I watched an HBO doc called Mommy Dead and Dearest. It was about young woman named Gypsy Rose Blanchard who convinced her mentally ill boyfriend to kill her mother. Gypsy’s mother had Munchausens by proxy. Gypsy’s mother drugged her, made her get multiple unnecessary surgeries, forced her to spend her entire life in a…

We’ve had a financial nightmare since June when we had our checking account drained by identity theft. This month things reached another crisis when an employer didn’t get payroll out. Since we both work for that company it was a Situation. We were desperate so I borrowed $500 from my parents. Since then my egg donor…

But Christmas markets! So charming. Will you visit any?

Has anyone jettisoned a group of friends after 15 years because their values weren’t compatible? I had/have a group of friends from my lengthy bar-hopping days - late 20 until mid-30s (ok lengthier than most) and I’m just no longer into their sloppy drinking and bad behavior. What started as weekend binge drinking in…

Ugh, so many replys full of shit.

I am so miffed. Bart, the Old English Sheepdog that won Best In Group, doesn’t look half as pretty as my Marzipan.

My siblings behave similarly, as far as standing by and doing nothing when the storm comes my way. I’ve also noticed, due to me being the designated scapegoat for the family especially by my mother, that when my mother starts chaos and drama just in general at family gatherings, my siblings automatically start…

There are trees outside that God waters for me. Your efficiency game is weak.

I just bought a bunch of work clothes & some winter boots I couldn’t afford yesterday - I’ve just started a new job, in a much-colder state, and my first paycheck hasn’t hit yet. I never judge people for taking advantage of a sale that exists to be taken advantage of. All my considerable ire exists only for the…

Oh Semilla, what they did is NOT okay. I’m sorry you put all that effort into making them welcome, especially when pregnant (when I essentially just growled at anyone who asked me to do more than bathe myself), and they just used you as a base of operations for their shopping spree. Lame!

Its okay, my breakfast-cookie friend. My mother is a destructive person and her selfishness has always been a problem.

Can I hijack your comment a little while I commiserate? My family came from another country. It was their first Thanksgiving. I tried to make it really nice and teach them about the holiday. They could not care less. Their plane landed on Sunday but Monday morning they drove to a bigger city near mine to go to the…

I have never shopped Black Friday, and it’s unlikely I’ll start now.

I barely care about Thanksgiving, so no.

I could really use some love right now. My husband just told me that he wasn’t willing to try on our marriage. We’re ending.

To answer the question, I give absolutely zero fucks about Black Friday, and have never cared. I’m having post-thanksgiving blues (or maybe a hangover?) and I’m trying to decide if I want to care enough to decorate for Christmas.

These people take no prisoners

This may be hidden in the greys, but here goes anyways! Feels like none of my friends really “get” this and hoping I can get some feedback from anyone who does see this.

yes. I eat meat, I know where it comes from, and as a hunter I’m willing to do the “dirty” work myself. you could stand a mounted deer in my dining room and it wouldn’t bother me in the slightest. I’d probably tell it “thanks.”