An amazing resource on how to set and enforce boundaries (for all types of relationships, but especially with difficult people) is the advice blog at CaptainAwkward.com.

Jennifer Peepas (the Captain herself), gives wonderful, compassionate advice, and the community she’s created is amazing too (the comment section is h…

Hmm my biggest accomplishment may not sound like much but I am so happy. We finally moved Widdle Pie (almost 9 mo) out of our room and into a real crib in Mini Pie’s (5.5 years) room. And they’ve both done great! It feels amazing to have the bedroom back with Mr. Pie. Not that we’ve done anything but revel in being…

I absolutely tried this, and I appreciate your willingness to share. I barely ask anything of him on his work days. I know he works, and how hard he works. I love and appreciate his willingness to put in those hours for our family... but he complains that he misses out on stuff, and complains when I try to tell him…

I am a furloughed government employee and I’ve pretty much cleaned everything and have run my dishwasher about 80 times.

This one has always been tough for me; I’m a huge Michael Jackson fan, and while I didn’t grow up one (I really got into him in college), his music was still always kind of in the background of my life. I’ve always wanted to believe these allegations weren’t true, but the whole situation has always been so weird…

I have 125k left and have been paying for nearly a decade. Shit feels insurmountable. I’d let 23&me clone me and film my clone doing any embarrassing stuff they want if they’d offer to pay.  

I’m not a lawyer but it seems like if ever there is someone who does NOT want to invite the discovery process into his life, it is R. Kelly.

I don’t know if you’ll agree, but the way I made the transition was by giving up the ghost that turnips were EVER going to replace a steak. I just had to admit that and focus on making vegan food that was it’s own thing, rather than an imitation of a meat-based meal. It re-set my brain because I wasn’t just getting a…

It’s ironic that I should be reading this post from the Hamilton pit, having just finished that song. President Obama recited the part normally done by Alexander Hamilton and Christopher Jackson repriesd his role as George Washington for new version.  

You know why tube tying is more prevalent “in the older crowd”? Because doctors refuse it for younger women. I was pregnant at 30 and requested a tubal post birth and was told I would change my mind and want another child and also that I need my husband to sign off on it. When I mentioned the conversation to friends I…

I damn near backhanded my beloved fiance when he suggested I get on birth control. Look bud, I'm one of the few women who has endometriosis and birth control fucks me up worse so you put your big boy pants on and wear a fucking condom until we're ready to procreate! And I love my daughter to pieces. I'd murder for…

Thanks for the cry at work today. All the fuzzy feels knowing good people like you exist. Many, many happy returns to you all. <3

Wonderful. Thank you on behalf of hope for humankind.

This is slightly off-topic but [redacted, too long] I used to wait until around Dec. 23rd to buy my various young nieces and nephews clothing at an outlet mall. All the “good” (boring) stuff was gone, so I used to get them great stuff at 90% off. Bright yellow raincoats suitable for investigating the scene of a…

Bought a fuckin HOUSE, y’all! Didn’t think it would ever happen, and since I’m a filthy millennial I kind of figured it just wasn’t a thing for my generation, but here we freakin are! My brother and I got the keys, moved in, got our dogs and cats here, and it is sweet. Massive front yard, across from a park, big…

Phenomenal. 

Girl, keep snapping. Or rather, walk away. The grosser she acts the worse she’ll look. 

It’s your wall, not the therapist’s, and he’s going to hang in there with you until you decide to do something about the wall.

I mailed a ton of Christmas cards, turned down multiple job offers and finally sent my in-laws a massive pile of family photographs in time for the holidays!

This was my thought. This is the guy who threw a chair at you, right? Who is an anchor dragging you down. Who has a family. Maybe they haven’t stepped up because you’re handling things.