I did! Thank you for this summary; I’ve never understood this very well until now. Whoever downvoted you without commenting deserves a stern talking to.

Thirded! If I were still a teenager, she would be someone I would want to be friends with. You are doing an amazing job as a parent, Squid.

That’s definitely clamato.

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This cat’s name is Kevin.

Your attitude is why this is such a great community. Thank you for all you share with us.

This unreasonably makes me happy, and I am going to have a much better day today just by thinking about it. Thank you so much for sharing.

Thank you for this comment. I no longer feel quite as hopeless as I did before. I need to focus on doing something to improve something.

Please clap.

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You think they’d be offering sick days?? I think you’re bound for the camps if you can’t keep up. Oh shit… This is starting to sound familiar…

I lost myself. I married someone who slowly whittled me down to nothing over ten years.

I am divorcing him. It’s been five months since I just didn’t go home. It’s been really hard, hardest thing I’ve ever done, but I’m coming back to life slowly.

I can’t wait to see who I become.

He does not approve!

So fucking hot.

Shit. Now I want to work at an aquarium. Sassy scallops.

I love this. So true. I hope OP can take this to heart.

Why do we do this shit to each other?

The saddest thing is that it’s usually an attempt to feel better than someone else, not by lifting yourself up but by pushing others down.

Abortion bans definitely play into capitalist goals. They ensure impoverished, desperate workers will be even more available to work for a pittance.

That’s a lovely memory. Thank you for sharing.

Was there other clear damage? We still have some damage from a hurricane in July around here, and it was really quite bad until about a month ago.

Gotcha. People are so strange. You were very kind to put the spoiler tag.