I have zero saved (freelanced until I was 36 and pay minimum of $360 in student loans a month). It said I am 0% of the way and can retire at 95 aka when I die. Lovely!

I’ve never heard anyone who met him call Prince an asshole.

It’s really hard to deal with a barrage of calls when you’re meeting with the funeral director and mourning your loved one. He’s a famous guy who has a ton of friends, so it would be even harder for him. I actually think Twitter is okay in this case (although I think it’s super tacky when people post condolences on FB…

the only answer i want is how to bring him back.

And the look on all those rock star’s faces - they’re all giddy - like, we’re playing with Prince.

i would put this story on my resume if it happened to me. it would be my christmas card every year.

That guitar solo above - ending “While my Guitar Gently Weeps” is SO Classic Prince. He could rock a guitar like no other.

I was there too and want to add how he played like an hour past his time and got fined like a million dollars because he didn’t give one fuck.

I’m so sorry. I still check on mine every night before bed and they are teenagers. The worry never leaves.

And, not to beat a dead horse, but if you do not witness the baby stop breathing, you are two give the breaths first, then pump. If you do witness it, the opposite: pump, then breath. It’s all timing. This is why CPR training, as you advise, is a good idea.

Just an FYI, CPR as soon as you know baby isn’t breathing. Have someone else call 911, or if you’re alone, CPR first, at least for a bit, then call 911. You need to get air in there (if you can) as soon as possible. 911 can’t do CPR for you (although if you are not trained can of course guide you through it) and…

Good freakin’ luck keeping anything resembling a sock on my favorite little’s feet.

But there has to be a line you don’t get to cross. Attacking my spouse is that line for me. What if, instead of mentally abusing him, she had punched the husband in the face? Or- god forbid- assaulted her children? Wouldn’t that be crossing the line of no return? Forgiveness is one thing, continuing the friendship is…

You leave abusive relationships. Period.

That’s much more pleasant than thinking about lost friends decades later that you wish you still had.

But the friend dumped the author, not the other way around. I think ignoring your friend’s express wishes that she doesn’t want to be around you because you’re certain she didn’t really mean it and it was just her mental illness talking is incredibly gross and highly questionable. Being someone’s friend does not…

She went after the husband. That’s a line too far, especially when you add in, “I’m far from the only person who feels this way.” In my experience that person- the, “Everyone else is thinking it, I’m just brave enough to say it!” person- is self-absorbed and toxic. There’s the slightest whiff of passive agressive “Him…

It’s neurotypical privilege to think that some actions count as related to mental illness while others don’t.

This times a million. Toxic people have personality disorders, many of which are grown out of in time. Of course sometimes they never do, but if you can look past the behavior and see the struggling person inside, compassion plus distance is much easier to live with.