Mix tapes! You can pick songs that express how you feel about the person you’re giving it to or that mean something special to both of you. Or introduce the recipient to new music you think they’d like. It’s a nice way to show someone how well you know them and how much you care for them. I like to burn a playlist…

You guys. I grew up with an addicted narcissist rageball mother and no dad. I took care of my whole household, got abandoned or kicked out on the regular, and talked my mom out of killing herself more times than I can remember. I didn’t get to have any normal when I was growing up, and because of that I didn’t really…

Living room picnic? Movie night (with treats and popcorn)?

Um...trust your gut. If youre not into it, you dont have to be into it yet. Like, is there a house on fire? Do you NEED to be coupled right now? If not, then work on some other stuff.

I’m trying not to stab my husband. He’s in the middle of a mid life crisis, wants to quit his job to become a musician, and says I’m too materialistic for pointing out that we have a mortgage, 3 kids who need braces, a dying car that needs to be replaced soon, and a mountain of student loan debt from when he went back…

I'm surprised the let him in a public building carrying around a biohazard.

You sound a lot like my husband (depression, anxiety disorder, body dysmorphia, relationship sabotage). We dealt with it as our relationship progressed (he also started seeing a therapist when we got engaged). He definitely mellowed out about our relationship once we were married (or rather, his anxiety got focused…

Yes. Let them know you appreciate their concerns but this is your decision. You two are paying the mortgage, not them. There is no way to tap dance around this to spare their feelings. They aren’t taking yours in to concern by introducing other homes priced above your comfort zone. They aren’t offering to pay the…

“cut, moved, and screwed in a bone” sounds like several different kinds of dirty.

I’m sure I won’t be the only one to say this, but- bullet dodged.

So a while ago, I posted about trying to help my depressed baby brother leave his abusive ex, and my none supportive parents. I would like to thank everyone that offered their support.

Well good news: He moved up here with me in NYC and has a job interview with a magazine to be their finance writer. He signed up for…

Ha, I’d laugh...but maybe that’s just me??

Yeah, she is definitely not your friend. And she apparently thinks you are really dumb if you know how much she charges for babysitting. I have no kids and no friends with kids, but even I know that infant care is WAY more expensive than kid care. You should tell her to take her facebook passive aggression and kick…

Okay, so I’m upset.
Basically, I’m a stay at home mom to a toddler going through his terrible twos. A friend(using it loosely here), was looking for someone to babysit her daughter (4months) a couple times a week, and I said of course, because my stupidass always wants to help people out! She of course offered to pay,…

You should definitely tell him to stop touching you and tell him that you’re going to buy your own drinks, tyvm.

I talked a couple weeks ago about my weight loss (92 pounds now... huzzah!) but I also lost something else just last week: my virginity. I’m 31 and had been practicing abstinence. I wasn’t saving myself and didn’t have any hang ups about sex apart from some body image issues, I just wasn’t interested in casual sex and…

First week back to school. It went okay. I dyed my hair almost completely magenta before I started back to work. One of the little sixth grade boys came up to me after recess and tells me, “Ms Deerlady, I like the way your hair looks when you stand in Ms R’s doorway to get (students). The light reflecting off your…

On a cross country road trip with my best buddy! Just had BBQ in Tupelo, Mississippi, on our way to Georgia then NYC, and finally Burlington, VT. This is great!

Finally, a racist, white billionaire gets to have his say. Chaos. Rock and roll. Fucking up that status quo.

I don’t think we need an inside source for that statement