If my dad told me to drop “his” name and I’d get my surname legally changed to the same name in ALL CAPS haha.

I hate my father but I have no plans to change my surname. It’s as much my name as it is his.

What a fucking baby.

I really don’t like or respect my father, and a few close friends feel similarly about their fathers. Clinging to men is definitely not one of our resulting issues. Avoiding at all costs is much closer to what we do, heh.

“Suicide is a motive, not a method.” Did you get this backwards? The opposite is true.

I thought I was over all the Catholic nonsense that had been programmed into me, but last year I stumbled upon an extremely fascinating demonology site, and read it for hours, learning about all sorts of demons. “The more you know!” I thought.

Yeah but the whole point of choosing your own name means it fits you, not what other people think you look like.

Especially not an old man? I mean good for her, she’s lovely, but she’s also young and has just given up a healthy organ for, in her own words, two years on an old man’s life. :-/

A bouquet of kittens would win be over any time

I was only given flowers once, on Valentine’s day, by a guy. I accidentally left them at his apartment. That relationship did not last long. :-/

It’s funny because it’s not even nice curls, it’s just frizzy and gross.

Which of the women on either side of him is his wife??

Yeah it seems like Fundamentalists of all stripes end up with the same endgame - uneducated and oppressed women and girls, rampant corruption, rampant rape, and the betterment of a select few patriarchs. It’s disgusting.

Omg I’m so sorry this is happening to you. I am trying very hard to psychically send a swarm of bees to chase him into a pit and sting his dick off.

The oldest daughter is 44, and it’s horrible to rely on the daughter to raise the children in her steed, but again, it’s better than dumping them on her at 10, no?

At least these ones are spaced far enough apart that they got proper care. I mean getting IVF at 65 is a bit weird, but it’s not like it was 13 kids in 12 years or something.

I read a book about some elders’ experiences in residential schools and more than one said their relationship with the Christian God helped them heal from it. I’m glad they found some peace but it definitely made me sad.

I am a feminist, and I have feminist SAHM friends, feminist single mom friends, feminist homemaker friends, feminist careerist friends. Sounds like the common denominator in all these people being “bitchy” to you... is you.

I hope so.

It’s hard to know, I mean I don’t know your mother at all, but sometimes even a “good” response might be a bad one down the line. But whatever you chose it should be because you genuinely want to, not because you feel guilty.