I'm personally pretty annoyed with the excuse of giving people more chances and benefit of the doubt just because they're family. Family or not, there's no excuse for keeping volatile, narcissistic, or emotionally destructive people in your life. Notice that being family doesn't keep them from treating you like…

I totally forgot about Munchausen By Proxy. I even knew one parent growing up who gave her kid cough syrup for anything and everything so no wonder he was constantly napping and having colds, going to doctors for every little thing etc (kind of a different situation, but similar). But I think your point about cultural…

Haha, although I think Carrie Hunt is right, I do like imagining that "I be on my suit and tie, shit tie, shit tie" is J.T. throwing a smooth tantrum while lying on top of his suit because his tie is really shitty (like it doesn't match right or he can't tie it correctly).

Oh man, ew! That is so awful. I'm not even into giving hugs with people I know so I probably would've really flipped my shit and started jumping and yelling or something. Uhg, I'm sorry you had that experience.

Well also, aren't there way more kids with a rainbow of mental/behavioral and physical problems today than 20-40 years ago? I think that could also have something to do with it (though I still mostly agree with your sentiment).

Yes! I was just thinking that while this is really sad, I'm pretty sure I'd be in a dire mental state too if my adult life was perpetually stuck in high school mode.

Same! But mostly only when I want to wear a flow-y/blouse-y top and wish it didn't look like a tent. My body is a size small but my chest is a button pulling medium. Oh well, not all fashions work for everyone I guess.

Or that there's a special breed of cat only to be found on those premises! Like maybe they all look like they're wearing headscarves or something. Hemingway cats of the north!

Wow, that's crazy. I guess there are a lot of things that you just have to take as they come. That's good he eats vegetables though.

This reminds me of how growing up, I never got to choose what I ate. I ate what my mom ate and if I didn't like it I didn't eat. I ended up being the most un-picky eater ever and learned not to let food go to waste. I ate everything. Maybe it's kind of trivial in relation to sleeping patterns but it does seem like the…

How exactly does one "sweetly" describe trafficking heroin? Also that sounds like a nightmare.

I have exactly the same feelings as you about marriage, relationships, "being treated like a princess", and my ability to be comfortably alone when not in a relationship. The only thing is, I grew up almost exclusively playing with Barbies and watching Disney so I really don't agree that that's the real problem. I…

Look, he only keeps ONE photo collage and ONE 2" lock of hair for each of his exes in his crawl space. It's totally fine.

I don't think so, I eat a lot of gluten filled products and only have eczema problems (no digestion/other skin or health issues). I've tried being gluten free and 100% sugar free (only water, green vegetables and lean meat; no condiments) before but it never seemed to do much, maybe I need to try it longer (most I've…

I do it! Although I've never had acne or pimple problems, I do it because I have eczema and even just plain water can irritate my skin. Anyway, I use jojoba and/or coconut oil and my skin feels really soft afterwards (then I moisturize with more oil). Eczema still shows up but with less itching/burning and fewer dry…

Yes! I actually wish what she was putting out there was better and legitimately smart because although I (unfortunately) watched all of the first season of Girls and did find it annoying that she was always naked all the time, it had absolutely nothing to do with her body type and everything to do with the messages…

I had a dream that the sun exploded. Then for some reason, man kind's answer to this problem was to go diving for phosphorescent fish. Anyway, it was kind of dumb since lighting a fire is way more obvious and in the end everyone who went diving died. It seemed kind of funny when I woke up.

Seriously! She is really misdirecting her anger. Now, if only there was a word equivalent to "blobby" for "self-important, mentally isolated, rich white girl being trendy in Brooklyn", then I think it'd be great if it could be used more frequently in these "Girls" articles and we could all stop talking about her body…

Weird, I felt that urge too.

YESS!! I'm doing this next time.