~Talking about animal death, if you don't want to read.~

I agree, boundaries are required. I also have the first and only 'real' grandchild (the other grandchild has gay parents so doesn't 'count as much' to my Christian MIL. They got super over involved, dropping by a few times a week. This will only stop (or at least lessen) with a very diplomatic honest conversation. Or…

well my suggestion is not as helpful as the others, but I suggest a craft project. I came back as a casual RN after maternity leave and have just quit that position a month ago. I have now taken over the dining table with canvases and paints etc. It's actually great to get engrossed in the stuff. Just have a wander…

My mother lost her job just a few years from retirement in a big company she had worked in for years. She had been relocated by the company to a city that she really disliked and that was not doing well economically. So she read her severance package stuff closely, got every damn penny she could from those dicks and…

Ugh, god, I am so sorry. I had a guy dump me that way, although we'd only dated three months and not too seriously. Still, it was terrible — he texted me one morning to say he couldn't make dinner and he'd call later, then defriended/blocked me on fb.

I've met quite a few of those in middle school and high school. I understand the hatred and the hurt that they've caused. I was told one of them had posted an unflattering pic of me from ages ago on FB, even though we haven't talked in years. When I heard about it, I found it amusing. I'm living the life I want, I've…

first, I love all the zombies run! Stuff! Go runner 5! Second, don't jet discomfort on an "extra" run bum you out. Likely you are overdoing it! There's a run schedule for a reason! :) I'm betting you have made progress since starting your training, don't forget that! And I highly recommend the regular zombies run!…

I sort of found myself in the same position a few months ago. We had moved to a place where I knew no one and couldn't speak the language, but I ended up at a nonprofit, as a volunteer, met a bunch of great new people and I am learning all kinds of new things that I didn't really think about before. If you can afford…

Divorced Jezzies:

I've been tattooed 8 times, and had one cover up done, and I'd say the most important thing you can do is communicate clearly with your artist and make sure he knows exactly what you want, and don't be afraid to say no. My BFF and I got matching tattoos years ago (just a sentence from our favorite song) and when the…

Yes! I responded to another poster about Big Brother Big Sister. Little time, little money, big warm-and-fuzzy-feeling payoff. It's also been helpful with my own struggles with depression.

My sort of boyfriend of about 11 months has disappeared. I haven't heard from him in two weeks. I've texted once and called once and he's ignoring me.
I hope he's dead. But I'm sure he's just ending it in the most cowardly, pathetic way imaginable.

So, start with this. Write her a letter. One on paper. Get everything out; all the anger, hurt, pain, revenge fantasies. Then READ IT TO SOMEONE YOU TRUST. Therapist, bff. Then, rip it up into shreds and burn it. Then see how you feel. Also, think about how you would feel if you contacted er and…

Volunteering! It's my answer for everything, largely because volunteering got me both a new career (free training! professional contacts!), and a decent boyfriend (shared interests!) some years ago.

I am going to be losing my job at the end of the month and be unemployed for the first time ever in my adult life. I've been really depressed about it, but I do have plans with how to move forward longterm. Do you have any advice on how I can spend my newly freed up days? I will of course be applying for jobs, but I…

Fuck you guys. Today one of my husband and my friends died. He was diagnosed with stage 3/4 esophagus cancer last September and it spread really rapidly. He was 33 with 3 little girls aged 7, 5, and 2. I'm just heartbroken for them. He was a giant ex-Marine (purple heart recipient) and seeing the pictures of him…

Try to let it go. I know that shit hurts, but contacting her will not changed what happened. Just be happy with who you are now.

You could tell him to leave you alone and stop crowding you so that you could have some time to think. You sound like me. His romantic gestures are sweet but they aren't doing anything but making it harder for you to think clearly. If you want him you contact him after you've had time to think it through. And then you…

I made a new burner to talk about this because it's such a secret for me... I'm starting to realize I might be gender fluid, and it's simultaneously relieving and terrifying to come to this understanding. I was born female, but recently I've tried packing (only in the privacy of my own room because I'm too scared to…

My friend died in childbirth and now I'm too scared to have kid