One thing I will say for her...at least she’s not pretending like she eats cheeseburgers and fries all the time when she doesn’t. I enjoy the honesty, even if it is depressing as hell.

It’s likely one of them has a nightshade allergy (http://www.diagnosisdiet.com/nightshades/). I have a friend who has this and so avoids tomatoes, peppers, eggplant etc. If she doesn’t her entire body aches, she gets migraines and more. Not worth it.

A friend of mine who worked in support enforcement says part of the problem is how many non-custodial parents don’t see it as child support, but money they’re being forced to pay that bitch.

That may be from the court’s perspective. But they are paid for the child to the custodial parent. So what he wasn’t paying, the mothers were covering out of pocket. If he was paying on time they would be the child’s payment — when he’s this far behind, he’s paying back the mothers.

LOL - dating. That’s something my ex gets to do, not me.

My ex owes 30k, and he’s supposed to provide health insurance and pay 50% of her medical expenses. He’s never done those last two.

This is a wonderfully written piece with a rather glaring error: you don’t owe your kids money, you owe it to the women who relied on their own income to clothe, house, and educate the children you love.

Yup, raising kids is very expensive and very hard.

Me, as a child-support paying divorced mom with 50/50 physical custody, who still buys school uniforms and new shoes and haircuts for my kids because my ex-husband won’t.

What'd I'd like to know is how the mothers of your children were keeping it together all this time.

Same. For someone who is too socially anxious (and too old) for the club scene, Soundcloud has been a great way to listen to full sets, especially of the weirder stuff, which is what I most like.

I’ve been dreading this for so long. I have a Spotify subscription but SoundCloud has been vital to my music library for the past few years. I’ve discovered a lot of unsigned artists and producers (and amazing songs) on there, including some who are now really successful. I just hope if they introduce a subscription…

Are you thinking of SoundHound?

SoundCloud is the kind of site you would use if you like to hear unsigned artists, particularly in EDM or rap, or demos and mixes that don’t usually get official releases.

I cannot stop laughing at this because I just had a huge “fight” with my mom over my age (we were not actually angry). I was insisting that I am 45 and she was like: I know my daughter’s age and you are 43. I actually googled my birth date with the phrase “How Old Am I” - and mom was correct. I still can’t figure out…

Uhm, what are you saying?

I wish this was a thing. I have multiple tattoos and my immune system is shit. Well maybe it’s in overdrive. In addition to raging seasonal allergies I’m also alergic to exercise and, no shit, my own tattoos. They tend to get raised and itchy at times. Im currently taking Zrytec, symbicort, albuterol, and Flonase…

My sisters and brother-in-laws have tattoos. They are always sick. I’m only slightly exaggerating here. They really are sick quite often.

Dear gods, is this perfect timing. This past summer, my best friend suddenly became hostile and unfriendly; no warning, no explanation, no anything. Then I found out that she had been excluding me from activities we used to do with two other gfs, and then posting their fun on Facebook for me to see. This put the other…

I’ve been here before. Don’t let the friendship end. There’s no such thing as someone with mental disorder acting “on their own,” disconnected from the disorder. Even on medications, things can be said that they don’t mean. Or even worse, the mental disorder has conditioned the individual to think that hurting…

I’m not sure it qualifies as victim blaming when you do something that ridiculous. The punishment obviously doesn’t fit the crime but he’s not a total innocent in this — follow the laws of the country you’re in, particularly when it’s a dictatorship with no diplomatic relations with your home country.