I’m sorry for your recent losses. There have been so many times I wanted her to come back in a dream. Unfortunately, the only other visit was recently. I asked her why she was here and she said to prepare my grandfather for his transition. The next morning my mom called to say that my grandfather’s illness had…

That is the frustrating part. From the very morning I woke up I was unable to recall what she told me. My dad even said that she had told him she had things that she needed to tell me but he couldn’t hear what they were. I’m kind of hoping for a know-it-when-I-see-it scenario...

My in-laws have a house near the national forests in VA and they have a whimsical, country view about the town (e.g. no need to lock doors). I’m paranoid as fuck, though. Stories like this just make it worse

First, I am so glad you gtfo of there. Two, that John Wayne Gacy was terrifying and I kept expecting this to end with “two weeks later I saw him on the news.”

This is legit a fear of mine. Now I need to go ask my parents what they have been hiding from me...

This is less scary and just paranormal..

I had a roommate who just seemed off at first, but turned out she was on anti-psychotic medication and was tremendously unstable. No one warned me of this, however. Here are the highlights from the whopping 10 days living in the same room:

It is actually legal in Texas to hunt bore (non-native, invasive animals) from helicopters...

That blows! I tell all of my friends with school aged kids because tea tree oil and condition is like $15 versus the $30 kits. It worked like a charm.

Lice was so traumatic for me. It was my 5th grade sleepover that did me in. All my friends got called to the nurse one by one over the intercom at school.

I do this with department stores. I’m a clearance shelf/rack shopper and if I find something I like on clearance but it’s damaged or it’s been opened and it’s the last one, I’ll ask for a discount. Usually experienced cashiers will do it without question, less experienced cashiers will call the manager and they will…

I didn’t do it this month, but a few months ago I called my bank to ask them to lower my interest rate. They offered a 5% decrease and I hemmed and hawed on the phone and after about 5 minutes of me saying indifferent statements, they offered to decrease it by 7%.

WFAA’s Dale Hansen did a great segment on how Baylor has failed the women on their campus.

This happens all of the time; victims and even bystanders know but due to varying circumstances nothing can be done and they have to see that person knowing they are still as evil and twisted as they always were. I had a high school teacher that we all knew was grooming students and slept with at least three. After I…

My dad worked with engineers for an air conditioning manufacturing company. He would tell me all of the horror stories of how the young female engineers were treated. There was a young female engineer and he said all of them would call her “cinnamon” and “red” and “Cherry pie” because she had very bright red hair. He…

For me, I sleep so much better after my bedding has been washed. It’s a pain to take it all off the bed and put it back on but it’s worth it. I think it’s part of the environment for me. I’ll toss and turn if my bedding hasn’t been washed that week.

I had a surprise bill. I went to my normal gastrointestinal doctor for an endoscopy—literally in the same office I have always seen him in—and got sent a $1200 bill for using an “out-of-network” facility. Turns out the doctor registered one corner of his office where he does endoscopies under an LLC that was not in…

Pawnshops and flea markets are where I learned to negotiate! My dad would take me as a kid and then explain his “methods” afterwards.

As someone who grew up with a father who would yell, scream and throw shit over something as small as laundry not being done, I am totally with you on #2.

I read an article a few months back about women using “just” and “I think” more often in emails. I made a conscious effort to remove them in my emails and I was very surprised at how often I used it. This is a great idea.