Damnit. These two comments just made my cry. I love ‘Praying’ and it always made me emotional but I never connected those emotions to my escaping from my narcissistic father. Fucking hell.

Yep agreed. I think I’ll handle the ick factor of ‘reserved property’ (perfect phrase for how I feel about it) by getting my SO something as an ‘engagement item’. Diamonds are totally a scam, I’ve already notified the SO that I’m super into non-diamond stones, since it’s cool and way more cost effective (though still…

I guess I tend to first look at engagement rings as the brilliant marketing move from DeBeers, it’s not a very old tradition so it’s rooted way more in money making than patriarchal tendencies.

That’s great! I personally can’t get my mind off the ‘giving away part’ partly because I have a non-existent relationship with my father and the traditionally father/daughter things in the western social hemisphere have always caused me a bit of pain for reasons outside of where they came from.

Ahahaha I feel like I have a similar mindset to your wife. Ultimately I think I’ll end up with the sparkly ring because I really want one. My main role as my good friend’s bridesmaid is to help her stand up to pressures to do extra things on her wedding that people keep telling her she’s ‘supposed to do’. I want her…

Yeah, I ex-communicated my father a few years ago so there’s no way in hell he’ll even be AT my wedding, let alone ‘giving me away’. I thought about my mom, but I think I prefer just me, doing my thing, my SO wouldn’t have his parents walking him up there.

Yeah, when I eventually get married I’m walking myself down the damn aisle. I’m on the fence regarding engagement rings because the whole premise is really icky if you dig, but on the flip side my vain side just really wants a sparkly thing, especially because (most) of my friends have the engagement ring and wedding…

My biggest issue with taking sick days is the amount of pile-up that happens if I’m gone. Luckily I’m getting a laptop as my main computer soon so if I do get sick I can more easily work from home and avoid the madness. Note it’s not always that nuts, but I work in projects, and sometimes everything is literally…

0 x 2 is still 0%. So, it might have even tripled! /headdesk.

I hope he doesn’t get backlash for letting his anger through, but I’m glad he did. I’m worried that the only thing that’s going to turn the US around at this point is politicians in the spotlight using the real emotions they’re feeling to drive home their observations and points.

Ugh, someone TICKLED you at work? How in the fuck is that even remotely in the realm of okay? People really need to get that whole idea of ‘imagining everyone at your office (especially women) as the Rock’ since if you wouldn’t tickle the Rock, DON’T TICKLE ANYONE ELSE. Fuck sakes, it is not hard. Why do so many…

Fair enough, didn’t think of it that way. I’d still much prefer they just respected your person-hood, but ah well, enough for one day.

Yeah, I’ve found that having other women with you also helps, though isn’t as effective as one/multiple men. I’m assuming it’s because you’re a lot less vulnerable with multiple women.

I think some also perceive it as some strange compliment, so it’s REALLY not a threat. They’re just saying her x body part is nice, right? The attached threat of harm just isn’t connected at all.

I think to some extent just not hyper aware of their surroundings, or seeing these things but finding it uncomfortable so putting it out of their mind, or just don’t seem to GET how awful it is.

Damn, that is a sort of harassment I don’t think I’ve ever heard about before.

I can see how Australians could see why Canadians would be offended, that’s good of her. Have you ever been around Americans that sometimes talk about Canadians wishing they were American? I find that insufferable, and have always assumed it was some weird deep-seeded insecurity, because those comments always make me…

Yup. It makes me feel better about why the good men just don’t get it sometimes, but makes me even more disgusted about the men that actually do these things. My last overly memorable case of street harassment I thought about that tidbit and it made me so livid I was just losing it on this guy. Then got home and cried…

You can totally talk to her (from a socially acceptable distance), just ask how she’s doing, if she’s enjoying the weather (benign things, don’t ask where’s she’s going or what she’s up to). If you feel up to it tell the guy creeping on her to leave her alone, stop touching her, get the hell off the bus. If she was…

One thing I’ve noticed is that a lot of the creepy men do creepy things when you aren’t with another man, like it’s some weird dominance thing. If you’re just you, then you’re a woman so he’s obviously better, but if you’re with a man, he then thinks maybe you’re his property (gag) and doesn’t want to infringe on…