Hey now, I would never describe you as stupid! One can be goofy without being stupid. However, your intentions are definitely good.

He is a real chiller!

Thank you! I am very fond of his fuzzy little butt.

Haha oh man, I feel you. (“But... love!” whined my 26, 28, even 30-year old self about this particular one, no matter how obvious it was that was a road to literally nowhere.) I’m nearly 32 now, and I definitely doe have a much better understanding of what I need and want! (Too bad that I currently know someone who…

That looks interesting! (I think I found what you’re referring to via Google.) Problem is, my face is actually usually quite calm and clear — it’s elsewhere I run into skin trouble. When stressed/lazy, I’ll see flare ups on my arms and legs, though the leg issue is also tied to KP, which is a real pain in the ass to…

You’re right, and I’m seeing that advice echoed by others, including my own mind as I was typing out my original comment, heh. One of those things you kind of know you should be doing, even if you’re ignoring it as the best option. But thank you, really, for the reminder! That helps, too.

I have not! I’ve considered it before, but being perpetually broke tends to rule out such options, most of the time.

Thank you! I agree, and I know he knows it.

I’m a white lady, but mine can’t handle chlorine anymore, either! Like, probably not since I hit puberty and the texture/structure of it completely changed. Plus, I dye mine, and chlorine strips that all right out, too. Bleh.

I so wish that I could! I miss swimming (I used to spend a ton of time in the ocean as a kid). But I’ve got color treated hair, and a texture of hair that chlorine just absolutely wrecks (much like the issue your other responder mentioned, actually). Strips all the life and color out of it, which is a real bummer.

LOL

Squeezing this in quick, because I’ve got a thing tonight — an art show/horror video-related thing I’ve been looking forward to for a bit — but hey, everyone!

Speaking as a sometime-editor (and now indie publisher), this is BY FAR my favorite form of get-back at some shitty dude: slashing his manuscript to ribbons. I love you for this, A+.

Omg, hello! I think I’ve only ever met a handful of other people, ever, who know of it (though two of them are screenwriters, and find it so accurate it’s more depressing than funny, though they still like it). You made my day a little, haha.

Disparate sex drives are really really insurmountable and do a lot of damage along the way.

The one time I had to tell a very convincing lie to my poor parents as a teen, by the end of it I totally was crying at the drama of it, which completely sold it! I remember shocking myself by seeming to get genuinely emotional, even though I knew I was lying, lol. It’s so odd, isn’t it?

I think this is the crux of what really, really gets to me about how careless and cruel men (or boys) can be to girls. The power dynamics will always be different, and so often our self-confidence as a result is so much lower or more fragile...

I just have to say that I really appreciate y’all for sharing all these. They’re making me feel, probably more so than anything else I’ve read/been exposed to, that I really didn’t miss out on much by never dating in school.

Exactly.

YUP.