Huck:  Unless, of course, you have excellent health insurance.  Then, the docs will want you back for this test and that test.  Keeping the money rolling in.   Florida is notorious for that.

Azul ambushing one of our other cats.  Dirty white Boy and Shapoopie catching skinks, lizards and birds. Shapoopie chewing the head off a rabbit.  Pin Worm and Nubya acting like they are trying out for the WWF in the morning's wee hours.

Me too. As soon as I was out of high school, I was gone.  Their parting words:  "she's too stupid to make it on her own, she'll be back".  NOT!!!  They tried to strong arm me into moving back because my first apt. didn't have a kitchen sink.  A lot of issue over a little tissue.

Only fat cows who get their clothes made by Omar the tent maker would complain.

Mimi:  That's an interesting take.  Maybe she was desperate to quit smoking AND she didn't like family, her job, paying rent and bills, so she killed 2 birds with one stone.

No one likes a bawling brat.

I quit smoking cold turkey in 1991.  It's easier to do than dieting.  Cig cravings come and go quickly and as time goes by, the cravings become less intense.  However, a pizza or pasta, or (insert your favorite food) craving keeps on keeping on.

Dana:  If you worked long enough to qualify for social security, and it was taken away because your husband passed, that's not fair.   If you worked for it, and paid into the system you should be entitled to your share as well, if our govt. was a fair one.  To cut your benefits by at least 1K is reprehensible.    If yo...more

Ekonoman:  I agree.  The greatest generation had little birth control options--morally or medicinally.  Sure isn't our fault.