My mom thinks my therapist hypnotized me to turn me against her. Everything she’s ever done to upset or annoy me isn’t real, it’s the hypnosis. Everything bad that happens in my life is because I’m not listening to her, because of the hypnosis. That and the constant fat shaming is why I don’t speak to her at all. I…

I just rewatched everything (in glee over now-legal HBO) and this time around I'm much more sympathetic to Cersei. She's fucked up but she's doing the best she can with what she has from her POV. But arming these religious nut jobs was a bad, bad plan.

Have you tried growing your own tomatoes? I have *always* hated tomatoes. Then we grew some and let me tell you, that's a game changer. I still don't eat tomatoes that I come across randomly in the world. Those tomatoes suck.

I said this on another post earlier, but it bears repeating. This happened to me all.the.time when I lived in the suburbs. The cops told me that it was their department policy not to pursue domestic violence cases that don’t require medical treatment. So...since his primary attack method was holding down my windpipe…

I’ve had both. In the suburbs, the actual domestic violence policy as told to me by the cop refusing to help me was that if the victim did not require medical treatment, they did not press charges or whatever they do. I moved 15 miles to the city and boom, suddenly all that stuff was indeed an offense and they were…

But, see, this is the entire problem. The school has a stated policy, which the mom knew about, and she KNEW that the oreos were not ok. All the other kids are sitting there with their apples and carrots, and her kid is busting out the oreos. So it’s a violation of the policy that she agreed to and also creates chaos…

At Montessori preschool, my kid had to have two kids of fruits/vegetables every day. She was 4. I took her to the store and told her to pick anything. That was the year she fell in love with rainbow chard and star fruit. Kids at a young age are still learning their preferences, which is why this is a solid policy. I'm…

Ok, but here’s the thing. I had a kid at a preschool with a similar policy and I am very sure they told her when they registered her kid what their rules were. She likely, like I did, had to sign a thing agreeing to the rules and policies. Had *I* ever had her problem (which I didn’t, and I was working nights, taking…

This sounds right. My ex was a diagnosed narcissist and control freak and hated every independent thought I ever had. But he's told our daughters that he will not accept them pursuing anything but a high paying job.

It could totally be worse. My former in-laws bought their daughter a spot at a state school. What does that say about her life?

In case you didn’t know, there is a beautiful intersection of your interests available. Tim Curry does all the audiobooks for “A Series of Unfortunate Events.” I think I can guarantee that it’s “in” enough for the 6th most important financial advisor in the city. ;)

I got pulled over for a headlight, I didn't know the bulb was dead. I'm white, so...it happens. Then again, that's the same place I was pulled over for being 4 miles over the speed limit. Just warnings both times, though.

That's a good idea. I'd submitted the stuff to the freedom from religion people who sent the school a nasty gram but it doesn't seem to be having much of an effect, since the letter came before the t shirts.

That is a true story. My kids are at a public school and to buy tickets to the school dance you had to go to a church’s website, since they’re the ones that sponsored the dance. And then the school sent home an order form for “warriors for Christ” shirts. Complete with the requirement to turn it in to your teacher and…

Have you tried turkey sandwiches with avocado? So good.

Um...?

Meanwhile, my kids school did a "living museum" thing and the (white) kid playing Jackie Robinson was wearing blackface. I was the only one that appeared appalled. That kid's parents and teacher both thought he was fine to do that? How??

I cannot decide if this is my new favorite thing or if I'm still holding with Mark's wedding fair article. Either way, this is super awesome. Thank you so much, I needed this amusement. :)

Thank you for Shade Court. It is my favorite. I am educating my husband but it's slow going. He (incorrectly) classified an insult as shade this week. It was a reasonably subtle insult but still not shade. The work continues.

My first husband graduated a semester before me. The day I was supposed to graduate (yes, from university) his mom scheduled a minor foot surgery. She had her sister, her mom and the leader of her bible study group call us and tell us that we'd be terrible people for not being there for this terrible ordeal. My…