Same here. I had some seriously fucked up teen years because of that “happy” crap, especially as a major depressive person. I learned some absolutely awful coping mechanisms and, when I got out on my own in my early 20s, I had to unlearn some really damaging behavior.

You know, perhaps that’s why Josh’s sisters were so dismissive of it in their interview. Like, yes, it *happened* to them, but if they don’t understand basic concepts AND are being told that it really isn’t a big deal AND have the mindset that women are beneath men....that could really screw up someone.

I am ashamed as a native to admit that I don’t cross country ski. I tried once. I promptly fell over. I got back up. I then fell over in the other direction and got stuck in a snow drift like a turtle. As soon as I was helped up, I fell over again. I declared it to be my not favorite, went back inside, and enjoyed a…

Oh goodness, that is one heck of a transition. For your sake (and the sake of my car, my snow shovel, my back door, my porch, my dry skin, and my heating bills), I hope that the forecast of a milder winter comes true this year.

If you don’t mind me asking, where are you originally from? Because the weather today (and yesterday) is absolutely beautiful to me and I’ve been here my whole life. The humidity is comfortable, I don’t need the A/C or the heat on, and nothing is being hit by a tornado or blizzard at the moment.

As a fellow person in the Michigan-chapped lip club, I found a scrub at Five Below that works just as good as the Lush kind. It was a dollar. It’s not a sugar scrub (walnut shell I think?), so it can be tedious to wash off, but so much cheaper.

This just cements my love/hate relationship with Lush. I love their bathbombs. The solid shampoo bars are good for travel. I do enjoy some of their face masks, even though I can make most of them at home. But hey, sometimes I’m just lazy.

Yes! My thoughts exactly! Childcare is boring until you need to go grocery shopping and the baby is magically cranky for no reason.

So far, they’re still married. I don’t know how he puts up with that freakish amount of control, but whatever. Not my marriage.

This is up there with the “couples bachelor/bachelorette” party that I once attended. The bride-to-be ordered us not to drink or smoke. We were to have fun at the waterpark/hotel place of her choosing and then promptly go home around midnight. It was also a potluck, so we were ordered to bring a dish. The party was…

I know, and that makes it so much more terrifying for me. They don’t give a fuck and think they are untouchable.

I just cannot fathom the mindset behind this. I cannot fathom how anyone in the Ferguson police could honestly think that arresting, harassing, and shooting protestors on the anniversary of Michael Brown’s death would be a good idea. What do they expect this to accomplish? I’m pretty sure that they aren’t going to…

“It will not be the clothing, which is good because you need to know which is which.”

My daughter has a kid’s tool set. She also has dolls and stuffed animals. She makes my husband be the nurse*, and then she pretends to operate on her dolls with her tools. I never would have thought that a hammer could cure a sick unicorn, but I guess that’s why I’m not the doctor.

Ah yes. I remember coming home from my first solo trip. I was so excited to be home, my husband was circling the airport, and I was waiting for my bag. And waiting. And waiting. Suddenly, everyone else was gone with their stuff. I was alone at a now-stopped baggage carousel. I nervously called my husband.

I don’t think it was specifically Germany (at least not with these guys), but they would’ve found something “dangerous” about anywhere I went. I think it’s a strange anxiety of some Americans that have never left the country except for Canada and the Caribbean. They heard something in the news, and automatically the…

I’ve found that, for some people, traveling overseas equals death to them. I’ve only been off the North American continent twice, both times to Germany all by my lonesome. For whatever reason, I have talked to people who thought that I was crazy for going to Europe, because have you read the news on the refugee…

It is certainly not that easy to get hospitalized for mental illness. It’s hard enough when you ARE suicidal to get hospitalized. A bed needs to be found in overcrowded hosiptal wards, so plan on waiting for at least 6 hours in an ER. You need to convince a doctor that your loved one needs in-patient treatment and the…

Interesting. I’ve heard many people point to Holland as an example of why homebirth is obviously superior to the United States hospital method.

Oh yes, I’ve had the therapy, with a good therapist. Some shitty psychiatrists, but an excellent therapist and an extremely wise GP who spotted my issue faster then any other psychiatrist. I’ve come a long, long way, and that is why I can now laugh at the idea of God’s sign up sheets.