Which, as others are mentioning, probably means she's really unlikely to seek medical attention, which she probably needs. Not to mention counseling or emotional support, which I can only imagine how much she must need right now, too. Poor girl must be so, so freaked out. To put it mildly. My heart hurts for her.

Would both make sense and be incredibly sweet and cute. If true, that's an Awesome Parent Move of the highest degree. I do love how they involved their kids in the wedding. I've never been a huge fan of theirs, but you really don't have to be to find this incredibly charming and loving. What a wonderful way to…

Right there with you. UGH.

He wants to be a pastry chef?? How cool that they're encouraging his interest as probably being his first 'clients' and showcasing his talents!

I have anxiety issues and my husband is always trying to help in his way - which is to say, to logic it out for me - when that is decidedly not what actually helps me. Part of the key is that he jumps to try to "help" like this all the time in situations where I have anxiety but haven't actually asked him for help,…

I didn't see this posted in the comments so I hope this isn't redundant, but a longer statement from the current GW president was emailed to the GW community (students and alumni, I assume) about this yesterday. Here's the full text of it:

Another GW grad school alum here, chiming in to say I get those same alerts at about the same frequency and agree, they're usually petty theft, break-ins, and every once in a while there is a groping or sexual assault - but I do appreciate that the university is pretty transparent and lets us know the incidents that…

Just want to say that I second this "about to sneeze" description, and that it can really be VERY unpleasant-feeling if you don't end up sneezing but still have that "about to sneeze" feeling. I like that way of describing it - well done.

I just looked at the site and it looks like you have to download and install the app separately on each phone that's involved in this - the parent phone and the child phone - and configure it so that the parent phone is the parent phone, and the child phone is the child phone. So if your boss wanted to use this on…

Then I tell them that "Ms." means "None of your business." There was a time when becoming a school teacher was one of the few professional options for women, and once you were married, they fired you. "Ms." means "I am here to do my job."

Loooooove Abbey Bartlet. Now I'm going to go find that clip and re-watch West Wing on Netflix while I'm supposed to be "being productive" today. :)

Yeah. I have limited experience with her, personally, but whenever I've been around her, she's just generally sort of a lot to take. I only see her every couple of years. Apparently she thought that was completely appropriate and was happy as a clam the entire wedding.

My petty thing lately is that I hate when people address mail to me as "Mrs. HusbandsLastName." I took my husband's last name, but I'm "Dr.," damnit! I worked hard to earn this doctorate, and that's my title. Worst part: it's mostly family members and close friends who are well aware that I have the doctorate - and…

Yeah, I don't know the full story with them, but... yeah.

YES. The runny nose thing doesn't get me nearly as bad as the sound of people chewing. Especially chewing ice. Finally had to ask husband to stop chewing ice in bed. I don't want to be mean and ask him to stop chewing ice altogether, but he would bring a giant glass of ice to bed and just chomp away until it was…

I'm in the greys so don't know if you'll see this, but just wanted to chime in to say I'm so sorry you're going through this. Both the experience itself and the reaction(s) of the people around you sound horrific, and I'm so sorry. I'm glad you feel safe posting here and I hope you continue to feel supported here -…

I'm in the greys so don't know if you'll see this, but - I know someone where, at the wedding, the groom's mom wore a strapless, full-length, white lace gown. Yes, a wedding gown. Mother of the groom. Bride didn't make a big deal but she was not amused. GAHHHH.

ACK. Can't believe they would build that up for so long and then not tell you the costume plan is off!

I second this!

It's ridiculous. We just leave the dog park when little kids come in now if the parents aren't containing them well.