I Love how her stylist stitched the garters to the top of the fishnet thigh-highs (most clearly seen in the top photo—that’s not how garters attach to thigh-highs, the button is clearly undone on one of them but the garter and hosery remains taught). That reveals and attention to detail, and I have been tempted many…

Internet hugs!

Klonopin and sad music got me through my last break-up. It wont hurt forever, but it really sucks so hard at first.

There is life, a good and happy life, on the other side of this. It takes a while, and there may be tears and setbacks, but you are definitely not alone. You are strong and brave, you got through it, you are alive right now, that in itself is a huge testament to your inner strength. I think the hardest thing is to…

This makes me extremely happy. She is gorgeous, and all the bullshit about ‘we can’t dress her because she doesn’t fit sample sizes’ was so stupid and insulting and I think a bit racist too (Blake Lively and Angie Jolie got plenty of designer dresses when they were pregnant, so that’s just bullshit). This woman is…

I’ve had 2 hernia surgeries and a back surgery (and am slated for back surgery #2 later this year). I was so nervous and twitchy before every single one of the surgeries, and so happy and better off when it was all over. The anticipation is the worst part. Even though recovery sucks, the great thing about recovering…

Let.Him.Go. Time with him has come and gone. He helped you a lot, and that is great. But relationship (and friendships too) sometimes just play themselves out.

I am so, so sorry you were violated. That is horrible and very traumatizing.

Bunnies are not good for small kids (once the lil-bunnies become adults they chew a lot and are very messy and high-maintenance). if he is good with turtles, you could get him a gecko or lizard instead? Kind of keeps with the theme.

A few years ago I was dealing with a major depressive episode,and taking myself out alone to the movies was really a good thing, because sometimes I woudl just sit in the theatre and the movie is so loud nd it is so dark I could cry and no one cared. I think I saw World War Z three times that way in the theatre (I…

Vanity Fair is so peculiar—some articles are amazing pieces of investigative journalism on extremely extremely complex subjects like Buddy Fletcher and Ellen Pao (http://www.vanityfair.com/style/scandal/…), then they do these hack pieces of celebrity body worship and superficial studies of sex work (that was indeed a…

I snorted. So true.

I am so sorry. To validate one of your observations, I have to see a neurosurgeon for other debilitating issues, I am 38, and am in a lot of pain too. Gabapentin didn’t do shit for me (prescribed by my local doctor). And you are 100% correct- I have to travel very far from home to the next big city from me to get a…

That was shitty behavior on his part—inviting another friend, insulting you in a ‘just joking’ way, then ignoring you until you leave. That is such negging immature bullshit. Do yourself a favor and never ever hang out with him ever again. I wouldn’t even hang out with him in a group (unless it was big party or…

First things first, talk to and them hire a divorce lawyer. You really can;t do a legal divorce without one. Get the legal facts and logistics in order (who owns the home, etc). Personally, I would get the divorce papers in order first, and hopefully find someone to stay with (a good friend, trusted family member)…

Thanks PersnicketyPants. Love the name BTW.

Thank you!!! :)

Thanks for replying. Yeah, swimming upstream is an apt way to put it,sorry to hear you’re in the same boat. My friends got pretty sick of me being sick long ago. If it weren’t for a kindly retired psychologist who makes house-calls, I really wouldn’t have anyone to talk to about anything, ever.

I hail from Berkeley a well. For those of us with debilitating medical issues to deal with alongside depression/anxiety and other mental issues that only become more to the forefront with chronic pain and massive un-payable medical bills, I only WISH I could just pack up and move. Hell, I wish I could ride the BART…

I swear to you on everything holy a one page resume is the winning ticket. When HR departments are sifting through 200+ resumes EVERY day, they WILL NOT turn that page, I assure you. Consider that page two put immediately in the trash, Also, when I did recruitment, we didn’t even look at the cover letter until we…