I have a friend of 25 years who cannot get out of the house without using “fair and lovely” or as they call it now “glow and lovely”. She’s been using it for more than 20 years now. I remember her being very insecure because she was “dark” (still can’t understand what this means). She’s …
I attended a mental health workshop last week. We talked about a lot of things and shared our experiences. I attended the workshop to cope with my grief, but I observed that many attended the workshop to cope with jealousy or envy. There was a woman who said she had a major case of FOMO …
A friend of mine once told me that grief comes in waves. I pretended to understand and nodded away. You never truly understand grief until you’ve experienced it right? My mom recently passed away because of chronic ILD. She was 72 years old. Yesterday, before I started to make lunch, I took my phone, connected …
I witnessed a very candid, wonderful and rare banter in my afternoon local train travels. It was not crowded, and I got a place to sit. Woman 1: “…. And you just decided that you are not going to have a baby?” Woman 2: Yes. Woman 1: “WOW! I have never heard something so idiotic. …
I am a fat person. Not because of my lifestyle or my laziness. What I mean is, I am active. I walk a lot, work around the house, cook 3 meals a day and have a full-time career. I am not sporty and cannot lift weights because of an injury. Nevertheless, I am fat. I …
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