We had child-free friends who constantly pontificate, even though we never bring up our son when we see them. They once referred to him as our new "hobby."

That cat physically resembles my long departed kitty. We sedated him and castrated him right there on the back porch. (The DVM and I). Charged with supervising kitty after anesthsia, he did look THAT stoned when coming out. But the funniest/most pitiful part was when he tried to get up and walk around. He woke up…

While the dildo in the lamp shade was the hardest to find, the bowler hat wearing dildo was my favorite. This game has serious potential.

seriously though! i'll admit the one i was attending/will soon return to was not always the pinnacle of perfection, but they've done some great work improving themselves and their programs. it just really pissed me off that people were looking down on me. god forbid i try to get an education on a budget when i have no…

new way to find out if hes an asshole. Dont respond for a day.

Dude here. Many years ago, I was sent a text in reply to a voicemail I'd left for a girl I was seeing. It read something like, "Hi [my name], thanks for your call. I've had fun with you, but I really don't see a future."

The way I understand it (from reading a lot; I am not a mental health professional), men who abuse tend to gravitate to partners who are vulnerable. In addition to the physical abuse, they work to break their victims down emotionally, to make them feel weak and powerless so they won't fight back or leave. The "victim"…

Sarah Deer was one of my law professors and she is absolutely amazing and also yesterday I MET RUTH BADER GINSBURG SHE SHOOK MY HAND AND SHE SIGNED MY FAVORITE PHOTO OF HER AND I AM GOING TO DIE OF FANGIRLING!!

yes! my dad used to be a police officer in a fairly quiet community and my mom had a decent cashier job, so we were definitely comfortable money-wise, until my dad had a stroke. my parents ended up blowing through most of their savings to pay all the bills, and that was when I was in middle school. when high school…

Remember, too, that most women are conditioned from birth to be conciliators. Decades of subconscious training means the pressure to forgive and try to make it work is intense. It can truly be all-consuming.

So sorry for your loss. It took me 3 years after losing my childhood cat of 18 years to be ready to welcome a new cat into my life. Just think though, some day if you are emotionally and psychologically ready you could give an adopted kitty a loving home.

I think a big thing is that physical abuse is always coupled with psychological abuse. The abuser makes the victim feel responsible for the abuser's actions. The shame that victims feel is immense. Add to that that the abuser often isolates the victim from family and friends so reaching out for help becomes more…

This will probably be the most difficult comment I've ever had to write on here because it took me seeing a psychologist to realize that my parents weren't in a typical relationship where they would have arguments once in a while. No. My mom has been in a emotionally abusive relationship with my dad for 22 years…

I have a (male) friend who has been helping another friend of his to leave her abusive husband. He told me, "she knows he's gonna beat her up. I can't believe she's so stupid that she stays." And I did not succeed in explaining that there's always a reason to doubt, that sometimes you do believe that no one else is…

I love the combination of tinder, wine, and boredom.

Not really. You don't need to get a tattoo every time.

You don't get protection, but there always seems to be someone questioning, 'well what was she wearing?' like that has some relevance, so I can see why she put it in.

it feels important to post this now

fertilized. Dammit.

As a currently fertilize woman, I want to punch this in the face.