I am happy I coudl help! I really feel empathy for her situation, and will say a prayer/send good thoughts that she can find herself a good and skillful specialist.You are a very good sister for looking out for her.

I responded to a Craigslist ad. I was lonely ad sick of being single. We dated for 3 months. He was really sweet at first. But then I found out he gave me Genital Herpes (he lied about his testing results), and that he also had a wife in Thailand. I. AM. NOT. EVEN. JOKING. SWEAR. TO. GOD. I still see him posting on…

Re: Insomnia and anxiety. I have that in spades, to the point where I had to take days off of work because I simply hadn’t slept for so long I was giving myself mini panic attacks. Nothing could get me to sleep. What worked? A psychiatrist, to get medicines that work right away to get immediate relief from the…

Re: the new shelter cat. It can take up to 2 months for a long-time shelter cat to get used to its new owner and environment. I too adopted a long-time shelter cat, and I am not exaggerating, he spent the first SIX WEEKS in the laundry basket in the closet. I had to even give him food and water when he was in te…

I like how he can’t manage cut off a piece of meat when the waitress delivers the entrees, right after he bragged about his awesome physique, and the author has to do it for him.

“he wanted people to visit OUR website, NOT youtube”

Yeah, I showed my BF this (he is also an old internet person), and he said, ’Does Facebook they think they are dong something new? This has been around for a decade, and the novelty wears off real quick.’

Now if the guys’ only felt the full week of hormones/irrational-rage-anyone-with-a-pulse/intermittent-weeping-for-no-reason/panc-attack-anxiety/so-bloated-my-pants-won’t-freakin-zip/sore…

Opening sequence is absolutely stunning. It was so perfectly done, a perfect set-up for the rest of the story. Really wonderful.

Honestly, it sounds A LOT like Irritable Bowel Syndrome. I have dealt with it for years, and stress can be a huge trigger for it. I actually went to the ER three times, I was in so much pain I seriously thought I was going to die, it hurt so intensely. I would go through bouts of being unable to eat or sleep at all,…

Hrm, usually the villains are the ones who find someone else when the deployed person is gone, you are just breaking up because there is simply too much distance for too long. That totes legit and a clean breakup IMO.

Lidocane emergency burn gel. I will link below the one I use — readily available at Walgreens (but any brand/store will do). If you are having trouble finding it, just ask your local pharmacist for Lidocane gel (4% or higher if you can find it). It does burn a bit when you first put it on, but after about five minutes…

“This week we made a reclaimed wood bench from an UNTREATED OAK BEAM. The design is really simple and the result is ultra-resistant. You only need a saw, a drill and a chisel to reproduce it.

Good point.

Sir Lawrence Olivier makes a good point. I used to work in theatre as a stage-hand, and let me tell you, there are A LOT of really great actors who don’t live the part 24/7. They get into character before the scene, and maintain character between entrances, but otherwise are themselves to cast and crew. Frankly, I…

Yeah, just because you are ghosted doesn’t mean you can stalk and harass the person who ghosted you. I’ve been ghosted before by both a love relationship and by a good friend, and it truly sucks and is very hurtful, but by far the best thing to do when your attempts at contact go unanswered and you realize its over,…

“The simplest explanation is usually the correct one.”

Thirsty people getting more thirsty, methinks.

Most of those same men see the woman’s education and creations as ornaments with which they can adorn themselves. It’s easy, as a young woman, to be flattered when a man seems to take an interest in your writing. But trust me, his interest is fueled by the subconscious thought: “I think I deserve an educated…