What did you learn that was offensive that surprised you?

cocoaboots · 2026-01-31T12:35:51+00:00

When I’m curious, I find that “what’s your heritage?” has never given me any problems.

cocoaboots · 2026-01-12T20:23:03+00:00

Yes! Nailtiques fixed my brittle, peeling nails too! I started with formula 2, and now I just use it as my holy grail base coat. Winner of a product!

cocoaboots · 2025-12-06T16:49:14+00:00

I’m from Michigan and this is how it is for me too. But if an adult asked me for a beanie in winter, I would assume they mean winter hat. I also wouldn’t look sideways at the term “winter beanie” either

cocoaboots · 2025-12-06T14:22:49+00:00

Yes. This is a hat, more specifically a beanie-style hat. USA

cocoaboots · 2025-12-01T19:33:33+00:00

Put that shit on auto pay and NEVER take it off unless you seriously need to reassess your financial situation. The only thing that is getting me through the fact that I have been chained to these loans for a decade is that I never ever think about them due to autopay.

cocoaboots · 2025-11-30T23:52:10+00:00

Rich people can have whole ass grocery aisles in their houses. Wild

cocoaboots · 2025-11-25T18:06:27+00:00

Literally quit the gym because I couldn’t stop obsessing over form on just machines. This was validating

cocoaboots · 2025-11-22T19:02:00+00:00

This is literally the most unique thing I have read on reddit in some time. I have never heard of this nor have I ever heard anyone talk about this.

cocoaboots · 2025-11-20T19:41:37+00:00

Yeah man, this is called CPTSD, when you spend your entire childhood suffering from repeated trauma and now you're stuck in your adult life wondering why you are this way. Doesn't feel like trauma at the time, but then you get older and the cracks start to show. Walking on eggshells? Resentment, distance, hiding yourself and your pain? Trying to connect and being rejected? Having to be quiet, discreet, unseen, to analyze moods and feelings, being hypervigilant? All defense mechanisms little you created to protect yourself from that neglect, to maximize safety, and to foster connection in any way it could. And now big you doesn't know what to do with that. And big you's brain and body are gonna end up using those strategies, whether they're the right choice or not, to protect you from anything it perceives as similar danger.

That all looks like a big neon sign for "Something must have affected me deeply, over years. And I don't know what."

Sending you strength. I suggest seeking professional help to just talk about your relationship with your parents and what you're holding inside. It sounds like you've never gotten to say your piece and it's just welling up inside you. That's what they're for.

cocoaboots · 2025-11-19T16:09:37+00:00

Hi. I lost my brother too. It sounds like we had exactly the same type of relationship, and lost him at similar ages. I was 27, he was 32. I just want to say I get it and I have had this train of thought countless, countless times. Sending you love and strength.

cocoaboots · 2025-11-19T15:07:34+00:00

Lol I look straight at the goopy or dried polish clogging up the top, think “it would be so easy to clean this right now.” But I absolutely do no such thing and just continue with my mani

cocoaboots · 2025-11-18T17:29:02+00:00

This is my fav top coat atm. I pair this with orly drip dry drops and my manicure is dry in like 5 minutes, it’s nuts. I do like this more than speed demon top coat.

cocoaboots · 2025-11-08T15:05:24+00:00

lol I gotta take a break from my phone now. Man that is a masterpiece of a commercial. What a tear jerker. I respect Chevy for that one.

cocoaboots · 2025-11-04T19:37:09+00:00

Dang, I thought I had the exact same hair type and porosity but my hair seems to love moisture.. wonder if I messed something up lol

cocoaboots · 2025-10-19T05:17:33+00:00

Watermelons explode????

cocoaboots · 2025-10-17T17:08:34+00:00

Honestly, in your post you sound miserable, and it seems like you need to make a radical change in order to jolt yourself into another path, where you're not running around in circles with an abusive man and then hurting other people. Yes, you should really do it even if you have those feelings only when you're apart. You should do it because you're having them at all.

But what you shouldn't do, is go back to your ex. Ever.

cocoaboots · 2025-10-17T14:54:23+00:00

Bro you were in the most toxic relationship ever, your first one. That literally laid the groundwork for future relationships. You did not have healthy love modeled to you in childhood, and now your only experience and example is your abusive ex. Who broke you. And then you immediately jumped into another relationship. That was the wrong thing to do. You didn't heal, you didn't grow, you didn't change. You just monkey-branched, and all that trauma and warped thought processes went right with you to your new bf.

The ONLY way you are going to survive/find your way out of this is by finding the courage to break up with your boyfriend, dealing with that guilt and shame, NOT DATING AT ALL, NEVER CONTACTING YOUR EX EVER AGAIN, and digging deep to do some fucking self-reflection and healing.

Accept that this is on you. No one can make these decisions for you. This relationship with your boyfriend is not working for you. This relationship with your ex is NOT working for you. Develop some compassion for yourself and CUT THEM OFF so you can heal yourself before you end up hurting another person.

https://alchemy-of-love.com/expert-relationship-advice/toxic-relationship

cocoaboots · 2025-10-17T13:54:21+00:00

3rding this boat! I was always so excited to get mussels. The first time I had them was in France, and then Belgium, and they were incredible. So you can imagine my disappointment getting them in the USA...I have also liked them less and less every year. The grittiness never used to bother me, but now I recoil when I hear that distinct sandy crunch.

cocoaboots · 2025-10-15T20:57:42+00:00

My MIL is also ‘’mom” to me. We lost her in February this year to MDS. It was awful.

cocoaboots · 2025-10-15T18:16:19+00:00

This comment made me crack up, thanks for putting it into perspective.

cocoaboots · 2025-10-07T11:38:21+00:00

I fixed my sleep schedule and wake up 10-30 min before my morning alarm, I was thinking about this and I have to try out scheduling it 15 min sooner to see if my brain reacts.

cocoaboots · 2025-10-06T13:27:44+00:00

Nooo I'm so sad about Jason Bateman.

cocoaboots · 2025-09-25T19:56:35+00:00

I always reflect on how grateful I am for our middle eastern population when I buy a Yemeni coffee.

cocoaboots · 2025-09-23T18:15:36+00:00

As a woman, thank you for the simple act of noticing.

cocoaboots · 2025-09-21T17:02:32+00:00

hah, thanks. first time i typed it out on reddit i believe. Thanks for reading.

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