That kind of gee-willikers-I’m-just-a-dumb-materialistic-girl, pro-chivalry shit is hateful.

Thank you! That’s so super sweet of you to say!

trying to feign just the right amount of appreciation so as not to seem rude but also not end up with something as a gift

“I’m a dude, he’s a dude, she’s a dude, we’re all dudes hey!”

There are a lot of women on Long Island that are all about VB, too. My husband’s aunts and cousin are (or were, at least a few years ago) really into it. I remember being showed a whole luggage set (I think, there were like 5 or 6 bags all in the same print I was looking at) and trying to feign just the right amount…

The Servant Perfected. We’ve internalized it and buy garbage that celebrates our selfless subjection to the endless, rapacious needs of other people. It’s amazing how things have come full circle, with the added requirement since “empowering” porn that we also look, suck, and absorb abuse like “sex workers.”

Ugh yes, that’s the other demographic I’d forgotten.

Having to be positive and use exclamation points and smiley faces so that people don’t think you’re too mean or bitchy!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UPyDpDVXCG2cf7mBJ51ipcsAN6BhAr1GYDP6IUd2Vgk/edit

Having to undersell your expertise to avoid offending/angering people!

Daymakers are idealists, go-getters, and “choreographers” who are able to “balance 1,000 things” well for family, friends and themselves, he said. They also love to host others and are “joiners,” not loners, he said.

Makes sense, she can’t stay with someone for too long. Otherwise they start asking questions about how she never ages and needs permission to enter people’s homes.

I’m just waiting for how those conversations are even going to work.

Mostly, in my scenario, it’s his utter inability to ever admit being wrong that’s the key factor. It’s “weak.” That’s been his mindset since forever.

Holy shit, the NYT grew a spine:

I actually had to explain to my mother that she has both a urethral and vaginal opening, that the hymen doesn’t seal the vagina closed until your first time having sexual intercourse, and had to define labia for her a few years ago. She just turned 70 this year. I am still depressed by that conversation.

“working out of a clinic in his own home” is a one-sentence horror film in and of itself.

However, if you have tried the other methods (vibrator, patience, good partner, etc.) and they don’t work than a shot that you’d have to get every so often isn’t a big deal. That being said, it shouldn’t be the first step a person goes to.

Someone should search his “clinic” for hidden cameras.

Working out of a clinic in his own home,