Any BBC series on Netflix. Seriously.

I feel you. My best male friended married. I was always appropriate and tried to include his wife. She was insecure, nasty and broke off the friendship by telling me I was a “bad person.” I tried reaching out to talk. It was met by silence.

Second reply: On Being the one who does the Leaving. I’ve broken off female and male close friendships because I’m being trash talked behind my back, I’m being used to get connections and jobs, I’m being told I’m worthless because “ Jesus hasn’t saved me.” I’m being used as a therapist ( I am a trained therapist I’m…

Adoptive Forever REAL mom here: FUCK THEM. get some new friends including me. I'm a GREAT friend!

Lots of feels coming up. I’ve lost and grieved female and male best friends. I did reconcile with one after a 3 year break and our friendship solidified. This was after an awkward, “ what did I do? I reached out to you! You pushed me away” conversation.I still mourn and grieve my male bestie. He was my confidante, we…

Take a deep breath. Gather and start job hunting as backup protection. This happened to me. Some caring advice from a Jezzies in academia who had the same experience. 1) document and print out everything. Keep files at Home. 2) Don’t be afraid to ask students or print student emails praising your teaching skills. 3)…

How often does this happen and for how long? Do you have a history of depression in your family? Thyroid issues? I don’t know where you live but has it gotten gray and cold? Do you know about SAD? Seasonal Affective Disorder and the light boxes that help? Are you grieving a loss? I truly hope you feel better soon.…

Ouidad products.

Her negative feedback was cruel, unprofessional and unnecessary. My advice: 1. Agreed with other Jezzies. Get any forms or feedback in writing.

Dear over 40 men and women,

I’ve gotten to know Daisy, Wen, Lina and others at their nail salon near my small PA town. Despite the odd stares from the other clientele ( mostly LOCAL people) I like talking and catching up with their lives. They are working full time, raising children, attending community college. We talk about relationships,…

Same experience with my brothers wedding, married and family life. My family reached out consistently with warmth, invitations and was held at arms length, treated coldly and ultimately isolated. My parents were especially hurt about being kept from their 3 grandchildren, brother and wife kids. 20 years later, the…

Auntie Mame forever!

As a licensed, degreed therapist who is choosing to teach university now, I don’t think it’s productive to vilify all of us or the patient. We have our gifted ones and our awful ones like any profession and Zi have experienced both. Agreed: 10 years of unproductive talk therapy is too long. I'm wondering if her…

Mini maracuja was adopted from India and is a dark South Asian beauty with large almond shaped eyes, full lips and a petite figure. I’m a clear mix of IndoEuropean and North African ancestors. Olive skin, cat-shaped eyes, tall, curvy. Constantly heard: “ You look so much alike!”

Thank you. Should I have used LGBT? To be inclusive? But not refer to them as gender?

In my dating pool in the U.S., yes. Men want 15-20 years younger OR same age and a housekeeper/maid/cook/laundry person. Nothing wrong with those as a PROFESSION but not as a SPOUSE.

I was trying to be inclusive of all genders. Please let me know if I should have used other language?

Sooooo much to say! First, our American culture has extremely narrow and unfortunate definitions of beauty ( male/female and trans.). I married a guy 3 inches shorter, we were married for 20 years ( that’s another story) but height was never an issue. I just spent the summer in Brazil where the handsome charming,…

My educated guess and those of my professional colleagues is that they were speaking Farsi, Arabic, Urdu or a Semitic or IndoEuropean language. NO I’m not saying that all people who speak these languages run Kabob restaurants. OK? I was listening to the words. Now, I teach Global cultures and religions at university…