Part of the problem is the way certain subjects are taught in the USA. for example, U.S. history:

Yes, and many were children, not adult women.

Well mortgage lenders have to deal with the fact that because the job market is so shaky, many millenials are delaying buying homes because they are concerned about being able to make mortgage payments for 30 years straight.

For clarification, my boss paid me with a bad check from an empty account.

I graduated in 2008, found a job with a small biz in 2009 and the boss had random periods of furloughs, in addition to low pay and writing one check from an account with insufficient funds. It’s great to be in a stable job now, but I am waiting for the 7 year period to end in order to buy a house (car is owned…

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For those seeking advice:

“Strong and silent” has been a longstnding idea.

Yeah, there’s a book on attachment types, but it’s not complete. Instead, the book focuses on the common patterns, anxious women and avoidant men. The advice for avoidant people, especially women, is, “too bad, you’re effed.” !!!

You are not alone.

The difference between a functional, reasonably happy, healthy upbringing and a dysfunctional one is like growing up on a different planet.

This deserves a galaxy of stars!

Do you have any schedule flexibility? I have plans to meet up with folks sometimes, but I have to start work earlier to make up for the time it takes to drive to and from a restaurant.

Other people may be able to, but constricting clothes like bras and tight waistbands give me headaches.

Your anger is understandable, and women with different builds get different comments. I don’t know why people assume that someone has a certain personality based on their body shape. It’s genetics! If you have the money, there are button down shirts that fit your build, but they’re not cheap.

Why is it that people on one extreme physical feature think that people with the opposite have it so much easier?

Button down shirts are the devil. If you don’t have to wear one, DON’T. They often fit horribly on a wide range of women.

Depending on a person’s body type, weight loss can lead to a decrease in breast size.

Yes, it’s so much fun to try on a dress and realize it fits better backwards or hear a guy say, “she’s cute, but too bad she’s flat.”

Thank you! Breasts are seen in the US as a defining feature of a woman, so people treat us flat-chested women like we have defective/manly/childish/unattractive/anorexic/ “boyish”/unsexy bodies, like we’re not real women, because real women have curves.