Morning all! First, I love this place. It means so much to me and the advice and support from this community has literally saved my life and brought me joy. I’ve been radio silent when I’ve needed to be talking to others not bottling it up. I go to an excellent therapist weekly. It’s been a trying year and full of…

I shamelessly love the housewives franchises. I don’t watch attentively usually but it’s good background noise and I can get the entire gust dipping in and out while it’s on. Candiace and her horrid mother and dipshit husband were my bridge too far. I can’t and won’t watch while they are on. I’m fine with tawdry…

Years back I she was doing some gross cleanse while on tv. Drinking cayenne pepper water and talking about weight. I was anorexic for years. The way she talked about food and exercise is deeply familiar. I don’t know if she has an eating disorder but I know her relationship to food and exercise and weight, including…

The same way he’d have done a day after, a week after or a month after. He’d always have denied it. She’s doing this for her, bc he doesn’t ever seem to go away. It would be hell to see your rapist pop up year after year collecting accolades and being a self righteous asshole when the world know he’s a scumbag and…

I’m not sure. They’re both so gross the scale of grossness stopped factoring in when I tried to decide which was worse! 

Damn. That says it all! 

70s.  He’s retired now and no longer lives in state.  

No need to ask! They tell you before you get a chance to try and avoid inevitable terrible political chat. I still have family there too of course.  They are all die hard trump supporters. Sadly, many are addicts too. 

Ok I was horrified by this.  I googled a and came to a homeschool page where people love Stephen Slave-Explorer, and everything became a blur.  There are cartoony books too. Lord! 

What a wonderful woman she was! I love the interesting lives in the small towns there! My father in law is a doctor and he moved back to run a new dept at the med school years back. When we went to an aunts special mass for her 75th year as a nun celebration in their family home town it felt like I was with a foreign…

I’m from St. Albans. It’s in kanawha county outside of charleston. My husband had an opportunity to be the state director of a legal agency there a few years back and we paid a visit for the first time since my mom died in 2007. It’s hyperbolic to say but close enough-it was like every other house had a meth lab blow…

If I ever start counting calories my calorie free quality control will doom me! 

Whoa. What the hell?

Sending thought of peace and strength to you. I’m a native of southern West Virginia and lived in Portsmouth for two years after I got married. We lived there bc it too is considered Appalachian and my husband worked for legal aid. It was just before the opioid crisis hit and there, like southern WV was already poor…

Thank you! Sounds delicious!

I am so glad! Remember, if ever you need to talk I’m an email away! ❤️

I’m so glad to see your posts today! 

I cannot even conceive of what this must entail but I’m positive my daughter would love it! I’d love to get the gist of how this is made! 

Yay,Maya! I have had crazy internet problems this week!  I’m going to go check my email now!  I’m doing really well and have finally been able to log into kinja just now! I’m off pain meds and am cooking dinner for the first time since surgery. Seafood cacciatore with fresh shrimp and scallops. My son ollie is coming…

Happy Saturday and welcome Garrett!