There are basements in Florida, so I imagine there could be basements in Louisiana. They’re rare, and expensive, but there are a few. I worked in a bank in Downtown Clearwater (of Scientologist fame) that had their vault and safety deposit boxes downstairs. I imagine it was quite expensive, being that close to the…

My mother wouldn’t let me in her house wearing something like that. Heh.

That reminds me! My mom told me about a story from when she was younger with a ouija board. My mom is super anti-satanism and stuff now (hates that I’m Pagan, but not as vocal about it as when I was younger) and the last time she mentioned this I was a young teen. I probably had asked for one or we were playing light…

Fuck. That. I would never set foot in that room again.

NOOOOOOOOOOOPE.

I wish I could star your comment 1000 times.

If not moving out of the chair or if she’s lying on the floor, she can be picked up and moved out into the hallway *without* flipping her upside down, slamming her head into the ground, and throwing her across the room. No, for real, that can totally happen.

+1 I came down to the comments hoping to see some logical refuting of the hack job done on the story. Two. Only two.

That’s exactly what I was going to say.

Except she specifies “woman” rather than child. It also touches on Routine Infant Circumcision, which is widely accepted and puts the US firmly in the “complicit in violence” camp. Any time the discussion comes up, those who are opposed to RIC are accused of being anti-semitic or anti-Muslim. Men who speak out against…

I had 1-3 friends get pregnant every year starting in 7th grade. The first got pregnant at 13, but I believe she had a birthday before she gave birth. Her boyfriend was twenty-something and had his own place. Her parents were fine with it, I thought it was weird as hell. Another friend and I held a baby shower for…

With the above, I half agree with her. While I am absolutely against the forced genital cutting of minors and think the personal beliefs of the parent do not supersede the bodily autonomy of the child, I believe that cosmetic surgery should be available to consenting adults.

One man’s beautification is another man’s mutilation seems to be a pretty accurate description of FGM. For male circumcision, too. Plenty of people think that those surgeries improve the looks, cleanliness, and health of the victims. Doesn’t mean that even more don’t think that they are mutilations.

That book is…

May you get a rash between your toes.
May you get a rash that is inappropriate to scratch in public.

My husband can get that in a few hours if shit breaks at work. When we were on vacation, he hit 999.

I didn’t know what Ash Wednesday was until I was an adult that worked at a bank. All these old people came in with black crosses on their heads. The first one I saw- I thought they were just a crazy old person (I’m in FL, it’s standard). Then I saw another one. Then another. I asked another teller what the hell was up…

Read receipt is the default setting for iPhone. Source: I don’t know how to turn it off/on and mine is on. Also- that’s *her* read receipt- as in she saw that he read hers.

I went to a “First Evangelical Lutheran” school for part of middle school (as a punishment by my parents for skipping public school once). A 7yr old that I had seen on the playground (we all went to mass and “played” at recess together), told her teacher that she saw a baggie of white powder in my purse. Her older…

I was like that as a kid. I’m well into my 30s.

Many states have “morality” laws. You can legally stop the other parent from having overnight guests while your child is in the home. In some cases, live-in relationships can cause someone to lose custody and/or visitation (although I feel that degree should only be used in extreme cases). This would apply doubly to…

Going to a chiropracter 2x week was the only thing keeping me walking during my last trimester of my last 2 pregnancies. My sciatic was killer, and I also had SPD. I got therapudic massages once a month.