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Unconditional Love
It's that Mother's Day-Father's Day time of the year, so today we salute one of each who got it right.
PAM: We struggled with infertility. I was afraid to adopt because I was afraid the biological parent would take the baby away. There was a big …Read more.
Did You Hear the One About How to Get a Fat Woman Into an Elevator?
Grease her hips and throw in a Twinkie.
Fat women are about the last group that it's OK to make fun of.
As in: Q: What do Roseanne Barr and a battleship have in common?
A: They both need three tugs to get into their slips.
I searched the Internet to …Read more.
Big Can Be Beautiful
Last week we heard from Roberta. She's been fat all her life. At her heaviest, she was clinically obese at 465 pounds. Through a gastric bypass, she got down to 180 pounds. She's now about 250.
But no matter her weight, Roberta always had plenty of …Read more.
I'm Fat, but You're Ugly and I Can Diet
Fat is a four-letter word.
People who wouldn't dream of making fun of a homosexual, who would die before pointing out a person with a disability, people who consider themselves post-racist, tolerant, all-embracing, evolved and benevolent somehow …Read more.
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He Dreamt of Jeannie, but Jeannie Didn't Dream of HimWe recently met TIME TRAVELER, 19, who says he dreamt of a woman that he believes he's known in previous lives. He met someone who looked exactly like the woman in his dream, and didn't know what to do. MARTY: TIME TRAVELER sounds a lot like me at his age. While I don't believe in past lives, I did have a dream about a woman. Then I met a woman shortly thereafter who looked exactly like her. The resemblance was startling. I suppose my dream was of an idealized woman. Well, she fit the bill. I met her at a church get together. She was the friend of another girl I know. We seemed to hit it off, but only in a casual way. When I mentioned that I wanted a more serious relationship, she voiced reluctance. That should have been a clue. The problem, of course, is that I wasn't the guy she was dreaming of. I eventually found out that she was seeing someone else. On top of that, he was abusive — I didn't know that until years later —and she was afraid of him. But she still didn't feel as strongly toward me as I did toward her. I count it as a lesson learned. We recently heard from ANNA, a young wife whose mother-in-law insisted on having her and her husband Bill for dinner once a week. She served them "vegetables cooked to mush and a main dish swimming in grease." "My mother-in-law was struggling financially and the only reason she insisted on feeding two extra people was control." The last straw for Anna was when Bill and his mother removed all her things from her home.
"I wasn't surprised. Every meal she cooked was a heart attack on a plate." Kelly knows what it's like to have meddling in-laws. KELLY: My husband's siblings and their kids are like a bad high school clique that I'm not invited into. Through the years, my husband has been told which of their financial needs he is expected to loan them money for. He's paid for hospital bills, totaled cars, used cars, utility bills, school clothes, nail spa visits, cigarettes and even a funeral. He's helped them move, and when he didn't have a truck, he tied the furniture to the roof of our car. When I said anything, he invariable said, "But we're family." Did I forget to mention that he's never seen a dime of this money back? Did I also mention the concept of a "job" does not fit into any of their life equations? One of them likes to sue people, but that's about as ambitious as any of them get. I think they should consider the profession of acting: They can wring out a tragedy better than anyone I've ever seen. Because of them, our marriage broke up for four years. During that time, my husband filed for bankruptcy and had his car repossessed. In order for me to get back together with him, we agreed that my finances and my car would stay in my own name. As far as they're concerned, I try very hard to pretend they're invisible. If Jerry Springer had a finder's fee I could make a fortune. Are you a liberal married to a conservative or vice-versa? How's that working for you? Send your tale, along with your questions, problems and rants to cheryllavinrapp@gmail.com. And check out my new website askcheryl.net. COPYRIGHT 2013 CREATORS.COM 
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