I was wondering about that myself, and I like your answer. It does seem like it's a crutch, and to me it does sort of seem like it would be ideal to force these people to deal with their issues somehow and get to a mentally healthier place. But I understand that isn't really an option in most cases, and a crutch that…

It's too bad she isn't able to get some sort of therapy to deal with her issues, which have to be affecting her real human children. But it does seem that it's better for her to have some expensive dolls than it is for her to be having child after child that she can't afford and won't have much of an interest in once…

I get that foster parents are needed, but maybe she isn't the most emotionally healthy person to inflict on kids.

That's just insane, and I'm glad they're facing charges at least. I'm sick of hearing so many people claiming that so many "pit bull attack" stories involve perfectly loving, well-trained pets that just "snapped." When you actually look at at lot of the stories, it's insane shit like this, or a poorly socialized dog…

I once worked at a bakery that required gloves for certain tasks, and developed an allergy to latex after wearing the latex gloves they provided. I'd suggest some sort of non-latex gloves that you could reuse over and over, and that you could disinfect somehow. Like vinyl dishwashing gloves.

I don't like any makeup related "rules." Anyone who insists there is one set way you need to apply makeup is feeding you a load of crap. Different people will have methods that work for them. Different products will have different textures and because of that, one concealer might look and feel best under foundation,…

Do you remember those sticky, rubbery toy octopuses that you threw at the wall and they'd slowly tumble/ walk down, sticking to the wall as they went? I just had a vivid mental image of a uterus doing that. D:

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I wouldn't say mentioning that someone seems boring to you is, "shitting all over them." She does seem like a boring person to me. So do people who spend all the time in the gym, working on decorative muscles. We're all entitled to our own opinions.

DeviantArt is nice because you can organize all your art into galleries, which you can't really do on tumblr. And with tumblr it's too easy to stay up until 3 in the morning looking at random pictures of kittens and fancy cakes. I had to stop going on tumblr. :(

The only thing I see on her DA page mentioning any interests is that she "likes video games." :/

This feels like a mean thing to say, but people whose main focus seems to be on "working on" their appearance just strike me as being some of the most boring people alive.

Thankfully everyone is much better, but in the worst case I spent years trying to get help for a family member with mental illness and drug abuse issues. My efforts probably did go a long way towards keeping them alive, but I drove myself into a deep depression and put my life nearly completely on hold dealing with…

I've tried to get help for mentally ill friends/ family before, and it is practically impossible to get help for an adult who hasn't done anything illegal yet if they refuse to cooperate.

You're such a decent person. I would've pretended not to see them. :D

Thank you! And I suppose what made me feel uncomfortable was when he mentioned something we'd been talking about, and he mentioned that I could stop by after one of his classes or we could go get some coffee or tea sometime. It didn't seem to be anything remotely like, "Hey, let's go on a date!" and it wasn't an…

Ideally you could distance yourself from her and anything related to her, so her destructive choices aren't on your mind all the time. Unwatch her on Facebook, avoid places where you might run into the two of them together, etc... or you'll be constantly making yourself miserable.

I don't know how old you are, but if you're fairly youngish and have been an adult human for say, less than a decade or so, then it isn't unusual that you haven't found a lot of people who you found a deep connection with yet. Especially when you factor in having survived a difficult childhood with abuse, and how that…

I'm so sorry about your mother, that's terrible. That's one of the awful things about depression; it can absolutely convince someone of this awful, warped version of reality. It's easy to start believing that no one cares, or that their family/ friends/ the world in general would be better off without them. It's hard…

I've gotten good advice here before, so maybe someone can help me out with this. I have a hard time with a lot of social interactions. I have an issue with not replying to phone calls or emails when I don't feel comfortable- I just put off replying for way too long because it's the easy, less awkward thing to do.…