Taking newborns away from incarcerated mothers is straight up Handmaid’s Tale.

God our CJ is fucked, so fucked. It’s wants to dehumanized convicts and cares not a lick for societal impact. Why in the hell would the ban people from consensual non sexual touching?

Given that private prisons are big business and States have agreements with them to ensure that the prisons remain full, it is in no way a conspiracy theory to conclude that these practices are deliberate. When they make it harder for people to do the things that we know reduce recidivism, it’s quite transparent.

I think that the story is all the more effective because it focuses on someone who has committed a serious crime. She has a 15 year sentence, which means she will be out on the streets again. Therefore, it is imperative that she have every opportunity to emerge from prison with strong family bonds, mental and…

Are all your best lines from 5 year old memes?

But if you focus less on the mother and more on the child, what difference does it make? Are we so intent on punishing people to the fullest that we’ll sacrifice a baby’s well being, knowing that the detrimental effects of premature separation are long-lasting? Denying infants the ability to stay with their mothers…

Just want to send some love to all the people who never had a mother figure, are missing someone, who’s mothers aren’t good to them or make the mother-child relationship difficult. In some ways I’m close to mine, and in others I continue to be hurt by her. Mother’s Day is a really shitty holiday for a lot of people,…

As someone who spent some time in jail (though not prison), I can tell you how deeply the loss of their children scars these women. I heard stories of forced parental terminations, of relapsing into drugs when their kids are taken because they feel there’s no hope. Women passed around photos of their babies that were…

Do not listen to the Schwag your husband is an adult. Nobody pressured him to have a baby. He could have taken a strong stance on kids but he decided to actively participate on this. Like someone else posted here men who impregnate women have at least a financial responsibility even if it is a one night stand. He KNEW…

Welcome to Gilead.

That is insane. Do they not know that regular physical contact is considered to be essential for an individual’s mental health? I mean the whole situation seems cruel and insane, but that is just the crowning turd on the shit pile.

Two thoughts that haven’t been mentioned that are VERY common in the situation you describe. One, he probably has emotional and/or physical needs that were being met when it was the two of you that aren’t now that it’s the three of you. Obviously he’s doing a shit job at talking with you about this and is instead…

I’m glad you responded. I was about to go with STFU but your reply is better.

Why are you being so hard on her? It seems like she is saying that they discussed it and planned it and it was only after she had the kid that he is now acting like he was doing her a favor to avoid responsibility.

Fuck off.

I think you should bring this up at your next therapy appointment. All of the commenters here have really given you a lot to think about and (in some cases) some good perspective, but that’s no substitute for talking about this with your therapist.

he doesn’t believe he needs it

Ask his doctor for a prescription for the 20 mg strength of sildenafil. It was marketed orginally as Revatio to help women by increasing blood flow to the clitoris. It had a nominal effect at the dose of one tablet, but our pharmacy staff recommends it for men with ED as you can take 3-5 tablets before sex and end up…

So I work in a high school, and right now our seniors are all freaking out about high school being “the best time of your life” and being almost over, and after I finish laughing, I tell them that is absolutely NOT true. Nobody remembers or cares about high school. And I will tell you, that is also very true about…

I am so sorry you are feeling all these things. If it matters, what you did or didn’t do in college REALLY doesn’t matter in the long run. There’s no “oh you only partied A LITTLE BIT in college?” or anything.