So I have pretty severe depression that’s luckily mostly managed pretty well with medication, but occasionally I still have low bouts, and I under no circumstances can stop taking my meds. My boyfriend, although wonderful in all other aspects, doesn’t really get it, and doesn’t actually “believe in” psychiatry. I…

Pressed sheets are a really lovely thing.

I have flannel sheets for winter and regular ones for summer, though. So two sets of sheets minimum is always necessary.

I think it’s a stretch to read that as suggesting anything beyond the idea that people are responsible for their own behavior.

Feminism doesn't preclude a person from having kinks.

Hahahaha you are an idiot.

Hobbesian* FTFY. And what the fuck does that even mean, you see the world as more Hobbesian than Locke-ish?

Yeah, no, this is nonsense. My boyfriend is nice as fuck to basically everyone and it’s one of the things that I love about him. Guys that treat everyone but their girlfriend like shit will eventually treat their girlfriend like shit, too.

That would be my understanding as well, which is why I was like, wait, what? Bindi I get as it has had religious significance, but henna is entirely cosmetic. Sure, there's cultural background, but it's not sacred.

Okay, I’ll bite - how is applying henna cultural appropriation?

I legit took the nuclear option and hard deleted my Facebook, made a new one without my legal name on it, set my privacy settings to “basically impossible to find”, and blocked my ex. But he was an abusive psycho who threatened to kill me, so it's not total overkill.

A question that would compare to “when did you stop beating your wife” is “when will you start requiring Muslims to register and identify themselves”. This is more like asking “do you support wife beating” and getting “I would need to consider many options” in response. It’s a simple yes or no question, not a gotcha.

In what way is that a bullshit notion? It takes no time at all to say, no, that is a terrible idea and I don't support it. By not objecting he's implying support. It's not absurd.

Yeah, I realized this morning that I said something dumb - I was thinking about superbugs, I think, but of course infections that aren’t wiped out by typically prescribed antibiotics are going to lead to new infections when the infected party doesn’t go back for the all clear from their doctor.

No, it has nothing to do with antibiotic resistance.

lol no. i had a mole removed from my hand when i was a teenager (pre-cancerous, woo!) and i definitely have a scar.

Oh, nice! I’ll have to look into that. I’m not sure my shrink will support it, though - she’s incredibly cautious with the whole thing.

Recently, I asked my stepmom - who, being in her 40s, is just barely old enough to be considered an adult, but barely counts - when one stops and realizes that one is, in fact, an adult, and she said, “I don’t know, ask my mom.” So I think it's all a facade, actually.

You’re lucky you only have to go back every three months, I take Vyvanse and I have to go in every 30 days, and I had to try two other non-stimulant ADHD medications before they would even think about this one.

I don’t know, though. I’m a younger person who basically grew up on the Internet, although social media wasn’t quite the behemoth even 10 years ago that it is now, and so maybe the 7 years I have on this girl make a bigger difference than I think they do, but I’m less dismissive of the obviousness of what she’s saying…