Yup! Definitely a “Slutty Poppins” here.

I’m pretty sure you’re my British soul mate.

That’s totally heartbreaking! I’m so sorry that happened to you. I have been extremely lucky to never have experienced anything like that (sadly it seems it was just that...luck). However, my wonderful sister has been in several situations similar to this in her current dating life and I’ve heard way too many tears…

This, exactly this! It always struck me as odd that nobody seems to get that pretending to be interested in or care about someone to make them want to have sex with you is basically denying them their right to informed consent.

My thoughts exactly

I always thought of it as sort of like the N word...but for women.

Exactly. Smart predators don’t go after the types of people who will be believed.

Exactly. If he wasn’t careful it never could have gone on this long. A falling out with a friend who was privy to this would have eventually happened and they would have talked.

Yes. Exactly that.

I’m curious as to how grills are installed (that’s the right word right?) on a person. I always thought they were glued onto the person’s real teeth but those above look sort of like a denture idea. On that note, when I’m old if I lose my teeth I’m totally replacing them with grills.

I didn’t know that. That’s a very good point

7 years? Really!?

My sister did her Masters thesis on Autism and came to the same conclusion.

Wait! What!? Really!?

Well no not really. Despite my mom’s legitimate fear of unwanted pregnancies she believed that once the baby is already there, any opportunities for judgment or gloating simply isn’t classy. That and she absolutely loves babies. This Palin pregnancy announcement would horrify her because she believes all babies should…

When I was in high school my mother put me on the birth control shot (knowing there was no way I was responsible enough to remember a pill every day). A bunch of other moms judged her for it as being too permissive. Her response: “Ok well enjoy raising your grandchildren.” And lo and behold, one after another they did…

You make an important point. I would think that under normal circumstances there would be something about the father planning to be front and center and supportive.

EXACTLY!

Yeah, my daughter is fair skinned and the branding marks are still really bright on her arm 5 years later. I’ve had more than one nurse during checkups basically grill me about abuse in our home until finally I figured out that they were freaked out by the scars on her arm from the vaccination.

There is a TB vaccine. My daughter got it when I had her in South Korea. They call it the BCG. It’s common to give it in a lot of countries. Some northern First Nations communities in Canada receive it as well. The only problem is it causes you to scratch test positive for TB for life so to test someone you need a…