I ask this with the most pure intentions. What are you eating and have you tried acupuncture to help with the pain? I have endo, had surgery to get rid of the cysts, went on lupron, and then started BC pills again. However, I changed a lot of my diet (hormone free meat, lots of fruits/veggies, little to no soy, etc)…

Yeah...so, you definitely win. Damn.

Damn. I’m sorry you had to deal with that.

It’s all good. My parents were awful together. It’s much better now that they’ve divorced.

My parents used to do the FB comments about my exercise habits because, and I quote, “you’re skinny like a white girl.” When I was developing early I was chubby. Now that I’m a full-blown woman who exercises hard, lifts and takes care of her health, I’m “white.” Like, my parents are cool on a great many things, but…

Thank you for the thorough response! I will check out many of your suggestions.

Lol, he’s okay now. But I’m grown so it doesn’t matter as much, I guess. Who knows. I’m just glad I survived childhood with a great sense of self in-tact (overall, good parents, just were a little young to start having kids).

Yeah, I actually liked the hard hitting pieces. My twitter handle is Mo_TheWriter.

gawd-damn.

I actually joke with him about it now. How far we’ve come. Lol

It did help. It was 15 years in the making though and I was resolved to the fact that she never would come around. But she got with an amazing therapist who wouldn’t allow her to lie (her defense mechanism) and that made all the difference. I hope the same can happen for you and yours :)

I used to be so angry at my mom but honestly, once I got older and realized what she lived through as a child, I cut her some slack. She got therapy and is in a great place now. It’s true that hurt people, hurt people so a lot of times it comes from that place.

Yeah. There was a certain level of perfection that he demanded, but only from me, that was unattainable. I know why NOW, but back then it was like WTF?! Even with the reason making sense to me as an adult, it still was fucked up. He’s since apologized and is doing a good job as a father now with a young kid.

He was not great during that time, for sure. But he finally got help for his combat PTSD so he’s been really great for a long time, thankfully.

Yeah. He’s a much better father than he was a spouse. He was awesome when I was little but after he went to the Gulf War, he came back with PTSD and it was no good. Esp. when folks didn’t really know about or particularly accept that diagnosis. He’s MUCH better now, thankfully.

My mom told me that when I was younger and joke’s on her cuz we’re equally attractive.

My mom emphasized...well, not sure. Grades to some degree but really she had a rough childhood and could not really emote well until her grandkids came along. However, my dad was about intelligence and looks. Not always in that order. So there were times when he thought he was being “constructive” but ended up being…

Thanks! You are too.

Um...just...yeah.

Lol, damn.