So, I’ve posted on here about my attempts to get pregnant, and how stressful it is because I’m looking to switch jobs next school year. Earlier this week, on a post about Meghan Markle’s pregnancy, I sadly shared that we were officially at month 5 with no baby. Then... my period was late. And I took another pregnancy…

My dad took me to see JAWS in a drive-in when I was about 7 - I’m 50 now and have never gotten over it!

Sleestaks from the original “Land of the Lost.” *shudder*

My oldest brother was like your sister. For some reason he was once deputized to keep me and one of my sisters entertained while the other siblings went off to do something with my parents, probably a dance recital or something. My parents gave him money and told him to take us to see “Bedknobs and Broomsticks” at the…

Just remember: it’s not the sharks’ fault, it’s Steven fuckin’ Spielberg’s.

Sharks. I was deathly afraid a shark would get into the pipes and bite me when I was on the toilet, or get into the bathtub. In pools, I would stay near other people, because I thought it’d improve my chances if a shark got in through the water intake or if there was a Bond-type villain keeping a shark in a tank on…

Robots and droids. In particular C-3PO, with all those weird exposed wires in his abdomen, filled little preschool me with existential horror. I distinctly remember watching his and R2-D2's cameo on Sesame Street and bursting into tears. I likely developed this fear because my parents let me watch (or didn’t pay…

Same. Except one night when I went to put out the garbage this was sitting on the cans hissing and baring it’s teeth at me.

What about this chubbs

Happens to women all over the world all the time.

Remember these kids from last Christmas? Basketball player gives his special needs pal a gift he knows he will love. It’s nice seeing kids being kind to each other.

Pissed as Fuck Cat gives Grumpy Cat a run for the Crabby Crown.

I feel like we are all this fucking cat right now.

This is amazing.

None of those have ever happened to me (I’m a 36 yo physician), so I think there are some women who, through luck and personality, escape the terribly misogynistic world we live in relatively unscathed.

Mr. Rodgers!

Actually I myself am also a therapist. I wouldn’t work with someone who is “bullshit.” In fact I hope she is right, though I’m not convinced. (If any woman wants to reply saying “these things have never happened to me!” I’ll be thrilled.)

I work with a guy who is so awesome, the 11 y o girls in his class feel comfortable going to him if they need a maxi pad, and he feels comfortable asking his women colleagues if they have a pad for his student. He looks after his elderly mom, talks about his wife often and adopted a 9 year old dog with health problems…

I told my female therapist about my experiences being harassed, assaulted and objectified, and she told me these things do not happen to all women

Honestly, my husband is probably more of a feminist than I am, and I’m pretty hardcore. It’s not forced either; it just comes naturally to him to treat women as equals in all aspects of life. Every day I ask myself what the fuck I did to deserve such a wonderful partner.