I may go again tonight, and then bring my mom later this week.

Yeah... that lynch mob scene was way more chilling in today’s climate.

Totally agree.

My ex whispered a story to me about someone leaving behind a coat at the restaurant where he worked. His coworkers discovered weed in the pocket and they all smoked it. He “whispered” this story in the backseat while my parents were driving and the radio was off. AND he got mad when I told him later he shouldn’t tell…

Secret groups are invisible. The only way in is to be invited. I’m in several political ones (including the famous Pantsuit Nation) and a few non-political ones. One is for my pub trivia team - we’re all friends outside of the team and can coordinate things, post inside jokes, and go on rants we don’t want all of our…

RIGHT? Gosling’s character isn’t portrayed as a hero.

I’m glad the “mean worked its way out of her system” - I’ve definitely seen that in others. It’s also so sad when siblings are treated vastly differently.

Thank you so much! That is very nice of you to say, and I’m glad it helped. And thank you for being such a good friend to her! My mom is a total bad ass. :) And I will think about that. I really want to help people in similar situations.

Oh hey, are you my secret cousin? Because our grandmothers were clearly working off the same playbook. The last face-to-face conversation I had with her was her saying my dad was stealing from her (he definitely was not) and my mom and sister and I telling her off. We did say goodbye nicely the next day, as we left,…

I can relate. My granddad didn’t treat me too badly, but I disliked him because of how he treated my parents and his wife (who was no treat either.) He died when I was 15, and I wonder whether he would have eventually been mean to me too. My grandmother, his wife, was manipulative and mean to me many times over the…

I was relieved at a friend’s funeral I attended this summer when no one tried to pretend the deceased was religious. His whole family is that way, though, so that helps people be honest. The funeral focused on his life and legacy, and while a few spiritual concepts (like heaven and guiding spirits) were mentioned at…

My mom was that mom and I run into long-lost friends and classmates all the time who remember her for it 20+ years later. Our house was sort of a “safe house” for a lot of kids. I plan to do the same.

Long comment ahead. Perhaps a bit rambling, but I hope it helps. I was 11 and my sister 9 when our mother was diagnosed with brain cancer at 42. It was a very dark period of my life, although thankfully, she came through it (not unscathed, but in relatively good shape) and is still here kicking ass at age 61. I hate…

I thought it was suicide until I read about the wife’s animal cruelty. Now I could easily see it either way.

Ditto! I find it truly obnoxious when people say “I’m sorry” when I saw I’m from Indiana. There are a lot of great things about this place. The politics are decidedly not one of them (although I live in a liberal city too.) Blue dot cities tend to be artsy, affordable, “authentic” places, although we’d rather be more…

I watched it on AMC as well, just to amuse myself. Always disappointing to have the boobs taken out for basic cable. I turned it off right after the hand on the foggy window. I don’t care if it’s cheesy, the sinking part is way too sad for me.

That’s amazing!! I missed Clinton by just a few years. I got his successor, the worse Bush. Of course, dude seems practically harmless now, and that’s coming from someone who protested him many, many times. (Before I get flamed, emphasis on “seems.”)

I think my dad was 1973 or 1974. :) I got my GS Gold Award in 2003 and my sister got hers in 2006.

Age 30, my ghoulish friends and I have been aware of the Budd Dwyer story for at least 10 years. It’s still so shocking and disturbing, and I did read that more people (inc. kids) saw it than usually would have due to the snow day. I’d guess most people my age don’t know about it, though. A few seconds of footage of…

My parents and I live in Indianapolis, but my sister lives in Lexington and knows folks all over KY. One of my contingency plans involves us staying on her friend’s parents’ farm.