I didn't write this. I don't see myself as "everyman." For one, I'm female. This story stood out to me when I read it EXACTLY because of how the black woman identified herself and was something that made me start to consider the impact of race in a new way when I read it over a decade ago in women's studies. The…

Stab me in the fucking heart. :(

My sister died when I was not quite 3 years old, and I was told she went to Heaven. So naturally I wanted to know why we couldn't just get in the car and drive there.

I want my kitties and nothing but my kitties when I'm upset. And possibly my best friend and a bottle of wine. Therapy dogs are awesome and this articles makes me both feel teary and squee-y, but when I'm sad my cats are pretty much the best things ever.

Because to you it's invisible.... I always found this interesting (found here, though I first read it in college: http://www.europrofem.org/audio/ep_kimmel/kimmel.html):

I love Smash, but in a guilty-pleasure-I-Probably-shouldn't-admit-this kind of way, not in a "Wow, what great television that should be award nominated!" kind of way. Also: I cannot stand BBT and don't understand the appeal at ALL.

I hate those people and am so glad that I rarely have to take the subway to work anymore. ARGH!

I finally bought one of those giant umbrellas to combat the other morons with the giant umbrellas and because I was so effing tired of my umbrella turning inside out. Now I stay drier and happier and my umbrella fights back. But also: I have self awareness about how I am walking and moving, I move it up/down/over to…

Bwahahahaha. Of course they did!

Indeed!! Color me very impressed.

I thought so! They were pretty cool about it overall and were social guys, so it wasn't a huge stretch for them.

I wonder when/how it started. My parents graduated in '72 and it was definitely not a thing for them (mom "We just got small, actual mums. As in the flower.") but they also went to tiny west Texas high schools, whereas I graduated from a very large high school north of Dallas. At what point was someone like, "I…

She is. I totally didn't appreciate her in high school (but what high school girl does?), but now realize I am pretty damn lucky, mom-wise.

Aw, your mom sounds awesome!

I never had a date for homecoming, but my mother made this up to me by making me some of the most beautifully tacky and ENORMOUS mums known to Texas high school. They are still hanging in my closet at my parents' house and practically attack me when I go home. (also, I graduated in 1998 and this was in no way a new…

A couple I know from high-school both changed their names and both took the other's name. So they are now "Susie Smith Jones" and "Bobby Smith Jones". Not hyphenated.

Duuude, that's deep bro

Thanks, I was coming here to basically say the same thing. I am a nurse practitioner, and used to work in the ER. Physically moving someone with that much bloating and edema who is not mobile = VERY DIFFICULT, even for trained medical professionals. Also, someone who dies of kidney failure after not getting…

When my cats didn't want to play with my roommates puppy (which was always) they a. hid or b. slapped her. There were no cuddly moments like this.