My cat sits, fetches, and does some tricks. I just trained her like she was a dog and it mostly stuck

My cats are “hoverers” and rarely more than 10ft away and very strongly people focused, so that’s probably part of it.

My partner does the tsk noise with great success. As I am bad at it, I get their attention by snapping my fingers, which works depending on the cat.

My cat is the opposite. She comes when called, but I have to pat on the couch or bed for a solid minute while she looks at me with pleading eyes because she wants up but needs a really firm invite.

Oh yeah, the only times I’ve ever had reproductive health problems were when I was a “normal” weight because I had an ed/nutritional deficiencies. I’m firmly in the “obese” category and I ovulate like clockwork. Its so odd that this is such a stereotype!

This does show one of the big problems with birth control in general though: doctors are rarely up to date on the research about what they're prescribing or inserting.

I had no idea that was the norm. I've had my cat since she was very very small and she comes when called, does tricks, and loves her crate, so I'm left to assume she's weird.

Do...do cats not typically come when called? Is this one of those things that I, having grown up with dogs, take for granted that my cat does? In any case, her name only has short vowels, but I think the cadence is odd enough that its recognizable.

Oh, I doubt I’d ever go back on it. The copper iud is much less maintenance, much less expense, and I never have to worry about a pharmacist denying my prescription (something that happened not infrequently). But this is all useful information that should be more available and that doctors really ought to be familiar…

This is good to know! When I was still on the pill, no one could give me a straight answer so I’m glad it exists. 

From what I gather, its that they really have no idea how the pill works in larger women. Apparently, the way hormones works depends on how much fat there is in the body, but they don’t actually test bc pills on women who would be impacted by this. So, its suspected that the pill is less effective in fat women, but no…

Oh yeah, forgetting to take it at the same time, using antibiotics, etc, are likely the biggest reasons for the failure rate, but the fact that its effectiveness is not certain depending on body type might contribute and seems to not be widely known.

I sometimes wonder if the failure rate of the pill is so high because its prescribed so, so widely and its uncertain how well it works for fat women. Lack of confidence that the pill was truly effective for my >175lb body is the only reason I explored other options.

I’m not particularly surprised, since they’re so expensive and have hardly anything in stock. The majority of books I buy are niche or out of print, so I get most of them from Better World Books. Unfortunately, most local book stores have the same issue as B&N. 

Texture is absolutely the hardest thing to get over in learning to enjoy foods. I have a strong aversion to rich, “creamy” textures: I don’t particularly enjoy yogurt or soft cheeses, but mayo and runny eggs are the worst. How does one get over a textural issue that is the selling point of a food?

Oh yeah, it took me a while to watch because some parts make me feel like disappearing into the couch. The scene with Liam when he says they’re not oil paintings is high up on the list of moments that felt real, but really hurt.

Its amazing how many variations there are on this dynamic! I'm an only child and my mother's favorite person, but I'm also her project: there's always something that needs fixing before she'll be happy with who I am. 

I mean, its hardly The Dunciad. Its possible to know that its trying to be satire AND that it isn’t as funny as it thinks it is.

I’ve always had the stereotypical “girl gets along with father but has a complicated relationship with mother” experience and it took me a long time to realize that dads like mine are rare. I wish they weren’t.

MMFD is so difficult to watch, but so good. As someone who has been both pretty mentally ill and pretty fat most of my life, it felt really real.