Growing up in Colorado, which is where I still live, alligators are a very unreal threat. I never think about them. (Bears on the other hand....)

Seriously, fuck the Republicans.

That’s definitely a fair point to make if we didn’t have her current comments to provide context. I totally see where you’re going there, and if she was just a random person on the street, I may not have taken the same point of view.

I am glad you are here today.

Me too.

Your deliberate obtuseness in relation to everything women are telling you is ridiculous. Go troll somewhere else.

Congrats to you!!

I think you protected yourself and your needs just fine. You told her what you needed, and she did not want to give it. You’re not her mom and it sounds like this friendship isn’t one you want to preserve that much. You chose the right thing.

Game nights are really great for this too. Without alcohol, they’re super inexpensive!

I feel like when you choose to not drink around a new recovering alcoholic, it’s not just them, it’s for you. YOU are also trying to create new boundaries in ways in your relationship. I’d say it’s not necessarily about kid gloves, but about showing the person who is quitting that you respect them and support them and…

RIGHT? It was so cringe-worthy.

Also note that she called the waiter a teen...and then next referred to him as a child. I guess teens are children, but one who is working is likely at least fifteen. It says so much about HER view of him, IMO.

I got to see them at a private corporate event my sister’s company put on, and it was SO GOOD.

Well, I was clearly a teen in 1998 because a ton of these sound awesomely nostalgic. I’d go.

Thank you for this information.

You know nothing about the “typical abortion situation.” Very few people use abortion as basic birth control. Do some fucking research.

Thank you for sharing this story. I am wrecked for this woman and wrecked for all women that have to fight SO HARD to have what should be a basic fucking right.

Good.

Clearly you haven’t read the comments to see how strongly these posts resonate with people. Who cares if it IS a promotion - this is obviously a topic people need and want to talk about.

I’ve shot revolvers and other handguns due to an ex-boyfriend whose family was very into guns. However, they were also heavily into gun safety. We’d go out to the range and try a lot of different guns, etc.