I got lucky. I was able to quit cold turkey, no worries. That said, 4-5 times a year I still think “mmmmm, cigarettes.”

That's your takeaway? That abuse should stay private. Huh.

If she was being bullied at school, it makes it so much worse that her own father would do this to her. Did it never occur to him that those same bullies would see this and use it against her? WTF!

if w/ camera, YES please. if w/ gun, no thank you. if w/ water gun, only the 2nd half.

It’s seriously charming! And I like that she isn’t prescriptive, like, “you can only have 14 pairs of underwear” or whatever. The decluttering process doesn’t have any limits beyond “does this make you happy NOW?” If it does, keep it. If it doesn’t, out it goes.

Am I the only person that was completely derailed after reading the excerpt from O’Conner? Tostitos are gluten-free.

Snarky boilerplate contrarianism is the Perpetual Juice Cleanse.

I haven’t read this particular book, but embracing de-cluttering is what has led me to understand a very crucial aspect of my personality: when my physical space is messy or weighed down by excess, every other aspect of my life is, too. I eat poorly, I am financially reckless, I am forgetful of tasks I need to do both…

I am a (nearly) 42 year old mom. Former punk/happy goth. I am zaftig, yet still hourglassish.

I primarily shop second hand and pick clothes I respond to, not necessarily what’s in style. I’m not into trends, just what fits well and flatters my mombod (sorry, it’s in my head now). I’m getting away from dark colors and venturing into the light side and prints. This is what I want to look like this summer:

going for the “oh i didn’t see you there i was just walking off my boat in my fancy summer suit”

I don’t think it was a blanket No Americans in Any Role stipulation, but she refused to let Spielberg direct because he wanted Haley Joel Osment to play Harry and she insisted he be played by an English kid.

I think Katherine Waterston is Sam’s daughter

It was extremely rude of you not to allow the spouses of your MOH and BM to sit with them.

I’m going to tell you about the sweetest wedding crashers on the planet. It was at a friend’s wedding about 30 years ago. The reception was being held in the garden at the bride’s parent’s home and we could be seen from the street. An elderly couple wandered in and told the newly married couple that it was THEIR 50th…

Somebody proposed at my PhD graduation. I wanted to throw him into a pit of snakes and bees.

I feel your pain. My mom pulled stunts like that for 40 years. Now I just don’t speak to her. Ah, the refreshing absence of cheap, grifter, narcissism from my life!

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