Sarah

Now I have to rummage through my couch cushion to bring spare change so this baby can have a fucking savings account?

I've had it.

I don't know what I'm going to be doing on that date in four months, but I can confidently tell you it will not be attending that one-year-old's fucking birthday party.

Hi, Dr. John.

How's it going?

I'm doing all right.

Thanks for taking some time to chat with me.

So, about a month ago, I had a friend of mine move in with me because she was trying to get out of an abusive situation.

Yeah.

Is that better?

Yeah.

So she came to me telling me about her abusive situation, and I had the luxury of having a couple of guest rooms, so I offered to let her and her seven-year-old girl move in with me.

I offered them free rent for 90 days to help them get on their feet, and at the same time, she's starting to try and build her own business, so I would really love to see her succeed with that, and I've been trying to support her through that, but...

Recently, she has been talking about just going back to him and back to that situation.

And what do I tell her?

Like, this is such a terrible idea.

So he hasn't been physically abusive in the last year, but he has in the past.

He has broke her nose.

He's put his hands around her throat.

Very scary stuff.