You don't expect him to have a relationship with a Black girl, now do you?

This is my favorite white tears gif. And yes, white people really need to get over it (as a white person). I'm not wounded or offended or frustrated or tired of listening to people speak of their lives. I know it's. Not. About. Me. Most white folks are delicate flowers because they've never had to be anything else.

That's a very good point, and it is also something that I find terribly interesting. I was thinking of the Holocaust more for the trajectory of her recovery as opposed to the actual experience itself. There are too many differences to draw any meaningful parallels beyond that both situations where acts of extreme…

Because I am an odd duck, I have studied the Holocaust for decades now and I wonder if she'll follow a similar trajectory that a lot of the Survivors did. Some of them wanted, needed to talk about what had happened to them. Almost to the point of obsession, as if they were purging it. Then as people tired of it, they…

I was 190 when I first went on the pill, never heard that from anyone.

Part of why they aren't two sides of the same coin. Some Asian women prefer white men because they believe they are more likely to be treated well, if not precisely equally. Western sexism includes chivalry, which is destructive but if you must pick between sexism that reduces you to only servant and uterus or sexism…

I was raised in an agnostic home, and we always celebrated Christmas with gusto! It's absolutely the most important holiday to my family. For example, even though my youngest sibling is 23 and there is only one grandchild (who generally can't be with us because of custody issues) stays over at my house on Christmas…

Yup! Sometimes I just have to escape to the guest room. Unfortunately, Mr. Downing Does. Not. Like. It. when he doesn't know where I am in the middle of the night, so that usually results in me waking up to a looming figure in the dark startling me awake. "I just wanted to make sure you're okay" He'll say. And it's…

Oh yeah, we have three cats and in the winter Mr. Downing, Nephew Downing, and all of the cats seem to need to all be as close as possible to me. My nephew doesn't crawl into bed any longer, but there were nights where I think I was actually sleeping on a thin sliver of bed, approximately four square inches. That much…

Sometimes a person really is that awful. I was so relieved when my mother's mother died. She was a toxic, horrible human being who destroyed everyone she could. I'm glad you haven't had that experience.

Man, that still chills me to the bone.

They do in California!

It's true, there are usually reasons why folks act as they do. When I can, I try to delve into the source, but usually they are far too gone.

That makes a lot of sense. About four years ago my then 8 year old nephew and his father moved in with me and Mr. Downing. My nephew had lost his mother (my sister) about a year and a half earlier. Clearly very different than adopting, but the first six months were rocky. My nephew had had a really hard life up until…

Right? Why do some folks have to be so horrible? What on earth do they get out of it? I've never understood why people are willing to treat another human being so poorly. This need a few of us seem to have to stand on another in order to get higher themselves is so troubling. I genuinely believe that most folks are…

That is the perfect way to handle that situation, bravo! You just can't argue with them, once you do the battle is lost. I bet the Insecure Attention Monster says some really comical things when you agree with her like that.

That sounds exactly like our thinking! I only want to go through all of that once. We'll all settle in together. We're particularly well suited to helping children recover from abuse issues, but not medical issues as neither of us has any kind of chronic issue.

Oh, I was biting my tongue frequently. My pride got to me and there was no way in hell that I wasn't going to be taking this bitch down. Just had to use her own delusional thinking against her. I am a master at emotional Jujutsu. Luckily, I use my powers only for good ... or at least not evil.

Completely! I hope your Chmn. Meow sees the light soon.

I detest concern trolling. I'm a big ole girl, and that "I just care about you" bs is the worst.