I got tan lines from 20 minutes of sun exposure last July, and they're still there a year later. Still though, I got badly sunburned when I was five and the lines took 20 years to fade completely, so one year isn't too bad!

None of those women have translucent skin though! They're pale, with a thick layer of pale makeup over their skin. I'm not saying they shouldn't wear makeup, but the total lack of visible veins at wrists and inner elbows (at the very least) shows this isn't a true representation of pale skin.

I'm much paler than her and people ask me if I'm sick all the time. I'm pale enough that I have permanent dark circles under my eyes, blood naturally pools in the eye sockets but you can see it more clearly with translucent skin. You can see many of the veins on my face, all the ones on my neck, and my chest looks…

Is this gif from Love/Hate? It's hypnotic.

Thank you :) I'm feeling fine 90pc of the time, maybe that's all anyone can hope for! I have those waffle maker moments as well, and I try to think that the item was a small price to pay for my freedom.

I tried to convince myself that I didn't need it

We are breakup twins, I waver between those two forms of anger too. I try to be self-compassionate and remember that there's nothing wrong with being positive, and I've learned a lot from the experience. It won't happen to me again. Plus there were good times too. You'll be okay, you'll land, it's just hard to see…

- he got engaged 6 months after I moved out)

I was the girl in that situation. I was devastated to hear he had held off on breaking up with me until it was so bad he couldn't bear it any more. Yeah, I was vulnerable, but I was still competent, I could have handled it if we had broken up earlier. His "consideration" felt like a betrayal. It may not be like that…

drunk on beers instead!

Oh dear, I also got the "I want to break up and btw I haven't been happy in our relationship for YEARS" speech. I'm so sorry that you also had that experience. We interpreted "I'm not ready" as unsureness, when actually it was sureness of not wanting to commit. To quote Ani DiFranco, "the path of least resistance is…

You're free and single now, and you have plenty of time to heal in a familiar environment. I don't mean to be all "count your blessings, it could be worse", I know you're suffering right now. I just mean this is the best time to find out he's not the right one for you.

I did the moving to Germany and then breaking up thing. You dodged a bullet. I hope your family are supportive to you in this dark time, and we're here anyway:)

So, um, I'm drunk on multiple bottles of wine right now BASED ON THE ABOVE SITUATION. HIGH FIVE! Someone? Anyone?

I had a semi-recent breakup that left me homeless in a foreign country, I can relate to the having to reassess your whole life. On the positive side, it means you're not sleepwalking through life based on what you think you want, you are being conscious and mindful! On the negative side, it's fucking hard when you're…

Exactly, I do the same. Though sometimes it has the opposite effect, and people are all "Friday, you'd be so cute if you lose the glasses and cardigan and put on some makeup", and I'm like "NO I WOULD LOOK JUST LIKE I DO NOW ONLY WITH MAKEUP AND WITHOUT MY GLASSES AND CARDIGAN."

It's not even a law that "still" exists, it was brought in less than 10 years ago when John O'Donoghue was Minister for Justice. It's never used though.

The article said

In Ireland legally you can take time off for medical appointments, that's really not the issue. If the author was saying that Ireland's draconian abortion laws discriminate against low income and migrant women who cannot afford to go to the UK/Netherlands for an abortion that would be true, but the statement in the…

Absolutely. As they fear, we're trying to open the floodgates and sneak abortion in through the back door :)