What if she dropped out in 10th grade, and wanted to get her diploma without the perceived shame of being a "non-traditional age" student or just studying for a GED?

Seems super plausible and not mental health based, really. I can see the appeal of ducking stigma and rectifying a major regret at the same time.

Yeah, start unfollowing some folks and entering interests into your profile. Your Pinterest feed is 100% curated by that stuff, which is why some of us have never seen what you're describing (ever). All I see is gorgeous food, gorgeous textiles, gorgeous homes/places, and gorgeous workouts. Try following puddlesandmo…

(If that's TL;DR, then basically my advice is this: Don't just answer questions because they're asked. Recognize that the question is a strange amalgam of shit and baggage, and refuse to perpetuate that lens. Reframe the conversation.

So,
"I am so fat."

Do you really want to date someone so accusatory, defensive, and probably deeply uncomfortable with themselves? I get it, women socialized unrealistic yes yes, but we are all adults and we all come with our own little piles of shit to sift through and get a handle on.

Looks like there have already been over 2,000 lawsuits over it, and Pfizer has settled every one, to the tune of about $300 million. So, um... the system works? Brb, time for bourbon.

Ooh, you're delightful. Throw some more unsolicited rage into the thread, why don't you. What else are you weirdly and virulently resentful of?

Dear god. And a quick Google shows me this:

God you're the best. Reading your responses to this troll is so cathartic for me. I award you 10 points.

I think the perception shift that you need, and that she is trying to bring about in Louis, and that many BBW bloggers emphasize, is: "Fat" is not a denigrating, negative term. When you feel uncomfortable about it, you're revealing that you think it's a bad thing rather than a neutral thing. If a woman referred to…

So, a google for "meteorologist oath" turns up 5 hits, all of them sarcastic. What, praytell, are you referring to?

Your kids are lucky to have a guide like you.

With a wardrobe like that, you need a hat. Do not overlook the hat.

This is actually... really helpful. It's so useful to see it all in a chronological, actually somewhat doable step-by-step. Time-consuming, yes, but if I replace my snooze button-ing and my morning Facebook spiral, I could probably get a lot of this done and be better off for it. Thanks!

Thank you so much for this. Now if you have any photos of Sweet Secrets (aka the childhood root of my Sephora problems) go ahead and post those too!

Gawd Lindy, I didn't think I could love you more. But every time you really get going with the words and the snark, I WANT TO HUG YOU. With bourbon. Do you drink bourbon? You seem like you'd know how to pick a good horse, so the commercials tell me you probably drink bourbon. Let's do it.

Ugh. My mom's mom did that to her. I'm sorry that's part of your story, but I'm sure you're rocking it.

HAHAHAHAHAHAH, NO. No no no. Is that what you meant? Then, no. That is pretty damn transparent. Gawd.

No, I meant more like when people just post their own statuses of being absolutely transformed by parenthood, or so crazy about their kid, etc. I think those are probably genuine outbursts of joy.

Your girl there?…

Not necessarily. I know that when I'm REALLY really happy, I have a strong urge to share it with people I care about. I'm a celebratory type. I'm also the one going around and liking all the statuses my friends post about living well or being happy or good news. It's awesome to me.

I'd really hate for someone on my…

You know what, I get what you're saying. I had a very similar problem with claims of widespread racism until I got to college, because it was nowhere around me. I knew no racists, heard nothing racist, race was very literally a non-issue in my world, despite that world having some (but not lots) racial variety to it.