boy and a girl go to one of these camps and they’re converted. We’ve all been in junior high and high school and know that you can’t live down a label. And everyone of the followers and trump rally-goers I’ve…

Wonderfully put question.

I don’t owe her a damn thing. She’s making the actually lived lives of people much harder.

Oh, I know.

Haha. Yeah because it’s just too much to place the bike near a tv or use your laptop or iPad to play a free youtube interval workout anyway.

Wow. I’ve actually seen ads for this while on my spin bike at home and haven’t really paid attention (too busy working out and trying to fast forward through ads). I actually thought it was an orange juice commercial. Now that I see Pelotons are $2,000 compared to my $195 bike, I can’t imagine the wealth some people…

It is very difficult to stop all contact with your abuser. If that’s your requirement, then set your ground rules like Mujer said. I did learn through research that a lot of times women won’t cut off contact with an abuser if friends/family are requiring it. That’s often because they see this as just another person…

Ignore them. If that’s how they introduce themselves, imagine how they’d be six months in a relationship.

I don’t think it’s a fear at all. I think it’s entitlement. Just like many men expect a woman to do all the domestic things, they expect her to take care of the emotional things - if they’re even aware that emotions need to be valued. They’re either just completely oblivious or don’t see it as worthy.

Well, that’s essentially what I’m saying. If you have to compartmentalize while you’re in a relationship while doing all the emotional labor and checking in on his needs, what’s the point? That’s not a relationship.

Just want to second seatonsatin’s comment. This isn’t an argument. And you’re right, this is emotional abuse.

I’m so sorry for you. I’m sending good vibes your way.

In my opinion, this is a healthy way of approaching a return to a time in your life where pressure took its toll on you. This just means you’re self aware.

She inserted herself into this. No one (correct me if I’m wrong) was painting her with the same brush as Starr, Briles, et al. She also made it very clear in her statement about punching rightfully concerned parents how she felt about victims.

Or how does an individual, homeless person not morally want healthcare for her/himself?

I cried for maybe 20 or so minutes straight driving home from this movie last month. When it really sunk in that Black had been in juvenile detention and or prison all those years and never was touched in any loving way, it made my stomach hurt. To think of all the people in this world who don’t have any intimacy -…

I’m not a serious Springsteen fan. His music has punctuated my life over the last 30 years. However, this song IS my jam. I have loved this song for so long and so much that I’m so bothered by this cover it’s not even funny. Ryan Adams also gets on my nerves so that doesn’t help.

Thank you. You are on my wave.

I can not stand a single thing about this woman. I don’t care if her sew-in was on point. She literally performed minstrelsy for a living. She is the single-most cynical person ever. As a Black woman I’m continually disgusted by her exploitation of Blackness. The thing that pisses me off more than anything is that she…