My brother, at about 13 and at the beginning of 7th grade, shot up to about 6 feet and his voice dropped. He looked about 18 or 19, seriously. I barely recognized him when I came home that summer. I imagine many teachers probably didn't want to call out a kid on "early puberty" or something, because kids are…

It could be! I hit all the Beighton points, too :/ I never really thought about it until my sister was diagnosed. I just figured some people were bendier than others, and I used to take gymnastics, so I thought that was probably why. My sister had a lot of pain, so she was going to the doctor for years, trying to…

Thank you :) I'll let her know!

My sister was just diagnosed with EDS! She thinks I have it, too, but I am pretty pain-free, so I'm not terribly convinced. It took her years to get a diagnosis, and it's not a very well-known sort of thing. I'm sorry for your terrible experiences. I can only imagine what she might have experienced in high school…

Ahh, I can't stand sleeping naked. I just feel uncomfortable and I wash sheets/blankets more often, because they start to need it. I'm indifferent to whether or not anyone else sleeps naked, though. If they want to, fine, but if it were an every-single-night sort of thing, I'd kind of want them to put something on.…

I vaguely remembered watching a dinosaur cartoon at daycare, and I'd forgotten about it after all this time. I'm almost positive it was Dink, The Little Dinosaur! What a strange memory to have brought up.

My mom rented this for me when my sister went on her first camping trip with my dad, and I didn't get to go (I was like, three or four). We went to the gas station, and I picked out ANY SNACK I WANTED and Mom picked the movie.

Many vets will do paw prints for you, if you want! Usually, it's ink-and-paper, but if you want a memento of your pet, it can be very lovely.

I had to make the phone call to the vet for my childhood dog, because my stepfather and mother couldn't do it. I don't blame them. It's not an easy task, and sometimes, it's better to let someone else do it, if the time is right and you just can't bring yourself to do it.

We did the same with my childhood dog. I had since moved out, and my mom and stepfather were caring for her. She had gone deaf, blind, and was nearly entirely incontinent. She didn't even seem to know when she was going. My mother is nothing if not dedicated to her pets. She and my stepfather took turns sleeping…

I can see where you're coming from, actually. I've been volunteering at shelters for six or seven years and fostering for a few months, and it's not uncommon to see surrenders for all kinds of reasons (some very legitimate and some very not-legitimate). I think that budget should be considered when you're adopting a…

If it's something you want, ask! I was living in a very conservative, northern state in the US, and I was able to get it at 23 (I've never had any kids or pregnancies, and I'd like it to remain that way). I had to shop around a lot, but I found a doctor who was willing to perform it. I didn't need a psych…

I ate Play-Doh as a young child. It apparently gave me horrible diarrhea, but I didn't realize that it was the cause. It tasted salty, and I guess I liked that? I still really like salty or savory snacks.

There's a lot going on here before you can declare "face".

I think there's a balance to be struck. On the one hand, there is definitely pressure to stay in a relationship, no matter what the cost, because "a good wo/man is hard to find". People do tend to think poorly of women who end relationships, unless s/he was cheating, hitting, or hurting children/animals. Even…

It's supposed to mimic the way that friends tease each other, I guess. Like, you might laugh at a close friend and insult them, and they volley something back, but the problem here is twofold:

I agree that for some people, increased sexual feelings are a thing and can be difficult to deal with, and I think that we need to be careful about those types of things. Too often, they relate to the idea of who can and can't "control" themselves, and how could we expect anything more, especially when someone was…

I think it's kind of problematic to say that they have "out of control sex drives", as if that excuses poor behavior. We need to hold people to standards of behavior, and that includes consent. Teenagers are capable of understanding and obtaining consent, and no amount of "I was really, really, really horny," is an…

Yeah, I agree. I mean, it's not the most offensive thing ever, but dressing up as a real, actual woman who was violently murdered is kind of... I don't know, it puts a bad taste in my mouth. It's kind of not cool to casually dress up as someone's actual, real suffering and terrible end. If you were just…

Oh, absolutely! I guess it's always just rankled me a little when I hear people defend their behavior because "people in Europe do it!". After all, Europe is comprised of about 50 countries, and each one has their own way of doing it! I do hear that places in the southern part of Europe tend to be more relaxed…