I threw up in my mouth a little.

Did you tell anyone they were in there? Did you tell the father in law himself?

Are you feeling any better this morning?

What is completely unfair is that now the burden will be on her to be gracious more than it will be on him to be apologetic. She would be seen as a ball-busting, man-hating bitch if she completely condemned this "romantic" action, whereas he can say, "I'm not sorry for loving her too much."

This is completely brilliant.

I actually don’t even get irritated when they ask about the food in my cart or things like that. And ordinarily, it wouldn’t be a big deal for them to ask what I was doing that night (although I would still highly prefer that they NOT ask!). It was just really over the top that one Tuesday. Instead of something like,…

This is the funniest thing EVER!  Now I must try to memorize it...

I think the worst one was when I went to Trader Joe's on a Tuesday afternoon around 4:00 and the checkout guy asked us if we had anything fun planned that night.  And this wasn't a holiday or a vacation week or anything, just some random Tuesday at 4:00.  What the hell fun things am I supposed to be doing then!?

You might want to try joining a credit union and refinancing through them. Their interest rates are always lower than regular bank rates for one, and they are also sometimes willing to work with individuals to customize loans. These “portfolio” loans can allow them to relax the guidelines that they would usually…

It could also be that your subconscious is reacting to something about him because that trait is reminding you of something painful in your past. On a basic level, it can be as simple as gender; if you have had a pattern in your life of men who have damaged your trust, it could be a little harder to build trust with a…

How did you answer?

Is anybody else sick of being asked what wonderful, special plans they have for the holidays? My partner and I live alone, and both of our families are in other states. He doesn’t talk to his family at all. My family is across the country and is mostly toxic, so I do not see them for holidays. We don’t have friends…

Ugh, I don’t know why it is that life has to pile everything on at once that way. I’m so sorry you are having to deal with such an extraordinarily difficult situation, but as others have commented, you have already demonstrated so much strength! I went through a sustained period of awfulness a few years back and I…

Doing some kind of art or crafts? If you feel less-than-confident about your art abilities, I know a lot of people find collage to be a good way to start opening up those creative channels, and it can be very engrossing, which can eat up a lot of anxiety hours. Adult coloring books are great for that too, and you can…

No kids, and I'm definitely glad I never gave in to pressure and had kids with him.  I told him I would NEVER subject a child to the sort of father he would be. 

You have to keep in mind that my ex-husband is one of the fakest human beings on the planet, so he just gave my mother a big smile and thanked her. I am someone who really can’t hide my feelings from being obvious on my face, so I often used his fakeness as a way of dealing with her. She’d pull her nonsense and he…

Ick!

Did your sister even have any use for it?  I mean, would she give it to you?

I went through this same thing. My side of the family always spent money on my ex from the beginning of our relationship, even the first Christmas when we had only been together two months. He always got birthday money and graduation money as well, and when we got married, we didn’t have an actual ceremony, but my…

Oh my God!  Are you sure your uncle wasn't a serial killer?  That is some seriously pathological behavior!