Re: solo kitten syndrome. Our Dilly the Pickle Princess was born a singleton kitten, and both we and her mother have tried very diligently to teach her to play nicely, but people just aren’t kittens! She will look at you with the sweetest little face and just absolutely shred you with no ill intention whatsoever, and Birdie, who came to us about a year later, sometimes yowlps in pain and runs from her when they’re playing. It’s true, solo kittens just miss out on the socialization of having other kittens to bite and scratch them when little!
It’s also possible to use pairs of magnets instead of pins.
For me the problem is the thread, I have a thread-gobbler. I have had to learn to be very disciplined and keep all thread, bobbins, and so on locked away the instant I’m not watching. And all clippings get pressed onto a piece of duct tape appended to the table for just that reason, then rolled up and thrown away.
That was literally only possible because a whole gang of bullies voted that it didn’t count as a personal attack. If there’s a whole gang of bullies living in this dorm room, it’s news to me.
Moms fall into their own category. But no, I haven’t seen body shaming in person and to a known person’s face, no. And I have been both fit and obese. A person who talked like that wouldn’t be welcome in any friend group I’ve ever been in for very long.
I have literally never seen one woman be rude to another woman about her weight to her face like this. If anyone in my friend group did it someone would end up with a busted lip.
They’ve moved since then though.