Right? She may not be dead, but her career sure as fuck is.

no

He’s white like yogurt and his last name’s Cheban. I will call him Chebani.

“Scream it in the streets and run up to me at restaurants”. Ok, sure

Went to a family Thanksgiving when I was a teenager; my chest had grown quite a lot in the last year and one of the first things that my aunts and grandmother said was, “Oh thank gawd! Now just lose the belly fat and you can marry rich, because art school isn’t real and you’re not that bright in the head.” The…

I do not speak to this person anymore for reasons that are about to be abundantly clear but someone gave me some dating advice.

You want some good advice? Always carry a knife in your purse.

That one always strikes me as hilarious. The thing is, if the cat is annoying me I can always lock him in the other half of the house, but if I do that with a kid, DSS shows up.

I married in my early twenties, but my favorite piece of advice was when my uncle saw my messy room as a teenager and told me that no man would want to marry me unless I could show him I could keep a clean house.

my mother’s favorite advice is “always have another one (man) lined up.” certainly advice that fosters independence, ha ha.

I was told more than once that I wasn’t in love because I wanted it too much. And that when I no longer cared, it would happen for me. Which was infuriating, because that’s not at all how it happened for them. But somehow the universe could sense my desire and was cock-blocking me.

“This is the bed you made, you have to lie in it.”

“Don’t make a big deal out of nothing” (in regards to sexual harassment at work) “Just find a rich guy and quit!” (in regards to career advancement) “You have a... few years left before it’s sad” (not being married at 26, told to me by a 65 year old unmarried man)

When I had my first baby (late 1980's), my Mom had two pieces of advice:

Pretty sure our nails are the LAST things a guy looks at. And if a dude is picky about your nails, imagine what else he’ll be picky about in terms of grooming....

A couple of years ago at my performance review (which was positive but no promotion), I asked my boss (a late-30s guy) what had helped him to move forward in HIS career. He said having kids. I refrained from screaming, but barely.

Yup - this one is a regular. I had a guy I went to high school with say to me years later ‘so, you never got married? you must be really picky, huh?’ so i replied ‘no, actually, I don’t know many happily married people so I’m not in any rush to join that team.’ Shut him up right good!

“You should have kids! You’d be a great mom! You’re already a great mom to your cats!”

When I started my own business at 24, I had a prospective client say, “You look so young to be running a business! What does your husband think of it?” When I responded that I wasn’t married she said, “well it’ll probably be pretty difficult now; men are awfully intimidated by women who are too independent. You should…

“But if you don’t get married and have a baby who’s going to take care of you when you’re older?”