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I had a hysterectomy 6 months ago (I have one ovary left, so not in surgical menopause), and it was one of the best decisions I ever made.

Yes, I was thinking about that too. I am overweight, and I had a friend who was overweight who got harassed a lot. People would drive by her and yell stuff out their windows, and once some mean girls made a mean comment about her on the bus. That shit just never happened to me at all. With the bus thing, I kept hoping

Yeah, I definitely don't want to victim blame or anything like that. The whole "how do they pick who to harass" question is just something I've wondered about for years myself.

I think there is some truth in this comment. I am now a pudgy middle-aged lady, but back in the day I was a very pretty D-cup with blonde waist-length hair, and I never got catcalled as much as some women in these threads seem to. I can only remember a few incidents, actually. I also never got bothered by any dudes or

I bought in a very desirable gentrifying neighborhood in Pittsburgh in 2006, put some sweat equity in to update it (very necessary in a lot of 'burgh houses), sold in 2013 for a 70% profit. As you say, the trick is knowing one's market. :-)

Toaster ovens are awesome! I just recently got one (last year) and I wish I'd bought one a decade ago. We only cook for two people in my house (and I live in Florida, where Winter Is Never Coming) and the toaster oven bakes pretty much everything we need without having to heat up the entire house with the regular

Toaster ovens are awesome! I just recently got one (last year) and I wish I'd bought one a decade ago. We only cook

I like the one that says "In what city did you meet your spouse", because we met somewhere with a memorable name which isn't actually a city.

This is me too! I am 5’5”, but most of my height is in my torso. I have the inseam of a 5’ tall person. I can’t wear petites because the rise is way too short, but all regular pants drag on the ground. I am sick of having to tailor everything. :-(

% of Total Budget Spent on Food: Approximately 6% for groceries, another 1-2% for eating out. Just based on the grocery portion, we would be on the low to moderate end of the chart above.

Wow, beautiful cake!

We had a very formal evening wedding in a big northeastern city, guest list of 75, total cost = 5K. Half of that cost was the venue rental (a historic chapel and an equally historic reception hall across the street) and the services of a professional photographer. We did a bunch of things to save money, some of which

Especially a CHEESECAKE centerpiece! Yum!

They are ugly, but they have their place. Crocs are great for gardening.

I don't have any kids, but I do have great memories of going to summer camp as a kid.

Yeah, I do this too, and it has been a great strategy for me. My biggest peeve about "dieting" is all the planning and counting and weighing and sorting that has to go on - it's like a full-time job, and it's boring and I HATE it. (I have thyroid disease and other metabolic issues, so I can't just "cut out soda and

It's ok. I think it's very hard to have total empathy unless you've really been there yourself. I participate in an online infidelity support group. There are so many people there who had strong views about how they (or others) "should" react to infidelity and then ended up acting in the complete opposite way when it

It is definitely not a path for the faint of heart. I'm sorry, and I hope that you are in a better place now.

Most of my prior beliefs about infidelity were revealed to be fairly naive post-infidelity, chief among those being "the right thing to do is to immediately divorce the cheater". Long-term marital relationships are very complex, there are a lot of different factors to weigh in terms of trying to get an optimal outcome

Just wanted to respond about this one thing since it might not have been clear from my original post: although my husband cheated and lied about stuff related to his cheating, he never once blamed me for anything or said it was my fault. And we've never had a single conversation about my reactions being inappropriate