The reason I don't have my engagement ring yet, 19 months after getting engaged. Every time we talk about making a payment on it, I freak out because what about the bills! Bills everywhere! I don't deserve nice things!

You are in no position to make an objective value judgment on whether she has depression (as she, a fucking smart lady as you point out, attests) or just "the blues." Don't demean HER by saying she's doing it for attention.

And it's attitudes like yours that make depressed people feel even WORSE for not having "valid" or "real" problems. As if a mental illness that takes over your every waking thought is invalid.

I grew up a couple of miles from here. The neighborhood is completely neglected by the city, police, developers, everyone. Rahm needs to focus less on PR and more on the systemic problems that allow people to live in this city under such stress and poverty that their children are seeing gangs as the only way to get…

I think it was the "COOOOOoooookie?" that confounded the caption program.

Those things grow really fast. Waiting two weeks to see the pediatrician could have been enough to let it get out of hand. Plus, really complicated to remove if it ended up taking ten hours - kid could easily bleed out if they're not careful.

No, but now it's on my Netflix instant queue!

My social worker mom had three siblings in her school (first and middle names): Jim Beam, Johnny Walker, and Jack Daniels. It's possible their mom had a drinking problem...

Not all Catholics are corrupt. Look up the Franciscans.

I was raised Catholic, too, but in a liberal parish. No one focused on loyalty to the Vatican, mostly just on the teachings - it's about helping others, and being a good person. My dad went to seminary up until the year before ordination and is very active in the church. He despises Benedict, the reactionary policies,…

Fourth! Make sure it's Mirena and not the regular copper Paraguard, if you already have super bad cramps that one will make your life a living hell.

WHO GIVES A SHIT

Why, WHY is this site trying to discourage a girl who only wants to be taken seriously in her creative endeavors? Can't we just be happy that someone is succeeding?

Yes! Wide toes!! Make my prematurely aging bunioned feet happy! Unfortunately it's not the most elegant look for an already short, stocky woman...

Your feet are probably 'average' width, which is a B. I'm also worried about the in-between-siziness - at least with a site like Zappos you can order a couple sizes and then return the one that doesn't fit as nicely.

I'm gonna look both of those up right now! My flat feet hate everything and most flats don't have room for my orthotic inserts.

I feel your pain, Nathaniel. My head was a kickball magnet when I was your age, too. Blow that harp!!

Ah yes, the "I choose to interpret the casual jocularity of this post as an offense against X group" comment - number 3 on the list of Top Jezebel Comment Types, right before "would we be saying the same things about X story if it had been a MAN??"

Yeah, my dad falls in that seven percent of non-morning-people-over-60 and we're both depressives. Also I've never been able to do that thing where you get up consistently early for a job and then find yourself automatically getting up that early on weekends and days off. I'll sleep til noon every time. Mood and sleep…

Have you tried building up a napping schedule? Napping is even better than sleeping at night :D