I'm a Veteran with PTSD who works at the VA as a therapist for other Veterans with PTSD. I feel like a fraud too, especially when I wake straight into a panic attack —- but I remind myself of the people I've helped. That gets me through those types. I'm excellent at my work but pretty shitty at real life.

I think it really depends on the length of the flight. Any time under 6 hours dressing up not a bad idea, 6-10 hours you can be more comfortable, 10 hours plus I am going to be sleeping so what do I care.

*internet stranger hugs*

It's actually extremely common for SWA flight attendants to do little routines like this. I'd say you've got about a 50% chance of getting someone like her when you fly. It's happened to me so often that I was surprised this was news.

I hope she gets a raise for being awesome and making Southwest look good for a change.

That opening has clearly been filled...

I come for the stories, I stay for the drama.

A better way to show that you don't care is by not bothering to comment.

As someone who just escaped the soulcrushing wasteland that is employment in the service industry, I'm glad nobody sued us for all the times customers took offense to something stupid and insignificant or overheard us talking about a particularly rude or obnoxious customer when we thought none were present.

I would totally do this, if there really is no smell! I am so on board with waste management education efforts! If the venue looks pretty and it's cheaper than other places, why not? I just don't get bothered by stuff like this. My Grandma might complain, but she'll complain no matter what I do so *shrug*.

I think we could solve most of the worlds problems if we all just made tacos for others....

Holy crap! Did the doctors have any explanation for the cessation of migraines?

Totally unhelpful, but ... since my late twenties, I've had nasty cystic acne. Five years now, I've been trying everything (from aspirin masks to deals with the devil) to get clear skin. A month ago, I start chemo and ... POOF. Totally clear skin. Apparently there's an upside to cancer treatment. Not a tip so…

absolutely! I was responding to the taking the kid out for a few hours and the fact that I am much more open to being around kids now than I've been before. (We are doing the buy a house/adoption talk at my house.)

Hey everybody! Since the NuKinja takeover many of the trolls have slipped through. I've made several comments across Gawker Media about this, but it is worth repeating:

My boys are 8 and 11 and still fling themselves into their dad's arms whenever he gets home. On the weekend the youngest got up, came down the stairs, saw Dad, and basically turned around and trust fell into his arms. It was pretty fantastic.

I have just been forced to (temporarily) move from NYC to a suburb of a much, much smaller city and I am feeling this sentence so, so much: "Maybe it's just the idea of driving to an enclosed building filled with other useless shops that bugs me, instead of walking through a mixed commercial/residential neighborhood…

Well that and all the Right handed people who strut by and never stop.

"....and spread sunshine all over the place/Just put on a happy face!!!"

Could be worse. I graduated in 1992, when grunge finally hit suburbia. I'd spent my childhood dreaming of frothy ballgowns and obsessively clipping ideas from Seventeen. And what style was all the rage that year? Knee-length TANK DRESSES. Maybe a few sequins if you were feeling risque. So very, very depressing.