[ginger_kitty]

cob: Hit and run drivers. I am fine but my car has looked better. Bastards!

[lilacwine13]

I know, running. I don't like people automatically assuming I'm going to care about their kid when I barely know them in the first place.

Cob: going into a Barnes & Noble and seeing all the music mags lumped under "Men's Interest." Since when did women stop listening to music?

[runningwestward]

cob: people who bring their baby into work and expect you to leap up from your desk to oohh and aaah over it. And when you don't (because a) you don't really know the woman and b) you don't really like babies anyways) they glare at you as you continue to try to work as they jabber on and on with other people in the office about baby vomit and poop and feeding and clothes.

[bklynhermit]

cob: knowing i'm a perfect fit for a listed job, sending my kickass resume and kickass cover letter with references who ADORE me, and still never getting a call. even for an interview.

[tyger]

cob: having a minimum wage job where i get the smallest number of hours you can legally give an employee (2)

cob: finding a mixtape from some girl in my ex-boyfriend's car and realizing just how much i've been lying to myself for the last six months

[amilita]

Oh, I hear ya, amazon! I vowed never to do another one after my last, where I made like $20 or something.

[amazonprincess]

Cob: the yard sale we have going on (as I type). so much work for so little return.

[danilu]

having two fucking jobs and not knowing where the fuck your money goes... food gas and so on, but what about everything else, i dont have children or any other responsabilities besides myself and yet i find that i am always budgeting GrRrR

[roseviolet]

Cob: Car shopping. And all that that entails. Uuuuuuuggggggghhhhhhh.

[sidecar]

Insurance. I hate all insurance. The only people benefitting from insurance are insurance companies. They have no problem taking my money but really don't want to deliver on the health care they're supposed to provide.

Biggest pain in the ass, ever.

[lilacwine13]

Yeah, I've gotten that so many times from people. It makes me want to tell that I've gained weight from the last time they saw me.

[bklynhermit]

it's ok, doodlebug.

the only compliment anyone in my family can ever think to give me is, "wow! you've lost weight!"

when i've never had a weight problem. have not recently gone on any kind of diet. perhaps lost 5 pounds or maybe i just had my period last time i saw them.

in the past year i have graduated from college, gotten a kickass start on my dream career, in a relatively high profile industry, moved into my first grownup apartment, and all they can think of to say is, "oh, you look so thin!"

fucked up, man.

[doodlebug]

Long-standing cob that is now reaching frustrating proportions:

I don't get why, when you do something - anything - different to your appearance (cut your hair, wear new clothes, do your makeup differently)...when you have any excess flesh whatsover, the first, FIRST thing people say to you is, "You look great, how much weight have you lost?"

ARRGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! Fuck off and die! No wonder I had a fucking eating disorder!!!

[lot49]

cob: women who would prefer to spray public toilets with their urine than sit their precious thighs on a clean seat. Note: I am not blaming anyone if the seat is already gross. But if you go into an airport restroom, and the seat is dry, grab a seat protector and just sit the eff down. Your pee will go where it's supposed to, and the seat will remain dry for she who follows you. You are not going to catch a disease. You are more likely to catch something from the door handle or the sink knob.

end rant

[ginger_kitty]

I feel your pain, miss jane!

cob: shopping for swimsuits. It's like volunteering to go to hell. I have a nice body but trying to pair tops and bottoms made me feel like a freak of nature! Tiny boob/wide hips, four stores and 20 suits later, I wasn't even all that thrilled to find a really cool swim out fit. And I don't even know how to swim, its just for hanging out in my friends hot tub, it was a day of extra special torture!

[miss_jane]

cob: Womens clothing being in stupid fucking sizes. Why can't we just have normally sized clothes, like men do. I know what my waist measure, and my hips, and my boobs. I do not know which stupid size this corresponds to and in which shop this changes. Argh!

[mornington]

cob: people who bring babies to gigs (ok, she put headphones on it) in fucking pushchairs. hello? it's an in-store gig. there's not enough space for people, let alone a pushchair that takes up twice as much space as a person. Have you not heard of babysitters?

[vnoa3]

Cob: (Others have mentioned it) insufficient health insurance or policies that are pointless.

[bustygirl]

NO FUCKING FREE TIME.

And no one, not my husband, not my friends, and DEFINITELY not my family, seems to understand that. Everybody bitches that I don't have time for them, and then tries to add shit to an already overloaded schedule. Here's a fucking idea, how about if you want to see me, you HELP with the chores/lawncare/shipping/bill paying/diapering/food shopping/car maintaining/housecleaning/laundry/supply buying/pet feeding/baby care/sewing/paperwork/website updating/craft fair preparation/trash, etc.?

Here's a thought. When I am finally done with all the shit I have to do, guess what? If I do all this without much help, I'm going to feel pretty free in doing what I want with my free time. If I don't feel like going to a thousand work/friend/family birthday functions a month, I'm not gonna.

You can be mad at me all you want. People have been mad at me my whole life, and so far it hasn't killed me yet.

[battygurl]

cob: only having a computer to play my DVDs on, instead of a proper DVD player. Every once in awhile I get DVDs that don't work. This time, I got the first 2 discs of Queer as Folk from my library, and the second disc will play, but the first won't. Annoying!