Same. I have to get a whack that leaves me wondering if a bone could have been broken in order to get a bruise. Meanwhile, Mr. M is on blood thinners and will can get bruises from things like a too-tight belt.

This is me with every single other parent at daycare. I mostly see these folks when we are dropping off our kids with precious little time to do more than nod hello to each other, yet somehow when I run into these other moms outside of the school, they all know my name, what is up my kid, etc. And I’m left going, “Um.…

I’ve also had editors who chose to cave for a variety of reasons, even when I wanted to put up a fight. As you say, you pick your battles. But I never, EVER use clients from these folks again when they do it. And I’ve had them complain, “Why don’t you ever call us for topic X any more?” Um ... because you’re a massive…

You would be surprised how often PR flacks think they can dictate coverage to journalists. The sad thing is, they try it because a certain percentage of the time it actually does work.

Bill Clinton, ever took part in the underage sex slave sexcapades that his pal Jeffery Epstein arranged for people on his island and private plane. Seems odd that the Secret Service didn’t always accompany him on that plane

I am so sorry you have this much knowledge on the issue. :(

Well, excuuuuuse me for demanding strict realism in my shows based on dragons and ice-zombies battling for power in a world that has irregular seasons that last for potentially decades at a time and is inhabited by multiple cults that can bring people back from the dead.

Nope.

But engaged to his political opponent is all kinds of fucked up.

So, I have no idea what the situation with the Graysons was, but I will note that a friend of mine married a guy who supposedly was trying really really hard to get divorced for about 15 years. They ended up having their wedding even though due to an alleged screw-up by the judge, the divorce still hadn’t been granted…

Do you really not think it’s odd that she apparently forgot to mention she was already married? I find it highly unlikely that was a boo-boo on her part.

This is good advice, but I SO hate that we have to do it. I’m pretty sure I have lost out on potential jobs over things as simple as my resume saying I’ve done “online content” when the company’s HR bot is looking for “digital content” or vice versa.

I have one in her late 50s who hasn’t been to the GYN since her six-week checkup after giving birth. That kid is about to graduate college. I yell at her every so often about it, but .... she ain’t going. She’s terrified of doctors.

Yup. Currently dealing with a close friend who only got a mammogram done as a way to guilt her mom into getting *hers* done. Mom is fine, friend has an aggressive cancer that she had no clue about. (Prognosis is good because they caught it in the nick of time, fortunately.)

That is an insult to pugs.

Yeah, you know shit is getting real when electricity up the urethra is the LEAST disturbing part of the story.

No, I completely understood the chronology. I just think it’s being used in service of a really stupid point.

And? If the store is offering it — which they clearly do not have to — why shouldn’t people take advantage of it?

This hasn’t been my experience at all. I keep forgetting about it, and then after a few weeks, I get an email that I’m getting a refund from Target or Amazon or something. I’m pretty pleased with it despite going in very skeptical.

Because it’s a common store policy to offer the refund?