Someone I know got relief from Hashimoto symptoms by being careful about what he ate. I don’t remember the details but I know there are blogs and articles that recommend avoiding certain foods.

:( About the same amount of time ago (17-ish years) I got un-engaged. My otherwise nice and normal family continued to gift me items from my wedding registry for Christmas and birthdays for 2 years because “these are things you wanted.” Each one was a dagger to my heart.

I was with someone for many years who would be home for a few months and then away for work for a few months. When he was home we had so much fun together and really made the most of it. When he was away, we talked at least once a day on the phone to stay connected. The situation could have been fine with a different…

I got my first boyfriend between 7th and 8th grade. We mostly talked on the phone but would sometimes sneak to each other’s houses while our parents were at work, and did some clothes-on heavy petting. I was conflicted about it because I was turned on and liked him so much, but felt like I was doing something dirty…

This is true for me as well. It’s like all the accumulated grief is felt along with new grief.

They owned a home and had to sell it in the divorce. Rent costs more than their mortgage did and keep rising, and her teacher salary doesn’t cover her expenses, even working extra in the summer. :(
Similarly, my friend who is a newly divorced dad with boy and girl teens just had his 3 bedroom apartment rent raised to…

My relative’s a teacher and her wages haven’t been enough to cover her expenses since her divorce. She says she is much happier now even though she uses savings to make up the difference. But if she can’t land a higher paying job, she will eventually need someone else to help — whether a new romantic partner, moving…

https://www.tarot.com/ does this with tarot and also i ching.

Flytographer does something similar: you get an hour with a local who takes vacation photos of you.

I loved Rogue One. K-2SO was everything C-3PO could have been, the dialogue was clever vs corny and everyone dies in the end!

I’m so sorry you experienced that. I appreciate you articulating that the subtlety of grooming makes it too easily passed over. :(

The joke doesn’t fall between a fart joke and a dick joke - it is a dick joke about the anthropomorphized dog’s dick.

Maybe teach girls to be aware of the danger of men reacting with violence? I used to firmly say things like “no, I’m not interested” and it worked fine. Then I had experiences where the guys reacted menacingly and it scared me enough to switch to smiling and trying to defuse these situations while gently declining.

Fascinating!

Seattle City Council could’ve engaged the corporations to create a proposal together. They might have ended up voting on a similar plan, but it would have been a positive gesture. I don’t blame Amazon for feeling like this is a hostile action that doesn’t recognize the positive things they already do for the region…

The Ballard neighborhood in Seattle has a bunch of micro breweries and also great restaurants and bars (including the Pie Bar, which has a few savory pies but mostly just desert and fun drinks).

I’ve been using the Evoluent mouse since 2011, too! That plus sleeping with a wrist brace has helped keep arm pain away after 2 years of physical therapy to undue repetitive stress damage.

I’ve told my friends in the past that I would support them no matter what their choices were, but that I wanted more for them than what their boyfriends were able to give.  

I store a bit of canned food and water and my neighbors do not. I have considered whether offering my cat when they come pillaging should be part of my survival strategy.

My new late-40's boyfriend uses Axe deodorant! Hilarious and it’s strong like cologne but it smells good to me so <shrug>!