Bingo. I think even Hugh Hefner would find this ‘fathers’ behaviour distasteful.

I’m so sorry to hear that. My sister was diagnosed autistic and was taken (thankfully) into government care at the age of 6, still in diapers, unable to use any utensils or speak. These are hard things to overcome witnessing.

That sounds like a confusing world to grow up in. I hope you have a lot consistent, predictable stability in your life now. My mom was eventually diagnosed as ‘paranoid schizophrenic’ in the early’ 90's when she was 40 but who the hell knows. She just had ‘woman problems’ her whole life and they wanted her to take…

Did that cause you to be hyper-aware and on-guard in every situation? My mom sounds like your mom. I’m actually wondering if my mom was autistic, amongst other disorders.

The cafeteria. I just go for the cafeteria and end up with coming home with cute napkins and veggie meatballs.

Thank you for the best birthday party idea I’ve ever heard. Dog wedding. Better get planning.

In love with Gal Gadot. Agree with the lack of quality. All made up for with her beauty.

Requisitioning expensive vacant properties to house residents? Jeremy - I think I’m in love.

A neighbour mom-friend used to run home distraught whenever her child hurt himself and she’d send her husband out to deal with it. She’d leave her hurt kid with me because she was crying and too upset to comfort him. She thought it was too cold (from LA, moved to Canada) so the poor kid had to wear sweaters and…

And if you have 3+ kids? That’s a heavy burden. I leave the house with ONE water bottle, the family water bottle. If anyone is thirsty, they can have a swig and I fill it up when out and about. In the summer, I freeze the family water bottles and grab one as we leave the house.

Yes! That’s just what I was theorizing. I’ve seen abuse survivors defend people who remind them of their own childhood abusers. I wonder if it’s the little kid inside of us who wishes these assholes were innocent.

I have a theory that some sexual abuse survivors have a strange desire to protect people who remind them of their own abusers, especially if they relied on and loved their childhood abusers. When they meet someone as an adult who reminds them of those original abusers, they truly want to see them as innocent in a…

Well done! Don’t underestimate your accomplishments, this is no small feat.

Good for you! Freedom is priceless :)

When I was six, we went through a time where there was only porridge to eat, no milk, for the dog too. I had a dream I was eating the dog alive, but he was looking at me kindly, his eyes said, ‘go ahead, I know you’re hungry’. He eventually ran away. Cue Debbie Downer music, but yeah, welfare didn’t buy much food.

Jazz Jennings will always have a special place in my heart. When my son was 3, he started to say he wished he was a girl, totally lost, I turned to the internet and found Jazz Jennings. Jazz and her family reassured me that if they can do it, we can do it. She’s a wonderful role model (her family too) and she’s a…

As a mother of a 6 y/0 boy who wishes he was born a girl, I struggle with the terminology and the pronouns. I’ve had to re-evaluate everything I’ve ever thought about gender and did not see this coming. But the one thing I’ve come to see is that it comes down to misogyny in general. Society is fine with a girl who…

I’ve stopped shaving my legs and dyeing my hair, “letting go” as it would appear. Just coming to all the same conclusions as you and all commenters here.

The cost vs. benefit analysis just does not come out in favour of cleaning, cooking and managing someones calendar, having to watch Top Gear for gods sake for what in return? I’m my own wife now, I keep a nice house and make good food and appreciate myself thank you very much.

I give my kids nothing so when lovely people like you come around, my kids get their minds blown and are they very grateful.