when i get the cat, i’ll give bach the book I’m borrowing, and that’s that, I figure. :)

this is why we didn’t get a greyhound when we were considering it.

This was my thought, too.

one of my acquaintances is giving away her older cat because she got a kitten. I’ve been DREAMING of a 9 yr old cat, but none of the shelters have one.

I wonder how he responds if women go “no thanks” with that.

I don’t get why this is so hard to understand either.

This is good. I will utilise this, if that is ok with you. :)

The way I see reparations, personally, is that we can do this work to get rid of the systemic oppression of folks, and we can use government systems as a reparation process to make this happen and bring real equity.

Seems to me she’s going in the right direction.

It’s good to know what to look out for.

Thank you. I’ve been linking this whenever a fellow white person starts whining about this, that, or the other. Very well said.

Admittedly, while my family is no where near this nutty, they are republicans who mostly watch fox news (not breitbart yet, though), and they voted for trump because of “economics and policy reasons” and completely assert that all the rest is “distasteful and/or overblown by the leftist media.”

It’s been amazing o see the level of false equivalence today.

A lot of those women become teachers because it’s a traditional woman’s role, for one, and for another, they can push the school-to-prison pipeline and covertly teach racist ideologies. It’s very insidious.

I’m sorry that you are going through this. You are not an idiot; believe your therapist. An keep working with that person, because s/he sounds like a good therapist who can help you rebuild trust.

I agree completely. Live at home, go to the local university, pay as little as you can for undergraduate! Best option!

I totally got my son’s birthday party planned — woohoo! of course, it’s only two weeks from now, so hopefully his friends can attend. :) Now I have to text or email all of the mom’s, or see them in person, and then try to get my kid to make an invitation for each friend.

I would hedge it as concern about his health.

When you receive it, do tell of the quality.

I’m so sorry to hear this. I think you’re really in a hard place, and maybe you can talk to your mom about how she can help you find resources for when she’s gone? Having an intermediary in that process, someone who knows you well and is the only person who can help, would be useful.