Chows are adorable but they are really aggressive at times. They're like unhappy brown pandas. They're not good with kids, particularly.

I grew up with an uncle who had spina bifida and was missing his legs and left arm. I was taught that people are born different ways and it's not polite to stare. My sons are 5 and 1, and I've already taught the 5 year old that people are all different and some need special equipment to get around.

I got a shitty 911 dispatcher when I was raped. She was annoyed that I was crying and speaking fast. Then again, I've talked about the shitty behavior of every goddamn public safety official in that situation on this site before.

Ugh, I had a similar situation happen to me. I was out walking, in a relatively nice neighborhood in broad daylight, and a wannabe pimp walked up and asked for my number. I said no. He asked for me to have sex with him, and I showed him my wedding ring. He said "that don't matter to me" and kept pressing it. I managed…

People don't realize that middle class status can quickly fly away with one bad economic downturn. I have several friends who had stockbroker parents that were living the high life. After 2008, the second homes/apartments were gone, the cars were traded in for cheaper models, and even the primary homes were getting…

No, you're just a privileged person. When you actually spend time living day-to-day and figuring out where your next meal is coming from or if you'll have a place to stay that night, getting pregnant (or other long-term things) doesn't seem even like a viable consequence.

Really, what's cheaper than the pill and as effective? Unless you are having very very occassional sex, condoms actually aren't cheaper. Depo isn't cheaper. An IUD is cheaper long-term, but costs about $1K to put in. And for all we know she may have tried to avoid it a few times and still ended up pregnant - sex…

I really can't believe that you are that naive, but birth control costs money. A lot of states do not offer free birth control. Hell, when I was living WELL below the poverty line (we're talking less than $12k a year), I had to fight tooth and nail with Medicaid to get regular birth control subsidized after I was…

That's what I was thinking. I'm pretty poor and $2,200 for me would be four months rent or one year of car insurance or 10 months of utilities or... I couldn't imagine having to fit in a sudden fine of $2,200. Hell it took saving up just to get my husband's old drunkenness charge expunged.

Yes because we know how well prison works to help set people straight.

Yeah, the South Carolina DOC just got sued for criminal neglect by the families of former prisoners and lost terribly in court. The judge let them have it, too. Some of the stories in the court findings were horrible - including a critically ill man in isolation who defecated and vomited all over himself for two days,…

What I'm wondering about are her goddamn boobs. I have a 24 inch waist, but I am also a 32A. When I was breastfeeding I had a 25 inch waist and D cups. It was freaking painful. I couldn't imagine having such a small waist with O size breasts.

Yeah, I did Revolutionary War re-enacting and I loved corsets because they weren't too tight and they provided support. The only time I had a problem was the one time where I had bronchitis and ended up with bruised ribs due to coughing while wearing one.

I love sleeping next to my husband and even when we have a huge-ass bed, we sleep close (either me laying on his chest or us spooning with my legs tucked between his). It's awesome and his nice warm belly is great since he prefers our bedroom on the cold side.

That is awful. I am so sorry to hear about your friend.

I'm another one that just doesn't understand it. On my block. three neighbors own guns, that I know of. One is a retired Sheriff, one is a retired Marine, and another is a City Cop. They all are reasonable: took CWP classes, put safeties on their guns, and keep their guns locked up. They're not the ones lobbying…

I think the reason people are upset with it is because Katy Perry has a habit of doing culturally insensitive things (like the Geisha act during an awards ceremony).

Ugh, I am so sorry that happened to you. My rapist hit me from the side and tackled me to the ground so I hit my head hard. Once my body comprehended that hey, I was getting attacked, I started screaming and fighting back, but then he held a knife to my throat. I figured getting raped was much much better than getting…

The funny thing is, when I was in high school I did get called out for having showing bra straps. I didn't receive disciplinary action because it didn't violate dress code, but I essentially got the "well you're so tiny you don't really need a bra/one of those built in bra tanks will do". I went through warm springs…

Yeah that was one of those things I really wanted to comment on the other day, but I felt uncomfortable. My FB friend's girlfriend got sent home from work to change because she was wearing shorts. She was going on about how they were tailored and she got them at a high-end store and she spent so much money on them,…