Bullet. Dodged.

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She went to a snooty private school and we were the poor family. Never mind that she went to every single birthday party for every single kid in her class and worked with me to hand make every single present special for every single kid. Argh. It still makes me angry!

But, yes, I have the best friends in the world and…

Holy shit, so sorry. That’s just plain awful. I hope you are doing ok now. I ended up seeing a therapist because of the guilt and she really did make me feel better. I’m not sure what your situation is/was, but when someone dies this way, a lot of people around them assign guilt, sometimes to others and sometimes to…

I’ve been hanging out on the subreddit “raisedbynarcissists” all day and this still rates as FUCKED UP. Consider that a compliment.

I don’t use this term lightly, but this situation calls for it. That man is evil.

My Fiance’s birthday is December 26th too. I take it upon myself to BLOW IT OUT OF THE FUCKING WATER, because I know he got the shaft his whole life (lots of, “can we do it in January?” conversations, and then Jan would come and go). Last year I treated him to 2 days in disneyland. I feel for you late december born…

I totally do birthday week but I do it by myself. I use it as an excuse to treat myself to a fancy dinner somewhere, go out every night of the week, and have fun. I can’t remember the last time I got a birthday present from someone that wasn’t my mother. I just use it as an excuse to have EXTRA fun, on my own dime.

And even if, God forbid, he had harmed himself, HE WAS CLEARLY FUCKED UP and you were just the latest vessel he was toting his crazy around in. FUCK.

If that is not “intentional infliction of emotional distress” I don’t know what is. WOW.

Okay, so remember the guy who dumped me at his family reunion? About five months later, I stopped by for the ol’ picking-up-the-crap-you-left-at-your-ex’s-place-but-want-back visit. Now, he’d bought a house earlier that year, and while it was perfectly nice, he was doing a complete renovation. When we were together,…

My birthday is December 26. I can count on one hand how many birthday parties I’ve had in 50 years with fingers left over. I’d DIY but no one’s in town. So yes, it is my special fucking day and I'll take that free birthday coffee!

Thank you! I really appreciate the encouragement. It’s hard to talk to anyone about this because some people FREAK out when I tell them I want to diet. Yeah, I get it - I might not be overweight or need to lose weight in your eyes, but you’re not the one who has this body! Also, I’m an amputee so it’s SUPER important…

Yep! it’s a myth :) Basically, stubble looks darker than longer hair for a number of reasons, and perhaps that’s where that myth came from. If you waited for that stubble to grow out to a longer length, it would be the same thickness as before you shaved. Shaving can’t change the thickness of your hair or the number…

Whenever we need to partner up at CrossFit, the same woman always finds me and we partner. I like her 50% of the time and loathe her the other half. She is OBSESSED with giving her weight, and talking about weight in terms of numbers and just weight in general. “Oh no, I’m not sure I’ll be able to squat 130 lbs…

THANK YOU. I’ve struggled with my weight my entire life, and last year I gained 50 pounds over five months because of a brain tumor. My goal first big goal is to get back to 180, but as someone who’s always been athletic, looking at my when I was 180, I looked pretty damn good. I was 130-ish in high school and…

Those BMI numbers are completely bullshit, and don’t take into account muscle tone, bone density, or body type. Your correct weight is whatever feels fit to you.

THIS. I’m 5’8” and 150lbs with a pretty hourglassy shape. Yet I have this constant low rumble of discontent running through my brain about it, like the mental equivalent of a bored dickhead teenager picking at a loose thread on his sweater until he’s utterly destroyed the whole thing. I look good, thin even, my blood…

How about we just say that no matter what you weigh, you are free to want to lose weight for whatever reason or you are free to be like fuck yeah, I’m good just the way I am. I mean yeah, it’s refreshing to hear that (as someone who is super tall and weighs more than that as a result) but lets not hate on our 135…

I’m actually so happy she gave a specific number for how much she weights. I know the number isn’t supposed to matter, and two people who weigh the same thing can look very different, but I feel like I’m constantly hearing about women who weigh 135 and want to lose 5 or 10 more lbs and it makes me sick. I just saw Amy…