retail therapy

[Jonathan Lighter]

OED calls "retail therapy" _humorous_.

Maybe in the '80s. However, an expert witness testified at the tot mom trial
today that "retail therapy" is a very common method of trying to deal with
grief and loss.

She was being entirely serious.

JL
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"If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."

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