It was a big mistake to piss off Jennifer Aniston. Huge.
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The very loud sound you can hear is millions of women clapping back at a Vice Presidential candidate who just insulted every woman without children and every woman who owns a cat. Three years ago, US Senator J.D. Vance had a few choice words to say about Kamala Harris and the clip has gone viral.
Here’s exactly what he said, in his own ridiculous words:
Vance told Fox News that the US was being run by "a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives and the choices that they've made and so they want to make the rest of the country miserable, too." He name-checked Kamala Harris - who has two step-children with her husband Doug as well as other high profile democrats including 34yo Alexandra Ocasio Cortez and Pete Buttigieg who has twins with his husband. Jennifer Aniston was having none of it and responded to JD Vance in a way that surprised everyone ….. read here
Family Estrangement And The People Cheering On Strangers To Cut Contact With Their Parents
"We've been blocked on social media and on the last two birthdays, using an unidentified mobile number, we've tried to just sing happy birthday over the phone, only to be hung up on as soon as she recognised my voice," explains Max*, whose 27-year-old daughter hasn't spoken to him or his wife since the beginning of the pandemic.
"Things seemed to be going well in her life - she was living in a shared house, had a job and had made the decision to transition from male to female. Meaning to say, "No matter what, you'll always be our child and we'll always love you", her mum accidentally used the words 'no matter what, you'll always be our son and we'll always love you'.
"Within two weeks, everything was shut down," he continues.
"She hasn't spoken to either of us since. We've heard that she's been diagnosed with autism since being away, but never had any similar diagnosis prior, although apparently that's our fault too."
"It's confusing and feels like a slow grief that never really allows any closure. You're robbed of the opportunity to make it right."
Family estrangement— the official name given to the silent epidemic of close family members cutting contact with one another—affects around one in 25 Australians, according to research by social worker and academic Dr Kylie Agllias, who has been studying how family estrangement manifests in different situations. Dr Karl Pillemer, who wrote the book Fault Lines: Fractured Families and How To Mend Them, estimates it may in fact be even more common than this Stateside, affecting 25 per cent of Americans at some stage of their lives.
And while many parents whose adult children have decided to cut contact claim they don't fully understand why such extreme measures were necessary, the children on the other side of the situation often cite years of toxic behaviour and unresolved trauma as the slow catalyst for this final straw. ……continue reading
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Almost 40% of relationships begin online and while there are plenty of success stories, there are also some horror stories. This is one of those stories. In 2019, Mia Freedman interviewed Stephanie Wood, the author of Fake, which is now a hit TV series starring Asher Keddie and David Wenham. This is the true story behind the show.
When Stephanie Wood decided to go on a date with a guy she met online she had no idea it would change the course of her life forever.
Because Stephanie quickly fell in love with a man she barely knew. And who, it turned out, was a massive conman.
MID-SPO STYLE: What sneakers should I be wearing right now?
For every woman who has binned her heels permanently or anyone who just wants to be comfortable as well as stylish, there’s sneaker news to know about. Leonie Barlow is a stylist who gets ageless style. Dig in.