The Dutch have this word that translates directly to “place-replacing shame” or “substitute shame”. Plaatsvervangende schaamte.

So, some background: I come from a long line of really strong and great women. We’re all really close, especially those of us on my mom’s side, and have been for generations. For whatever reason, the women in my family are all just really tight and have this great bond. Anyway, my grandmother’s aunt, Bea, who is my…

Okay, I just read a million of these stories and googled the past years’ stories and am reading them as well...sitting in my kitchen...in Europe...in a town that was occupied by both the Nazis and the Roman Empire and has been inhabited for 4000 years...wondering wtf is left in the ground that my house is built on top…

God you’re an entitled little prick.