Hatecookie

I had a lot of success with online dating when I stopped judging men’s pictures. I would agree to go out with them based on personality and banter alone, and every single one of them was better looking in person than their photos. All of them. It was a rather eye opening experiment.

Richard Chase is my favorite forever. I still sometimes ask my boyfriend "does this weed make your blood feel really big, or is it just me?" I was laughing like a maniac driving down the highway the first time I heard it like 4 years ago.

You should look at the Adult Children of Alcoholics website and think about going to a meeting. It is a fantastic group and I can’t recommend it enough.

My 6 year old stepson doesn’t like loud noises. At his birthday party, he got upset because everyone was yelling and clapping for him. He doesn’t mind being the center of attention at all. This has been something that has come and gone over time - one year we did fireworks with no problems, the next year he couldn’t handle it. After watching him develop for a few years, it seems to me like it’s anxiety related. If he’s really happy and relaxed, he’s less likely to be bothered by a loud sound. Unfortunately, it seems to be getting worse with time. He recently started worrying a lot that he will be left behind by the adults. I don’t know where this fear comes from as he has never been forgotten or left behind that we know of. But he won’t allow anyone to leave him at home with his older sister while they run an errand. When we went trick or treating he kept telling us “don’t leave okay?” at every house.

I thought he might be on the autism spectrum but the rest of his symptoms point to anxiety more than autism. It really sucks to see him suffer, especially at such a young age. I honestly don’t even know where to begin helping him. We would send him to therapy but we have to get his biological mother to sign off on it and she won’t.

When he gets upset about the loud noises, he melts down. His face scrunches into a grimace, turns red, and the tears start. If the loud noise stops, he can pull it together pretty quickly. Sometimes the loud noise is unexpected and scares him, he jumps, then starts crying. But even when it’s expected, he melts down until it’s over.

I guess I’m just looking for any suggestions or information at all to help me understand, I don’t really have a specific question.

Seniors at my school picked a teacher they didn't like for a prank one year. They filled her classroom with tubs of water and turned the heat as high as it would go. The next morning, she came in and turned on the AC and after a few minutes it was like it had practically rained, everything was covered in water, her computer, desks, the floor. And she was a science teacher.

Those kids probably would've been arrested if they did that now. It wouldn't be worth the risk to do senior pranks anymore.