My teenage son was in a partial hospitalization program (which was intensive day treatment/therapy) after the first week of his freshman year this fall, and he moved down to an intensive outpatient program at the same facility. Two weeks ago he ended up doing a 5-day stint as an inpatient in the adolescent psychiatric…

I love Andersonville/Edgewater. I live on the southern edge of Evanston and go to the Andersonville area almost more than I go to downtown Evanston.

Music: the van will be a recording studio and I will be able to record my original music.

I live in the Chicago area (close northern suburb) and it is common knowledge that the further north (and deeper into the wealth) one goes, the worse the problem gets. And this isn’t isolated to the wealthy northern suburbs.

“[Some] mothers choose to go back to their jobs quickly simply because they don’t understand how disruptive that is to the well-being of their babies. So many babies in our culture are not being cared for in the way God designed, and we as a nation are paying the price.”

Boom. Keep posting, please. You’re summing everything up on the topic that it swirling around in my head.

Exactly. She says “no” and repeatedly pushes his hands off her, but then he is finally able to wear her down and she likes it.

Thank you! Yes to the shivers, right? That’s what compelled me to respond to the OP. People need to hear that there is light at the other side and that it’s worth enduring the shitstorm to get to it.

Thank you! And you’re right about the sib thing. Just when I write one of them off, they do something redeeming. They probably say the same thing about me...

Sister, I’ve been in a very similar-sounding spot that you are in right now and my whole heart goes out to you. Know that when I say what I’m about to say, I’m not in any way telling you what to do, or giving you unsolicited advice or even saying your situation was exactly like mine. Here’s the deal: I have 3 kids and…

Damn. That was one of the nicest notes anyone has ever written to me. Thanks, stew.

Wait. When did Radiohead become a mom band? I’m a mom, but I’m a single one so that automatically makes me about 15 years younger, right? (but makes me look like I’m 100). I saw them Friday night and didn’t see any moms near me, although I did see my fair share of dads now that I think about it. Shit, really?…

So much of this that my head is going to explode. There are definitely phases to the aftermath of this whole type of thing, but the anger phase is the most critical one, in my opinion. When the anger kicks in, it sort of means that your pride is back. “Goddammit, no one is going to treat me like that!” Right now, the…

Yep, me too. I read them bottom up, then top to bottom, then top to bottom again and then I threw my hands up and accepted I’m olde timey and need to go back to work.

100% they are. My teenagers are such assholes. They roll their eyes at me even when I’m being undeniably cool. Last week, I put a bottle of hot sauce in my bag to bring to work with me. I slowly pulled it out, gasped at what a perfect opportunity it was, and as started to say “I got hot sauce in my bag” there were…

Choker, baby doll dress, Doc Martins, quirky hat - holy shit, we wore the same uniform. And you know what? I don’t think it’s a coincidence that I was also at my most confident, either. Now I’m basically a shut- in who walks in the door from work every night and wears a t-shirt with the crew neck cut off because I…

That’s if the court rules that she is really suing under her contract with Fox News. She argues that she is suing Roger personally, therefore the mediation/arbitration clause in the Fox contract doesn’t apply.

There may be a non-disparagement clause in there (I’m sure Fox has that because they know how horrific they are), but that wouldn’t cover claims of discrimination. Also, she’s suing Roger himself, not Fox, so arguably any NDA she signed with Fox wouldn’t even be applicable.

No, and NDA can’t ask you to waive the right to talk about discrimination or harassment. If someone does sign one that has that waiver language, a court would likely carve out that waiver and let the rest of it stand.

High five to you and many congratulations for all of the above! I’m also coming up on 4 years (July 27) and my mind was BLOWN by how awkward and naked and exposed I felt the first couple of times I went out on dates sober. Then add sex in the mix and it was all that times 10. I didn’t realize how much I used alcohol…