My friend 23 y/o friend is considering going back to full time stripping again. She has been doing it on and off for the last 2 1/2 years. Right now she works two jobs, but she is getting tired of working what most people consider the 'straight' way, and she would rather get money as quickly as possible in something that she enjoys. I don't think stripping as is bad as people make it out to be...but the actual club environment can get pretty nasty. She's always been the type to live a microwave life and wants everything to fall in her lap. It's never worked for her. It's her mentality I worry about...not the stripping.

The thing about weight loss is that you also have to learn to be a new size, in addition to learning how to maintain that size. You have to completely rescript your mental narrative. It's not easy. You can't fast track it.

Do not call CPS on anyone unless you are 100% positive that child is being abused. Too many kids from good homes are being taken my CPS because the more kids they take, the more money they get from the federal government. A lot of kids end up in foster care, where there is worse abuse (mental, physical, and sexual). I've heard peoples stories where CPS should not have taken the child from the home, and the child ended up dead while in foster care.

My sister was talking about how much she missed mom (who passed away two years ago), and how she wishes she could share things with her, like the latest Dancing With the Stars. She was going on a bit about strong mom was. and how she admired her for it. She asked if it was the same for me, and I flat out said no. I don't miss the verbal abuse, the yelling, the childish fits, the constant negativity. While sis was talking, I suddenly remembered the night my father left, and my mom turning to me and saying "this is your fault. I always knew he would leave me as soon as you were old enough." Yes, mom could be strong and she had a hard life (including mental illness she refuse to get treated for), but there are too many sensitive places on me because of her. I don't miss her at all.

FGM is generally way more severe than MGM, but the fundamental aspect of them is the same...unnecessarily altering a healthy, intact child against their will for totally misguided reasons. They are different extremes of the same issue...a medical pill abortion and a 28 week abortion might be for the same reasons but they are very different, and many people see them as morally different too.Clearly, FGM causes way more health problems and deaths but it's totally hypocritical (and smacks of racism) for Westerners to get so up in arms over FGM while they are happily cutting a functional part of a male child's anatomy off for dubious reasons. No, it doesn't prevent disease transfer (and even if it did, isn't that what condoms are for), no, it's not cleaner and no it doesn't have sexual benefits. Sure, there is the odd guy who has problems with his foreskin and should perhaps have it removed, but that's the exception to the rule...most problems are actually caused by mothers trying to retract the foreskin forcibly.

Also, no I don't think I'm different or unique...well personally I think everyone is unique but I certainly don't place any uniqueness in my piercings or any other aspect of my physical appearance. You're just a judgmental bitch. :)

I took the time to wash my hands after using the bathroom at church this morning and my D(ick)H(ead) husband is now accusing me of throwing up in the bathroom. WTF. I've never been bulimic or anything, so this is coming way out of left field. I think he's becoming delusional. Fuck mental illness.

I researched non carcinogenic sunscreens on the environmental working group website. I went to whole foods and bought a very expensive, very small tube of sunscreen. It was an unappealing shade of brown, felt like sandy grease, had a weird smell like funky seaweed, and needed vigorous shaking because it would separate. No thanks!

I think anyone can give you perspective on certain situations as long as they are kind and not judgemental while doing so. You don't have to have kids to give advice or support. It helps, I'm sure, but not necessary.

Last night I typed out a post about something my husband has been doing and it annoying me because he was making things difficult. After I typed it in the moment of anger I realized I made my husband sound like he was a horrible person when in reality he is a pretty decent guy and a great husband. I didn't mean to make him sound horrible, I just posted what was bothering me but because you can't put your entire life and back story on here he ended up sounding like a spoiled brat. I erased the post because I knew people on this site would look even more into the words I typed and act like he was a selfish asshole and I was dumb for being married to him. It made me realize what people post on here isn't the entire story just one sided written with annoyance and anger just like I did. So from now on I will try to be a little less judgmental when reading a venting post. That person just needs to get something off their chest and it doesn't always come off the way it should in a short paragraph.