My husband used to work with a guy who would routinely verbally abuse his mother on the phone. "Shut the fuck up, mom. I don't need your opinion. Why are you such a pushover, mom? If you weren't such a shitty mother I would be more successful. I ran out of clean gym socks, you need to do the laundry more often. Talk…

Right? I'm trying to think of how I'd react if a man said that to me. All I can come up with is mildly amused at the lameness of it. And maybe some relief.

Lucky. They probably just figured out that they get more clicks/ratings when they start up a sex war.

One of the fun things I picked up here is "No one cares about your boner".

Okay, we've established that she is, indeed, a baby.

I dated a guy who knew Gloria Leonard's daughter. He said they were very nice people.

Well, since the person she accused doesn't exist, that probably won't happen. Probably the one smart thing Jackie did - she fabricated a rapist instead of naming an innocent (real) person.

Natalie had talent, though.

As I read it, she is not allowing the exam. None of the doctors are refusing to do the procedure - she is (or was).

As a few people in the mental health field have pointed out, there IS more to the story. It is notoriously difficult to have someone committed to a mental health facility involuntarily. Due to HIPAA (privacy law), the mental health professionals on the other side of Ruby's story cannot legally divulge the details. …

Ruby had many diagnostic tests and procedures that have ruled this possibility out. It does happen, though.

If I may, I'd like to point out why I think John is not really that wonderful. I think he's enabling her delusion. And posting the sonogram photos on Craigslist to drum up support for her delusion is FAR OUT CREEPY. He may be a nice and supportive person, but I think his "helping" is not especially helpful.

The stretching sensation in my vagina happened when the baby was coming out. The stretching sensation in my uterus happened when the baby was growing. My babies were real, though.

She is not pregnant. Dozens of medical professionals with no ulterior motive have confirmend this. She is mentally ill. She has been mentally ill and hospitalized for it in the past. She has self-harmed.

Me too. This story kind of reminds me of "Lars and the Real Girl", where they SPOILER slowly set the stage for the doll's death.

That bedbug thing happened to a friend of mine. She's already neurotic (not saying YOU are, but she was already a little pre-disposed) and it was a little hairy for a while. She was convinced they were inside even sealed plastic packages of stationery, etc. Totally understandable! My kids brought home head lice…

Pretty sure she's homeless.

Whoops. Too late to edit, but I hope RUBY gets the help she needs.

This summer I lost a friend to a particularly aggressive breast cancer. The doctors initially dismissed it as mastitis because she was nursing her baby when she discovered the lump. Horrific.

I'm no expert, but I can easily see her stealing a baby.