Woman on Trial for Staying In Bed Sick

And the Prosecutor wouldn’t let it go.

Mandy Osterhaus Ream
Age of Empathy
Published in
3 min readMay 5, 2023

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Photo by Isabella Fischer on Unsplash

Recently, I found myself feeling unwell and retreated to bed to rest. Unfortunately, I was swiftly prosecuted for this decision, facing charges of 1) being dramatic, 2) misuse of hyperbole, and 3) multiple counts of failure to “get over it.”

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Mandy Osterhaus Ream
Age of Empathy

Part-time professor. Full-time woman in middle age. Happiest in water. Her work can be found on mandyosterhausream.com.