Thank you for posting this! It brings back such memories - when I was a kid, I’d go to the poster store at the mall and this was my #1 favorite poster. It cracked me up every time.

Also, this happens to me: When I see another galoot out, we make eye contact and smile for a second as if to say, “Hi there fellow sister member of the big tall woman’s club!”

Ugg, someone just picking you up without your permission? That would feel so demeaning and vulnerable all at the same time.

I get called Brienne: 6 footish, similar hair, very broad shoulders, naturally muscular...so I’m a bit shocked to find I qualify as a small frame. I may have long skinny bones, but perhaps other aspects override it to signal someone non-fragile.

I had a UE mini boom. It quit working shortly in. Customer service promised me a new one, then changed their mind as I’d bought it directly from Amazon who wasn’t an ‘authorized retailer’ They were really awful on the phone - quite rude.

I had a UE mini boom. It quit working shortly in. Customer service promised me a new one, then changed their mind as…

Ooh, so we start with Last Seduction and Gone Girl. Does Basic Instinct make the cut?

So, I’m not usually a big drinker, but one night I’m out drinking with a fellow and I get incredibly wasted and at the end I eat — of all things — a disgusting MacDonald’s CheeseBurger.

Are you sure Kara?

I was laughing at that picture and then I’m like “Wait a minute...how can they bone if she’s still wearing her jean shorts?”

Some casinos have rules like you aren’t allowed to gain weight that causes you to go up to another uniform size. Other take pictures of you in full makeup / with your hair done and you are required to meet those “appearance standards”.

I was going through and reading more of your replies. It sounds like you’ve got a good handle on yourself and some really good communication skills. Bravo you for that! I think every relationship goes through these cycles - peace...and then annoyance, and then you force yourself to have these uncomfortable…

I know I’m so late, but I keep thinking about your post and what you said about your history of dating abusive men. I think one of the hardest things about being an adult is staying away from codependent behavior i.e. behavior meant to control other people — even with the best of intentions. So here’s my advice, for…

You don’t even have to finish the degree to get the job, in my opinion. Learn the basics of SQL (which isn’t hard at all!). Learn the basics of database.There are lots of entry level jobs out there doing reporting that start out with Access or Excel. And then you can figure out if you want to go more the DBA route or…

Seriously crying at my desk as well. (And I work at a conservative/Christian place across from a coworker who literally has a bible open at his desk. Thank goodness I can hide behind my monitors.)

Have you guys read this?

I’m highly suspicious that somone that naive—and heartbreakingly kind—is sophisticated enough to use the moniker “sockpuppetry” for their only post ever? And he’s carried on this long and then gets caught by forwarding a link? I dunno. Smells fishy to me.

The header to that comment actually works as a completely appropriate sentence!

Oh for fucks sake, how am I still grey and this pendantic 12 year old isn’t?

Holy cow that first episode was awesome! When she said that line about being unlovable and then it panned to the shocked/stricken looks on everyone’s faces...it gave me chills it was such a horrifically ugly moment.

They are sliver-thin compared to our thick modern dishes, but you are right about the durability — they’ve survived so many bangs and crashes in the sink without cracking. Truthfully, I kind of prefer my hefty plates, but sentimentality means I can’t get rid of them.