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When childhood invades adulthood
When does chidhood stop negatively affecting adulthood? I am late 20's, beautiful daughter, loving husband and a healthy career. Yet, I am as moody, irritable and impulsive as my mother!! I don't want these traits to destroy my daughter's childhood or adult life...or destroy my marriage. My husband and I talk about it often and I've seen a ...
Posted to The Chat Room by Blossom in Bloom on October 27, 2009
My Father had Exorcisms Performed on my Mother (Long Post)
I come out of a household of similar circumstances, and it's interesting how Prudie missed the context of this person's predicament. Her advice this week was uncharacteristically (secularly) righteous, and surprisingly wrongheaded, and failed to take into account the dependence issues that arise in families with bizarre religious beliefs, as ...
Posted to Dear Prudence by dunbain on November 22, 2008
Re: So Sad Prudie on Weight
Thanks JudithS for your words. Looking at replies to this video in general I see a lot of trolling and also a lot of guys who just really don't get it. Being fat doesn't make you a monster, ask thousands of men who are happily married with a great sex life to a chubby gal. My husband had an interesting perspective also on this. His thought, ...
Posted to Slate V by SuburbianPuck on September 3, 2008