I read it more like she was paying attention, not that the woman couldn’t decide for herself. I think her history makes her extra attentive. I have been attentive to other people at times when nothing was wrong. I get bored, I listen to other people talk. But the one time that I needed help, I was glad that there was…

I have been helped by eavesdropping people, who interceded to deflect unwanted interest, and I have helped a young girl traveling alone on the subway, when she had a much older man showing unwanted interest in her. I don’t see what the problem is.

wow, those are some shockingly high numbers. Thanks for posting that.

I’m with you

I think everyone is in agreement that a crime has been committed.

or hypnotize him, throw the book at him, then tell him to forget the book (jk)

I think it’s probably because people have experimented with hypnosis and have not had it work on them, so they dismissed hypnosis as a sham. I would be interested to know what proportion of his clients the creep was able to hypnotize. I feel pretty sure he *tried* all of them.

I read “I’m sure he’s got pressure to attend” as referring to W

I know. I keep thinking to myself: Trump makes George W Bush look good. A few years ago, I arrogantly thought that was not possible.

this is me exactly

he would totally make fun of her and call her weak

That would really be a disservice to the people though, kicking Trump off of Twitter....how else will we know how the smart man is spending his time?

Not everyone can. I live in NYC, and although I make a decent income, $84K, it isn’t a decent income for this location. My daycare payments (for one child, and I have a cheap rate compared to every other parent I speak to here) are $950/month, a sizeable proportion of my monthly income. But because of my income…

Price showing as $129.95 for the 7-in-one, but the bluetooth version is still 149.68

Price showing as $129.95 for the 7-in-one, but the bluetooth version is still 149.68

It is great to be reminded of all of these things. I’m 47 and didn’t experience all of them, but I had forgotten, even across my lifetime, how far society has come in valuing women’s contributions.

She wanted to be unsafe with the gun. All of the gun safety education in the world would not have helped.

I loved how cool and collected she was when he said she’s fascinated by sex. Her understated reaction of the “what???” face and the little smile spoke more loudly than any other reaction she could have had.

that bit with Hillary at the end made me cry :)

I got it, and I laughed :)

In the assisted living facility, he probably didn’t get to decide what was on TV - that decision would have been made by the staff, who probably do like football, a lot.