Yes- the sympathy doesn't automatically follow the party you identify with. You say that despite your sympathy for Julia you identify with Nancy because of her implied mental health issues. I have mental health issues too- but still identify with Julia because my sister is a lifelong victim and does not take…

I going to assume your first sentence refers to Julia (because there is something missing and it makes no sense). So because you have never read about something means that something cannot have happened? And because those specific things cannot have happened, Julia is a "c ..t". riiiigghhht.

Nancy hurt herself and Julia hurt others? No- I see it as an abusive childhood hurt them both. The dysfunction may have manifested itself in Nancy by way of addiction, and a fixation on her sister but how do you know Julia wasn't also harmed mentally and won't be harmed by this latest awful event. I think "taking…

So Julia is a whack job but Nancy isn't? Nancy's behaviour is understandable but Julia's isn't?

I agree- the fact that her father died and then she gets a stepfather who is an alcoholic abuser… it makes a lot of sense to me. I suspect that this story hits a raw nerve with a lot of women - you are either a Julia or a Nancy . Most of all it pisses me off that it seems Mr Motes gets off scott free blame wise for…

exactly!

Leonard Cohen. He can wear a fedora inside if he wants to.

Step 1. Use a clean pot.

Except I don't think they actually mean to pay.

Why do you disgree with it?

It depends on your country of citizenship and country of residence. It is not the case for all expatriates.

On the otherhand it does depend on how long her husband has been away. We repatriated to our "home" country after 10 years abroad- and honestly it was just as difficult and frustrating but in different ways. Everybody assumes you know how to do everything, no one extends an offer to help...but in ten years so much can…

And if you stay long enough the holiday ends and you inevitably rediscover why.

We have the same dynamic... but as you age the relative length of friendships with your school friends vs say- university friends, diminishes. I have lived in 7 countries, moved house more than 30 times and attended 10 schools. My husband , before we started our lives as expats together, had lived in 2 homes in…

Having been an expatriate for many years, none of this exactly new. It takes at least a year in a new location to create a new life, a new normal, a new routine, a new "home". You go "home" for a visit and then realise that "home" is now another place and you are happy to go back to the new place. I discount the …

I just.. I just find this boring to complain about.. it's not that big of a deal. People are curious when they see something that doesn't fit within the norm that they are used to. So they feel an urge to make things make sense by asking the question. It's rude , it's also human and I'm sorry- at this point it's …

Reminds me of Elaine and her Catalogs

Imagine- branding your halloween pumpkins!! AWESOME :-)

You are a saint. I mean that. That kid is lucky to have you for a neighbour. Your daughter might not agree. How about h=gifting him an outing- tickets to a movie or zoo or something.

ooooo so mean! I bet she cried. I always cherish the memory of my Uncle opening what he thought were water skis from our grandparents, his parents - to find fence palings with Dunlop Volley tennis shoes tied to them. We grandkids had all helped in the wrapping of them . He was one of 8 kids- yes of course you can…