I don’t think anyone thinks her appearance is “normal”. I’m sure there were people in her life that discouraged her from doing all this, and I think there was more societal pressure to NOT look like that, she was openly made fun of for her look by tv hosts and other people in her industry, even at the height of her fame. She also says that her grandfather used to beat her for dressing like that. She definitely rebelled by doing it and I wonder if that was her attitude towards it from then on.

lol this person posted instructions on how to be “completely odorless”. It’s okay to let it be.

Having some body odor is normal and I’m tired of pretending it’s not.

I personally enjoy dolly parton’s take on the whole thing. She’s unapologetically herself. It’s made people underestimate her, but sometimes to her benefit.

here’s an article where she talks in depth about her style and how she wanted to emulate “the town tramp”.

I’m so sorry for your loss, it’s heartbreaking. I also wanted to say that she probably waited for you to leave. I think she probably chose to go when you weren’t around. She was ready, and you did everything you could.

I have and I also had this same thought when I was contemplating breaking up with my second boyfriend. It’s not the same. It was stressful yes, but it wasn’t heartbreaking, gut wrenching, world ending like the first. Don’t let it be the reason you stay with them. You’ve done it before and you’re ready to move on.

“I don’t need anybody’s permission if my parents are fine with it” 😂😂😂

Goat Hill - it’s in Lambertville but overlooks New Hope.

I find this so hard to explain to people that didn’t grow up in a small town. Other people would judge the fuck out of the people that raised me, for being perhaps “small town” or “close minded” or just a bunch of old white people, but the acceptance that I felt growing up was unparalleled. I had to really adjust to people not giving a fuck when I left.

My college friends were never shy about telling me how I grew up under a rock. They were shocked that I had never had an avocado, or Chinese food, hadn’t heard a lot of popular music (imagine walking into a bar where everyone was singing the song that was playing and I’d never even heard it). But, a lot of them also got to visit my hometown with me and did a lot of things they never could imagine doing.

I made friends with people that had lived in New York City their entire lives. It still boggles my brain how that works - how they get to work, how they dispose of their trash, how they get their groceries home, what their mailboxes look like, etc. I don’t feel like I missed out on anything. I got to party in hay lofts (they thought that was the stuff of legend), ride my bike to my grandparents house across town, and generally anyone I ran into knew my parents and was looking out for me. I would 10/10 do my childhood the exact same way. I feel like other people missed out on the experience that I had.

One day. It’s been one day. The best advice I’ve ever heard is that even if there isn’t an immediate “connection” or love, you have a dog in your home that desperately needed a home. It’s enough just to provide for its safety and well being at the moment, until that connection happens.

Oh crud. I JUST saw one somewhere and thought “man I should get one just for the nostalgia.”

Do whatever you gotta do, just check his drawers for skid marks before you get too serious

I was started on escitalopram and other than some mild weight gain, had 0 side effects. I was told that one was the most well tolerated. I recently went off of it and switched to sertraline (a generic Zoloft) and thats been completely fine for me as well. It was recommended that I switch because I’m trying to get pregnant.

I wanted to suggest this as well. It was far from traumatizing and was honestly so beautiful and peaceful.