That’s heartbreaking. I’ve been scammed too (though not to the same extent) and you’re right - in the end all you can do is be smarter the next time. I’m sorry this happened to you.

I fucking hate when adult men refer to their penis as a wiener. No, you are not a child. Fucking stop it.

Companies that sell soap and underwear are not empowering you or celebrating you. They don’t care. They’re just making money off of what they know makes you tick because they have been doing that since advertising exists.

I was thirteen when men started honking their horns and screaming at me from their cars when I would walk home from school. That was the first time I got any kind of attention like that from men, since thirteen is around the time I really hit puberty. I fucking hated the attention then, and I especially hate it now.

On the plus side, I did get a free weekend at a luxury resort in Napa due to this whole debacle, so that was pretty cool.

When I got married, the wedding planner’s gift to me and my husband was a few nights’ stay at a luxury hotel in the honeymoon suite. Right before we left I wanted to change out of my dress, but everyone encouraged me to show up to the hotel decked in my gigantic ball gown because “every man wants to remove his wife’s…

That is really horrible that he won't even discuss it with you. I can understand people being opposed to marriage for whatever reason, but the fact that he's not even acknowledging that it's an important topic for you and engaging in an open discussion about it is unacceptable.

Y'know, I wanted to pull a favorite quote from this article and reference it, but I can't choose. I love absolutely everything about this piece and I am pro guinea pigs at the ceremony!

This was delightful. Thank you.

Hahahaha! I have definitely thought about responding like that. “Oh, you want to know how I REALLY am? Sit down bro, you’re gonna be here a while...”

I work in a predominately male field, and the subtle, pervasive shit I have to deal with on a daily basis has started to wear on me. My favorite is when men yell at me when I don’t respond when they ask me how I am. In my office, it’s customary to respond to “how are you?” with “what can I do for you?” When the guys…

I’ll let her know. I think she’ll be thrilled.

I shall take them and bequeath them to my mom. Her constant snark has earned her all of the stars.

Seriously! You can’t share this stuff with siblings. We’re not good to each other until we’re adults. And sometimes not even then.

My brother was the result of an unplanned pregnancy. My mom was pretty upfront about it, but in a kind way. That still didn’t stop me as a kid from tormenting my brother over it.

I would binge watch a crying drunk girl yell at her boyfriend.

Holy fuck I love her eye makeup.

That's the only way I watch sex.

This has nothing to do with the issue addressed in this article. Did you just feel like posting photos of shirtless dudes?

Of course I do.