The Catch 22 being that if you are surrounded by people who want the best for you and truly care about your well-being, your problems aren't likely to be "drug overdose in a bathtub just like Mom". Bobbi had all the odds stacked against her. So tragic.

After years of traditional 9-10am job starts, my alarm now goes off at 2:45 am and I have to be asleep by 7pm for that to be possible. I never thought I could do it but it's become my lifestyle. Everything in the day shifts upwards. I say no to evening social engagements, I don't eat past 3pm. I had to make huge…

When baristas make $250 an hour psychotherapist money they can empathize with crappy childhoods and crumbling marriages. In the meantime, be an adult and manage yourself in public. The world keeps on turning even when shitty things happen and it is not ok to treat people poorly because you're having a rough time. …

SCOTUS needs to come down hard on the Jaden, Caden, Braden crowd. The lower courts have failed to act but this country has been through enough.

Oh man. That story hurts. I'm so sorry that was your experience. Brutal. I want to scoop up little you and tell you how wonderful you are, because you deserved that. I hope that realizing the hurt and knowing it was HIS problem helps you like it does me.

I'm really shocked that people are suggesting you not ask and saying it's none of your business. What kind of relationship do you want to have? One with complete honesty and full knowledge or one with power imbalances and elephants in the room? You are an equal partner regardless of financial worth, speak up now…

Oh my God the random periods.

What kind of uniforms take 15 minutes to put on!? Is there undergarments, hosiery, suspenders, headdress, and stage make-up involved? Because in all my adult years, I don't think it's taken me more than a couple of minutes to take off an outfit and put another on. Maybe 5 minutes tops if there was some hilarious…

THIS is my father too. I've never seen it described so well. I remember being little and my head racing "what did I do wrong to make him act this way". I recognize it in myself and feel like I manage it well but it's one of the reasons I don't want to be a parent. Psychological warfare is all I know.

It's interesting how you get called out for being very difficult and then claim we are all into abusing the disabled. Your daily mirror checks aren't working.

The groveling is sad. :( Where do you frequent that doesn't have backs to their chairs? If dining out is this laborious and draining, order in. Take walks and go to wine bars for social interaction because I don't think you're cut out for restaurants.

That is terrible. What a shitty mother and person. I hope you invite the kids over every now and then and give them a break from crazy.

Films get nominated because they make money? Titanic is the only blockbuster I can think of that got any Academy recognition. Are any of the films nominated for Best Pic in the top 20 earners for 2014?

You are extremely passionate about this issue.

Ok, I just remembered that I flew in DURING the rehearsal dinner and our Mom missed the first hour picking me up. Yikes. I'm an asshole.

My step-sister asked me to be her maid of honor (our parents married when I was 7, she was 4). My life was very insane at the time, I was living half the world away and the few times I was in the US, I was still thousands of miles away. I realize now that I should have been in touch with our cousins/other…

It's interesting how you speak so poorly of your ex and his new girlfriend, criticizing her for being with such a loser, when you're the one who had children with him. You need to look at your own behavior and be the best mother you can be to these kids. Stop trying to make their Dad such a bad person, if he truly…