My little brother is the world's coolest, best-looking former-Boy Scout. His friends set him up a Tinder account as a joke. My SIL is the world's most competant Fun Person. Her friends did the exact same thing. They met their first day on the app and the rest is history.

My fundie mom only registers that I was a happy and compliant child who "suddenly" decided to "hate" her 12 years ago (when I started going to therapy and began to disconnect from our enmeshed, codependent relationship and developed independent opinions).

Yes, all the this. My parents started out with Gothard because THEY wanted to break cycles taught them by their totally disconnected Silent Gen parents. They loved me. They wanted "God's best" for me. But they were lead to believe that fear and control were the key to that.

I also think we need to invoke the Grand Moff Tarkin principal: the more you tighten your grip, the more star systems will slip through your fingers. The “have more kids to save Christian America” always comes with a lot of corollaries: we’re not just gonna have kids, we’re

this is not a shopper-shaming post; it’s an Aldi appreciation post. can you guess how much I spent on all of this? (two items were even ridiculous splurges)

3yo, shoving a tiny decorative pumpkin into my face: "Oh no! Ma baby is crying!! WaahWaah!!" Me: "Well you better give that baby pumpkin a big hug!" 3yo, incensed, yanking up her shirt: "NO! THEY NEEDS MA BOOBS!" *proceeds to happily nurse baby pumpkin for several minutes*

Your commute is part of your working day. Not only should we be paid for it but we should also be able to write off its expense. You can’t change my mind.

After being raised on the Crunchy Side you realize that the "Thing That's Gonna Fix All Your Problems" just changes every 5 years. When I was a kid it was garlic and echinnacia root, when I was a teenager it was St. John's Wort and ACV ...

One of the interesting things about the Fetterman dress scandal is that the suit itself was once the gym shorts and hoodie of its day. This part got cut from my Politico op-ed (for good reason; it was getting long and tangential). But when Keir Hardie—a Scottish union leader

I would not be Orthodox if not for - St. Ignatius of Antioch - Fr. Peter Gilquist - Rando I matched with on eHarmony - Bookclub run by peeps who became my godparents - Ancient Faith Radio circa 2008 - Frederica Mathewes Green Basically the 2011 Cringe Convert starter pack 😬 😅

One of my favorite comic artists has gotten caught in the LA Eviction Tsunami. Help if you can: gofund.me/ce799ae6

Thanks to the #DropkickMurphys for showing their support of the UAW members on strike. We look forward to seeing you in Toledo Oct. 22 for #Ohio AFL-CIO ✊ #union night. #StandUpUAW

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Every EO convert that disparages OOs shames their baptism. EO and OO have been preserved through 1400 years of faithfulness through martyrdom, we share that heritage, you as converts are given that pearl of great price for free. Learn to respect those immense sacrifices.

I lost some medication last week. I had left it in my purse, I thought, but when I checked it had disappeared. Days later guess what my husband found in my purse.

It's truly amazing how much of my day-to-day stresses disappeared when we moved-in with my MiL.

sometimes i pause and think about how the background hum of my entire life, like the rest of my generation, has been nonstop news images of grey rubble and grieving strangers screaming in languages i don't know while all the reasonable people explain "that's just how it is there"