I think Delicate Goddam Flower ought to be the default setting for kinky shenanigans. Better to dial it up than down. Also, duct tape, hell no.

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I think Delicate Goddam Flower ought to be the default setting for kinky shenanigans.

My ass is totally pansy. (I feel like that's a variation on an quote from Angel. Something Wesley said? "My ass is not pansy!", maybe?)

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Bandaid adhesive actually dissolves my skin, and many surgical adhesive tapes do as well. I use gauze pads and either paper or silk adhesive tape instead of band-aids. When the injury is to a finger, I wrap the gauze around the finger and tape the tape to itself and avoid touching skin as much as possible. And remove the bandage as early as possible

Two suggestions for folks with this problem, one is OUT THERE in crazy-but-works, the other is a bit pricey, but well worth it.

In the crazy-but-works land, try electrical tape. It's a trick an old roadie taught me when I was a young whippersnapper. For the minor scrapes/cuts that happen in theater, put some etape on it to keep junk from getting in the wound. Also, when the bandaid won't stay on, e-tape it on! It's not nearly as bad as duct tape! Yes, it will stick to your hairs, so if you have hairy (where ever injury is) it will hurt coming off. But, I wonder if it is different glue that will not eat away your skin.

On the pricey side, but sounds logical (unlike the previous one), Try Nexcare Tegaderm from 3M. They have a variety of packagings. The most common is a square "donut" of "tape" that goes around the gauze. That is the box you can usually find at CVS. Online I have found a roll of it. Not your typical roll of tape. That is used by medical suppliers. As I understand it, the stuff was originally designed for taping down IV needles. It adhears to the skin, kinda like saran wrap. It's clear. It breathes. It looks like a shiny layer of skin. Peels off with no residue and almost no ouch! The stuff is manna from heaven. Except it costs a TON compared to regular surgical tape. We use it for actors who have super sensitive skin, or just dripping with sweat. Gotta keep those microphones on them!

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My sister's coming up for the weekend. We're going to build my niece a worktable, fix my screen door, and paint my laundry room. I'm declaring Silence on all talk about diets, food, exercise, my health (it's fine), how fat I am, how fat she feels (she weighs 117 lbs), and what I should/shouldn't be doing to lose weight. The more she talks and tries to encourage me, the more I want to curl up on the couch with ice cream forever. She started trying to help me lose weight when I was 17 (130 pounds at 5'7"), and she's been doing it ever since. I love my sister. But her diet advice has included "just starve yourself!" and "chew it and then spit it out!" and it's not good. Somehow I have to impress upon her that she has to stop talking at me about my weight.

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I'm curious though, do you put yourself down in front of Em? Because I know I was pretty insulting to my mom when I was growing up, thinking she wasn't pretty, but if I look back on it it was because she was so often telling me how ugly she was. I was a kid, and I believed her.

sj, I try *really* hard not to. I learned when I was pregnant that kids get their body images from how their mom treats herself. Having had the BIDs for a very, very long time, I decided I was breaking that cycle and wasn't going to do it. I do say stuff, occasionally, but for the most part, I don't.

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I am also allergic to adhesive. I've found a few fabric and high-tech bandages that haven't bothered me, but some of those seem to be turning on me. When you have drains after surgery, you have to wear some kind of bandaid over the hole they were in until they heal. Mine healed fine, but I had ulcerating bandaid-shaped sores around them. Very few people think the bandaid is the worst part of having a drain.

I'm now radioactive. The instructions say stay away from small children, but don't say anything about small pets. I'll find out Tuesday whether all this crap is doing me any good. Monday I get to take the truck to the Progressive claims center.

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I just got a job offer!!!! *runs naked through fields while hooting "YEAAHHH!"*

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Nexcare Tegaderm from 3M

omnis, that sounds fantastic and I'm gonna try it!

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Yay Lilty!!!

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*runs naked through fields while hooting "YEAAHHH!"*

That must be some job. Congrats!

I'm now radioactive.

Ginger glows in the dark!

Aims, "beautiful woman" may not mean to her what it means to you. Kids get weird ideas about what words mean sometimes. It may mean "celebrity" in her head or something. Or maybe "my mom" is simply in a different category from all other female humans. Anyway, don't take it to heart.

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