I’m so sorry you have to deal with that. It’s really shitty of your mother to act that way because I’m sure she knows by now how it makes you feel.

I actually have been doing that every time it’s happened but he doesn’t seem to care that I’m uncomfortable? Or maybe he just doesn’t care to gauge my reaction. You’d think visibly wincing and pulling away from someone would give them a hint, no? Everyone is saying I should be more direct which I guess is true if I…

Yeah, another commenter mentioned I should talk to my dad and have him say something since I’m afraid of confrontation so I think I’ll try going that route next time I see him. Thank you!!

Yeah I don’t think she gets it. Thanks for the advice. I have a pretty rocky relationship with my mom, we’re close but we absolutely do not share the same views on, well, anything.

So I have a bit of a dilemma concerning my family. It’s not incredibly urgent as I probably won’t see the person involved for a year or longer but I realized I have no way of handling these types of situations and wondered what you Jezzies think about this.

Dear New York Times: Why the fuck didn’t you do this 2 months ago?????

Or his Johnson

I wish I could star this a million times

I’m so glad to hear you have a good support system of friends and that he’s permanently out of your life. Him and his friends all sound like incredibly toxic people. From one victim of abuse to another, I hope you find peace. He should definitely be in jail but I know Justice is nothing but a fantasy in many cases.

I understand that a lot of the donations will go towards legal fees and actual recount efforts. However this article quotes the fundraising page: “we pledge to use any excess funding for election integrity efforts and to promote systemic voting system reform.”

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with the Green Party getting more support. And like I said, I wouldn’t have anything to say about it if she was honest about her intentions. Asking people to donate their money under false pretenses is a crime, I’m pretty sure. Although I don’t think I would go so far as to say…

Maybe my cynicism is getting the best of me and something might actually happen. But I would rather be pleasantly surprised than crushed again like I was on November 8th, and I’m sure many people would agree. I really do hope that by some twist of fate Hillary ends up being sworn in in January, but I just don’t think…

Yeah exactly, and I’m not discounting the effect of Clinton’s manipulation of the DNC either. There were a whole lot of factors that led to this. She didn’t have to cheat and I think that hurt her chances a lot more than people are willing to admit. But like we both said, lots of factors. Lots of dumb decisions and…

I sincerely apologize if that’s not what you meant. I’m sorry you were ever in a situation in which you were abused and I’m glad you were able to get out of it.

Like I said upthread I wouldn’t have anything to say about it if she had actually raised the funds needed. I’ve already noticed Jezebel commenters saying they donated money, and I’m not shaming them for that but it’s obvious real people are donating under false pretenses. And I agree that her motives are probably more…

The thing is, even if they DO find discrepancies in the popular vote, it doesn’t mean a damn thing for the electoral college. This is nothing but a pipe dream disguised as a fundraiser. I wouldn’t have anything to say about it if she hadn’t consistently upped her financial goal while the fundraiser was going on. It…

You’re so right. I was a Bernie supporter myself and I even donated to his campaign before the primary but I found myself pleading with all my Bernie friends as late as fucking OCTOBER that they needed to vote for Hillary. I flipped a few but it didn’t matter. None of it matters. Bernie should have conceded when it…

She is such a badass. If y’all haven’t watched her comedy special (I think it came out last year or a couple years ago?) I would definitely recommend it. She’s so real.

The fact that Jill Stein is profiting off of the false hope of Hillary supporters disgusts me a little bit. Like fine, if you want to file a recount go ahead, but the fundraiser page is written in a deliberately ambiguous way to make people think something will actually come of this. I think a recount/audit of our…

I’m so sorry. I believe you, for what it’s worth. He sounds like a complete shitbag/waste of breath. I hope your journey to healing goes smoothly, and I would never pressure someone to go public with abuse allegations because I understand the risk involved but I really do hope you’re able to talk to people about it…