I used to use that as my reassurance as well. My ability to do so was shattered when I realized the PTA moms totally gossip about the other parents and each other just like 8th grade girls. :/

I hate that body issues just sink into your brain like hookworms and take up residence. I truly think that it’s the hardest thing to reprogram about yourself. I’ve mostly gotten the abused wife mindset corrected, I’ve mostly gotten the depression and anxiety under control, but the body issues stay where they are,…

I’m sorry you’re having a hard week. :( *hugs*

I’m pretty sure most faith leaders would look askance at anything relating to actual human people being characterized as “blasphemy.”

I went to a private school, and was threatened by my bully. They assured me, repeatedly, that private schools handle their own shit and the police only have jurisdiction in public schools. Only as I typed this did I realize how fucking stupid that is and that I should never have believed it.

This is what we do. My daughter is a vegetarian, so we only eat meat when she’s with her dad. We’re effectively vegetarian most of the time, even when she’s at her dad’s, because we get used to buying/eating vegetarian. The only meat we buy on any kind of regular basis is lunch meat for the husband when the meals…

Me, too. Do you know what 25k would do in my life?

What am I doing wrong with lentils? They never seem to be fully cooked. I add more time but then the liquid is all wrong. Obviously all lentil recipes aren't wrong, it's on me, but what am I doing, do you think?

This is my go to site for cheap but delicious food. I love so many of her recipes. Cannot recommend highly enough.

People used to think my oldest looked like me, till they saw her dad. :(

That was my first thought, too, that people can only be pushed so far before they snap. Not that this was a good choice or in any way excusable, of course.

What if your elected representatives are all violently and vocally opposed to all your positions, though? All my elected officials are hard core republicans. I cannot imagine a world where asking them to vote differently on anything would actually work.

There’s a group of alumni from my college (and, I suspect most colleges) who get RVs when they retire and go to ALL the football games, home and away. For a brief period I thought that might be a cool retirement activity, but the price is crazy. And a lot of those people have their RVs painted in school colors with…

This is the one that gets me. I keep saying to those people, due process is a real thing. It matters. And I’ve had to unfriend people who thought that nope, it really doesn’t. It doesn’t fucking matter. It doesn’t matter if Michael Brown robbed a store or jaywalked, neither of those are death penalty offenses and even…

In semi-related news, I just discovered my 12 year old daughter gave her cell phone number to someone she met online. I am having a nervous breakdown. How the hell do you properly convey the level of NO DO NOT DO THIS NOT EVER, NO! to a child? I'm not a violent person but your knife idea is solid.

Pro tip: when cookie season comes, try to get your local comic book/board game store to let you set up outside their shop. We sold more than 100 boxes in 4 hours.

I live in the south. I have doubts about there being any chance of non-conservative propaganda in our local troops. :/

It took me ages to find an open troop that would work around my custody schedule. But what I discovered when I did is that you can do it on your own as a freelance Girl Scout sort of thing. It's not ideal, but it's better than nothing.

My daughters are in Girl Scouts, which we love. I just had a son and a sad realization that he will not get a similar experience because I'll be damned if I support those assholes at the Boy Scouts. :( are there Boy Scout alternatives out there? Does anyone know?

They're not nice people. This is one such group. http://cookiecott.com