Hm, this explains why European countries always send people for chest x-rays instead of serum tests. Mystery solved, thanks! That always seemed so strange to me. (Also, this is useful information that my husband probably knows, but I didn't yet) (He is a shiny new husband, still!)

My husband has three marks on his upper arms from Eastern European Communist regime state-mandated vaccinations. You know what he doesn't have? Preventable-via-vaccination diseases.

I teach middle school...in a subject that I'm competent in but not passionate about...at a Catholic school. I self-sensor A SHITLOAD. Like, I am constantly performing when I'm at work, both around kids and around my coworkers. It is beyond just a normal level of professionalism, because I could have lost my job if I…

I love my boobs, but I get annoyed with them sometimes because they're in the way (34DDD). It is more about convenience than anything, and I agree with you: smaller boobs just seem so much easier! I would seriously love to do yoga properly, or be able to sleep on my tummy easily, or be able to run to catch the bus…

Yes! I went bikini shopping in Greece a few years back, and I struggled with a similar problem. I was shopping and the attendant kept handing me things that I thought were WAY too tiny; I didn't just think they covered not enough skin, but I felt like they were also not flattering. I remember the attendant being like,…

Ugh, I am a lady like that, and it super sucks. My husband can go forever, but after I orgasm once, I'm pretty much done. We're working on our timing :P

Yeah, I'm a smidge taller than my husband and a bit broader in frame. We do the same job, so we're fairly matched physically, and he probably weighs less than me. He is WAY stronger than I am, somehow. If we're standing, he can pin me or hold me in a way that I am incapable of defending against (in play—any time I say…

I teach 5-8th graders. I can safely say that 12 year olds can be legit assholes. Hopefully it's a phase and not forever, and they may not be wholly responsible like a 22 year old, but they can def be assholes. Don't feel bad for thinking that. If one exhibits assholery, one is an asshole regardless of age.

Little Penguin Anything is my jam, personally. Their Cabernet Sauvignon is awesome, but I happily drink any of it.

My husband and I were recently driving through Spain in the middle of the night. We stopped for a coffee at a hotel/restaurant that was totally empty except for the bartender. I had to take care of some business in the bathroom, but there was a freaking motion sensor to keep the light on! The entire bathroom kept…

To be fair, I'm not quite a year out, but I also was lucky to get this middle school job really quickly. In some ways leaving was a really hard decision, but I was so SO miserable that I know it was worth it. In fact, the only things that instantly trigger my anxiety to the point of almost sending me into a panic…

Thanks! We got married two weeks ago, but then I had to come back home to finish up the school year. Sad times, but we're counting the days til I get to return! It's been CRAZY but in the best ways :)

I was 23 when ex and I moved in for serious, but we had been living in a duplex for two years before that and long distance for three before that (we were 18 when we got together). Now, at 28, we've gone our separate ways after getting engaged but not getting married. It was very much like a divorce with no paperwork,…

Thanks, me too! :D The problem is that I love actually being in the field more than I love the academic side of humanities research, and when you combine that with the cutthroat job market and the rampant misogyny, I just couldn't be bothered to give any more fucks.

I like it because it's not all, "HEY LOOK AT ME I AM A DIAMOND AND I HAVE LOTS OF FRIENDS HERE WITH ME!!!!!!!!!!!!" I love my sister, but she has a very beautiful but extremely (again, to me) absurd ring. Like, a many-thousands-of-dollars kind of ring. I love her very much, but we could not be two more different…

I have the best ring ever...we went straight to a band because we eloped, because he's European, and because I think expensive engagement rings are a waste of money (to me. You all do you). He totally surprised me though by buying it as a gift and picking it out, having it made FOR ME, and getting an engraving on the…

I am smart and was dedicated...but my male advisor-who-didn't-want-me and male program-director sat me down and told me I was fucking around too much by caring about my relationships and family, and that sometimes the only way to get research done is to retreat into yourself, and the people in your life/you will just…

Not just the descent of the family, but also it's loss of defining traits and cohesiveness? I mean, in the books Jaime is never really the same after his hair is cut—and then he chooses to keep it very short. It's not the cause of his new attitude, but it physically marks his change.

It does, however, make you slow down, and when you slow down, you tend to feel full more quickly. Perhaps this is what they were getting at?

Agh, me too! I'm so embarrassed that I don't know all the inside bits. MOST of them, yes, but not all. I've always been really interested in women's reproductive health, but I feel really bad now...