My boss was stealing money from the company, and I found out — but I covered for her because we were really close. That lasted until she realized I couldn’t keep it up much longer… so she fired me. So I ratted on her.

I worked for a huge travel company in late 1990’s. My dreadful/lazy boss told me to proof read the company Brochure Booking Conditions (her job, not mine). I added a made-up section about dress code for our 1 million passengers a year. “Any passenger wearing a lilac track suit, carrying gold or silver bags, ugly sandals, garish jewelly or with an obvious curly perm will be denied access to the flight”. She didn’t check my work and 6000 holiday brochures went to print. Ha ha.

I used dry shampoo thinking it was deodorant.
For two weeks.
Kept wondering why I smelled like a dusty vanilla candle.

The pill failed. Ten months after giving birth, I found out I was pregnant again. But I was exhausted—physically, mentally, emotionally.

So I had a medical abortion. No one knew but my husband. He held me when the cramps started, and he held me tighter when I started bleeding on the bathroom floor.

It’s technically illegal where I live. I could go to jail. Our family and friends would disown and condemn us—especially me. I would be painted as the sinful woman who k**led her unborn baby.

So we grieved in silence, for a child we’ll never get to meet and hold.

One day at work, something small made me cry.
I hid in the bathroom.
A coworker knocked, then slid a candy bar under the door.
He didn’t say anything.
And I’ve never forgotten how much that helped.

I found an old voicemail from my sister.
Just her laughing and saying “Call me back, dummy.”
She passed away in 2018.
I still haven’t deleted it.

My parents passed away years ago. My wife and I bought a vintage rotary phone to display in our dining room. When my wife is away, sometimes I will dial my childhood home phone number and secretly hope my parents answer. Sometimes I’ll even talk and tell them about my life.

I left my husband the week our daughter was born. Everyone called me heartless.
But no one saw the bruises. Or how he threw things when I spoke. I left to save her. And myself.
Now we have peace. And pancakes on Sundays.

I gave up my dog when I became homeless. We lived in my car together for three weeks. I skipped meals to feed her.
When the shelter said no pets, I kissed her nose, gave her to a foster family, and cried for hours. They send me pictures sometimes. She's okay.

Abortion pills are available by mail in all fifty states of the US, regardless of state laws. There are doctors and legitimate websites that will send pills out and there are many numbers to call for guidance. Plancpills.org is the best website to find the pills, and abortionpillinfo.org is the best place to learn how to use them.

Healthcare worker in a hospital setting here (resident physician).

If you go to the emergency department or are hospitalized, call and ask for an itemized bill. It’ll make your actual cost lower since there are otherwise a lot of bs fees. You can also ask to speak to a financial advocate. Your can negotiate for a lower price or see what financial assistance programs or payment plans you can use. Many hospitals also have hardship waivers, waivers for a few days of short-term rehab, or supply for short-term medications. They also have charity care programs and can offer sliding scale discounts.

Regardless of if you have insurance, you can ask about these options. I always share these with patients since I hate the upcharge with a burning passion.

Every day the postal service moves over 20 million parcels around the country with a staff of about 500,00, only 200k of those being actual letter carriers. That’s not including every little postcard or advo the thickness of a hair that touches 25 sets of hands and numerous vehicles before it gets to your house without somehow getting lost under a seat cushion along the way. We have a 99.2% success rate on parcel delivery. Nobody thinks about all the hundreds of packages they’ve received, only that one that got lost that one time. USPS is exceedingly good at what they do, and we do it using only proceeds from stamp sales. We do not receive federal dollars in any capacity so that we can remain stable during political upheavals or budget crisis.

200,000 people hand deliver 24,000,000 packages. Double that during peak season. Every. Single. Day. I just think that’s cool as s**t lol.

Old people are just like you and me, they are witty, smart, wise, sexual, sarcastic, cynical, generous, considerate, patient, frustrated….all that and more, please treat them with the respect and love you would your best friend, not like a toddler. They may be a little bit deaf or slower to talk than you, but they are not stupid. Oh, and they have a name…it’s not dear, love or darling…use their name!

Human teeth are not white, they're yellow.

Stop bleaching your teeth.

S*x and relationship therapist here - The thing we cannot say, but want to with maybe 50% of couples, is JUST GO GET A DIVORCE ALREADY!

Prescription d***s (in America) do not need to cost anywhere near what they do. Pharmaceutical companies waste money like nobody else. In most cases, the company is just charging the absolute maximum amount the market will bear. It's a moral dilemma I struggle with daily.

We all talk about what s****y parents you are (if you are) and how much your kids suck because you are raising them to be mirror image a******s.

Working-Tomato8395:

However much we hated the classroom brat, we hated the parents 10x more.

A little air bubble in your IV is completely harmless.

JulietAlfa:

My late hubby had cancer for three and a half years. I remember we’d watch a little air bubble go through the line and he would go “oh noooooo” and then pretend it killed him dramatically. He also once wore a dog cone on his neck to treatment. His nurses loved him. Many came to his memorial including the director of radiation oncology at Rush, they were pals.

It is entirely possible that your veterinarian will kiss your kitten’s belly when you are looking.

My worst experience was my OWN wedding. We hired a restaurant to cater for 150 guests. Fewer than 100 people showed up. We told our caterers that a lot of people didn’t make it, so they only served food once to our guests and took the rest home.

THEY rationed the food, and HID the rest from us! My husband and I didn’t know this happened because we were too busy. Everyone just assumed we didn’t pay for enough food.

My cousin wanted a carnival-themed wedding with a limited budget. The DIY was impressive, but when I got there, my aunt (the mother of the bride) told me that my sister and I had the first shift running the cotton candy machine, and she forgot to tell me. Do you know how messy cotton candy is?

I was churning out cotton candy to ungrateful guests when I looked around and noticed all of the family members were working carnival games and serving food to acquaintances of the couple.

When I die, I have it in my will to make my cousin and aunt run a cotton candy machine at my wake.

The groom was three HOURS late because he was at his ex's house crying and panicking. The ex called the bride to let her know. The bride still waited. They got married and still are over 30 years later

It was 100 out. Completely outside wedding in a barn. The bride made everyone wear 3 pieces suits and the jackets the whole time. She yelled at the venue when they put fans out b/c she didn’t want to pay for it (it was free) and it would ruin the pictures. 4/7 groomsmen and her 95 year old grandpa got heat stroke. The MOH rapped her speech.

Each individual table had their own cake as the center piece and a random woman who was not seated at our table came and grabbed the entire cake plate and stood there and ate it with her hands 😳😂

Went to a wedding with the weirdest meal ever: paella, chow mein, tortillas, and coleslaw

No dancing, No music, No alcohol, No coffee, No food. Just water and everyone sitting in awkward silence

Flying to Rome to attend a wedding, only to be un-invited upon arrival 🥰

Ceremony at 12, bride and groom left for photos and didn't get back until 5pm. No entertainment or canapés. People were ordering food from the bar. Then sat down for dinner and had to listen to 6 speeches before food