I am clutching my tongue right now just reading this!

That toilet story was my worst nightmare! I'm from a huge family and the older cousins convinced us younger ones that our grandparents' bathroom had alligators living in the sewers and they would bite your butt when you sat down. I remember one cousin even showing a scratch mark on his butt (that he probably gave…

I had a premonition when I was 5 or 6 that I was going to die by stabbing. I was adamant that no one ever be behind me, so I insisted on sitting in corners, with my back to the wall — at restaurants, at church, even in class. My teacher was less apt to humor this until I kept talking about how I was going to "die an…

Yes, please! Once I hit 30 I started seeking out more mature women to ask questions about being an adult human woman—everything from friends a few years older to my grandmother. Whether it was job advice, buying a home, leaving a terrible relationship, or simply requesting someone to tell me about their life, I feel a…

I had to go on a no-dairy diet for a medical thing for 6 months, and Chipotle was my savior! I was also training for a half marathon at the time and was tracking my nutrients. A Chipotle salad with small scoop of beans, brown rice, extra peppers/veggies, a few of the salsas, and guac on top (FREE guac on the veggie…

I purposely go to the bathroom or find some wedding-type chores to do (oh, you need to move all 137 gifts to another table? I'll help!) in order to avoid this. At my sister's wedding I had to be in the bouquet-catching crowd because sisters (I wasn't even in the wedding party because she knows how i feel about…

I asked my mom if she read the books or wants to see the movie and she replied, "honey, my sex life is much much more exciting than that."

Um, good for you (and dad)?

You are 100% right. I stayed with a sig who moved into my already-comfy apartment for several years because I'd basically be kicking them out of "my" space if we broke up, or have to fight tooth and nail over who got the apartment because we'd been "sharing" during our cohabitation tenure. I ended up BUYING a house to…

Right?

Have you noticed any difference in how you're treated by colleagues or supervisors? I also stopped volunteering for menial, gendered, and thankless tasks over the past year and my female supervisor told me during a 1-on-1 that I'm noticeably "doing less" and need to be a better "team player." I asked if any of my work…

Sometimes it may be an accident or misunderstanding. On our first date, my now-partner and I went to a posh farm-to-table type place and went dutch on our bills. Because I'd picked him up across town and declined letting him give me money for gas, he asked me to let him get the tip for the whole table. Our server was…

Edits: You first list the frat as Phi Kappa Alpha in the 3rd paragraph and later use the correct Pi Kappa Alpha.

Herland!

She was having a weird twinge-y pain (her words) and then couldn't find the strings, which they tell you to check regularly. I replied to another reply too — but she had also given vaginal birth very recently before her IUD placement. So while some people may have noticed something was "off" earlier, she was already…

Sorry for late reply, was out of the country. The IUD punctured the wall of her uterus at some point and migrated completely out of the uterus. It was the literal worst-case scenario they tell you about in the small print of the paperwork. She's fine, but had to have several Dr. appointments and finally small surgery…

Having worked in the feminist health field, I found that other doctors are using old guidelines when steering women away due to "never given birth" or "non-monogamy" issues. I have never been pregnant, had never had my cervix dilated, and I popped over during lunch hour to get mine put in and went right back to work.…

Seeing as I haven't had a period in over 3 years since insertion, I feel like the bionic woman! No more bloat, feeling gross, worry about bleeding, etc. Anytime is Sexytime!

Right, once you have one it's like how did I EVER have anything else? Since I got mine probably 10 women in my social circle have opted for the IUD. Then their sisters, and women who know those women, etc. IUDs carry some risk (my sister's migrated completely out of her uterus into her abdominal cavity), but every…