Ok, to be fair to the male host, he breaks when his co-host says “It’s gone up.”, which was close enough to a visual metaphor that I could see him chuckle, but then the woman from the magazine says, in response to his laughter, “It’s going to be full of those things.”. Which, if intentional, was the most brilliant…

I like to compress them down into diamonds, which I then wear.

Favorite strategy for hating and killing all men thread!

There is just a part of my brain thats like wants to make trouble. Like i normally try so hard to avoid certain topics that I know are #triggering for me, but then sometimes I like actively pursue them, KNOWING it will end poorly.

Yea I get that totally. There’s also something to be said for just being polite to people you barely know. I think we’re all just trying to find a crazy to match our own.

Lord do i know this feel. alcohol makes everything instantly better and worse. but if i have a drink, at least i have bought myself some time not having to think about it.

I know, that’s always the way she felt too. And I used to do the same thing when I met someone new. But hell, we’ve all got issues. Frankly I’m enjoying being the least neurotic person in the relationship for a change of pace. It’s refreshing! Every time I do something weird and instinctively apologize for it I get…

Yes! My roommate/platonic life partner is always telling me “you know you set people up to fail, right?” and it’s like...yes but I literally can’t stop myself.

Did we date? lol

in new relationships i always try to be like. the cool girl. for as long as i can. but the truth always comes out eventually and I’m like, welp hope he loves me enough by now that he’ll deal w/ it!

One of the best things Ive picked up with age has been to learn how to chill the F out. I used to get myself super anxious, but as I’ve gotten older I’ve learned to force myself to relax when I feel myself getting jazzed up.

Right? I am all for poking boners playfully! I WILL POKE ALL THE BONERS PLAYFULLY! (when I have permission to be that playful, of course, I am not just going around town with binoculars looking for boners to poke...YET.)

Other girls we knew let their boyfriends open car doors, pay for things. They liked to feel safe. We, on the other hand, liked to fuck with men, and also with each other, heckling each other’s boyfriends and thwarting each other’s attempts at romance for kicks.

If the toughness part is included in that it’s not a bad thing. Personally I’ve always found “tough” girls easier to relate to. They set clear boundaries, they communicate in a direct manner and they generally don’t give you feeling that you’re walking on eggshells.

in new relationships i always try to be like. the cool girl. for as long as i can. but the truth always comes out eventually and I’m like, welp hope he loves me enough by now that he’ll deal w/ it!

Men who can’t handle challenging women seem to be the rule, not the exception. Just as challenging women who haven’t had that aspect ground off by life (or self-suppressed) are the exception - especially if they value relationships. Almost all relationships require compromise. Not poking. ;)

A friend of mine says that anything that looks ‘dead’ is in my makeup purse. And I agree.

Yes Jesus let it be so. The matte lip in various shades of Corpse need to be over. Hideous on 20-something’s and impossible for us 40-something’s.

You can also blot lipstick for the matte look. Blotting paper takes off only the gloss, and leaves all of the colour. You heard it here, first! ;)

I follow the Liz Lemon school of make up.