One of my school pictures shows me in a head to toe plaid suit from Sears with giant earrings and a (home) perm. A friend’s mom asked her if I was the teacher. I was 12.

I like the school newspaper idea. She probably took the opportunity to study abroad in Germany (sensible language, good job prospects) and when she got back, added a political science major to her journalism degree. After working as a junior reporter for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, she sees an advertisement in the…

So I just got done watching Stranger Things last week and I was livid about Barb’s fate. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a character who got that major of a raw deal in a very long time. It was pointless, too. They could’ve picked some rando bully and they could’ve made it connect to Nancy and Jonathan somehow.

The threads where people ask for help colorizing their elderly relatives’ old photos is GOLD. So touching, the instant work by volunteers.

My mother dressed me in the 80s & early 90s because I hated shopping & grunge wasn’t around yet. I wore the worst clothes & also had terrible glasses because I was blind as a bat & couldn’t see what they actually looked like on my face.

Reddit gets a lot of shit, and deservedly so in many respects. It can be a wretched hive of scum and villainy. BUT I find so many things there that make me so damn happy. And, surprisingly, some incredibly thoughtful and kind help with depression!

Yes, because Barb is all of us. And we are glad that she is alive and having a good, albeit spooked, life. Barb is the chubby, sensible highschooler in all of us, who did our homework, followed the rules, treated others with respect. The overachiever who didn’t get invited to the cool kids parties. The nerdy girl who…

I used to think that the reason I had horrible clothes in the 1980s was because my mom dressed* me.

I was watching that show with my roommate and when Barb was found in the Upside Down I was like “oh I’m sure she’ll get better.”

Uhhhhh there’s nothing okay about telling someone about your violent fetish after you’ve isolated them in your home. If he was really in touch with his kink in a healthy way, he would have known that.

Yikes, serial killer in the making, creepy.

He sounded pretty intent on experiencing this so who knows? So glad you are okay!

This particular story completely splits my listeners. Some of my friends are horrified; my brother became furious at ME (in a protective sort of way) when I told him it; but still others don’t see it as a big deal, or at least, do not find it the least alarming. In a few cases, people are quick to defend the non-scary…

Oh this was great...your last sentence was amazing.

This took place when I was about 10 years old. My mom had rather quickly filed for divorce, but she only had a part-time job and made very little money, so finding a place to stay that was affordable and available immediately was tough. A friend of hers told her that she and her husband had…

“What will I do if I don’t make you horny”

What will I do if I don’t make you horny

If guys get to have their say - PLEASE accept this new stage, and age gracefully. There are few things (besides Botox, fillers and stretching) that turn me (and many of my male friends) off more than desperate attempts to look younger. Perhaps surprisingly to you, there is a sexiness in the fact that you are human and…

I would encourage you to NOT pluck your gray/white hairs. All that means is that you’re going to have a short gray/white hair sticking up looking VERY obvious over and over. And it gets harder once more come in. Just go with it, let it do its thing, and dye it if you do that.