I have the macy’s 4th of July fireworks on TV - on mute. Even just the freakish sight of the crowd annoys me, but I will watch the tv fireworks. One day, I'm going to rent a hotel room in a city with a good view and watch the fireworks in quiet solitude. I might need one of those thunder blankets though.

I don't have plans because crowds and loud noises terrify me. So fireworks and parades - sort of not really able to be there. I miss fireworks. Not parades.

Actually, at work we often don't say goodbye on phone calls with colleagues. At least where I work. It's weird, I know. I say goodbye in other phone conversations though.

I would have agreed with you about 5 years ago, but other chains have caught on and have many of the same bulk items for sale. Gluten-free may be bullshittery for some, but with it came the millet, raw almonds, etc that only whole foods had before.

Chris Christie may be one of the most vile politicians out there, and he’s not very good at hiding that fact. In Jersey, there seemed to be some appreciation for his “straight talk,” but that wore off long ago. Even the most conservative conservatives in NJ tend towards embarrassment - like he’s that nephew who was…

U.S. Female here. Let me know if anyone ever figures that out. It’s so insane and awful on the human rights end. But it’s also embarrassing on the want-to-be-patriotic end.

Yeah - she was abusive too. I thought about just going with Smith if I never got married. So, maybe I’m an outlier, but I literally have no (blood) family name I would want to have.

Yeah, but if your dad’s last name is unusual and he's a horrible person? I'm not an idiot; I'm someone who didn't want to have any searchable connection to that family.

My maiden name was my father’s last name, and he was an awful abusive misogynist. My husband is an awesome feminist - so I switched my name to get away from my father’s name. Neither of us were interested in a combo name. Really big deal for me was hat there was no pressure from him to switch it - even with the…

Absolutely same thing here. I didn't actually want to have more sex, but I thought I was supposed to.

I hope your phone call went okay. I had a vicious nightmare last night - I get nightmares every week leading to Father's Day - probably for 15 years now. The evil monster is dead now, but I don't think I acknowledged Father's Day for him for over 20 years. He was different - so self-absorbed, I doubt he even noticed.…

I know - I wrote that she could have such wildly different responses. No one believed me then; people I’ve told as an adult - well, they don’t know me from my childhood. When I told my mother as an adult she didn’t believe me and it sent me into a year-long spiral. Another aunt sort of said something along the lines…

JeZzies who I don't have to pretend with irl - thank you for all these posts. You are helping me get through a rough night. And this movie.

This is some wacky fun! I kind of love this shit. More A-list Lifetime movies!!!

I asked my primary abt xanex vs ambien. Because I have so much anxiety, xanex is the choice for me. So I'm physically and psychologically addicted? It's better than living without sleep. I scale back my dosage when I can and deal wit the fact that sleep is sort of essential to you know, being alive. Don't beat…

Surprisingly, I enjoyed my reunions. Lots of connecting to good memories, a few heartfelt moments with past friends where as adults we cleared up silly misunderstanding. I'm telling you - I don't keep in contact irl with more than three hs friends and I still enjoyed myself. It was cool to see us all grown up. And it…

Don't even know if anyone will see this. I hate Father's Day. I have nightmares leading up to Father's Day. He was evil and sad and broken and sometimes I think I might be too. It doesn't help that I'm self-medicating tonight to get through this weekend. I hate Father's Day.

Her abuse was not your fault. The fact that adults did nothing to stop it - that was their fault, not yours. Unfortunately, I don’t even know that reaching out to her now would accomplish anything for her. You may feel bad, but it sounds like she was destroyed. Maybe if you reached out to her, she’s be relieved to…

When you are a kid, you do not have the language or understanding of molestation. The friend being molested, you as a child - you are not responsible. It was the responsibility of the adults to step in and protect the child. You were a child. Your friend told you, but what were you to do? You knew your mom knew and…

We can both be named Jane - Jane Batter and Jane Dough. We can have a K-9 companion - Snickerpoodle. I came up with this in about 30 seconds. If we actually got together and created a script, we would rock it.