On I Drank the Kool-Aid, and It Was Juice
For Christmas, my boyfriend's parents got him a juicer and he went gung-ho with the whole juicing thing. He kept trying to convert me, the problem was he was making these nutrient-rich-but-disgusting concoctions, like celery-cucumber-lemon. I refused to try any more after hearing "No you don't TASTE it, you just chug it down!" (I will admit apple-carrot-ginger was pretty good though.) I had given up on the concept but maybe I just need to try some "professionally-made" juice?
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On Friday Open Thread
Okay, here is a question: Would you rather write and defend a thesis or take comprehensive exams? I take exams for my French lit Masters in two weeks, and I've essentially been in some state of panic since October (my "study guide" is 110 pages long). I have been pondering whether it is less sob-inducing to do research and have to defend what you wrote or to be prepared discuss arbitrary selections from 40+ books, I'm curious to hear from people on the "other side".
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On Ask a Non-Monogamous Couple
@excitablegirl Same here. A couple months ago my boyfriend and I were talking and we brought up "maybe if we occasionally wanted to sleep with other people there is a way to make it work". Since then I've been looking for examples just to see what relationship options are out there so I was excited to see this article here, but I'm also surprised by the tone of some of the comments.
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On Phone Apps Someone Who Knows How to Make Phone Apps Ought to Make
@Deb of last year@twitter You're not alone. My mom's friend was once telling a story about how her daughter dropped a bucket of black paint on the floor, and my brain went "Oh no, Ctrl + Z!" Luckily I didn't say it out loud, I probably would have gotten one of those "oh you kids..." looks.
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On Treating and Sitting and Smoking and Talking
@SarahDances The anti-splitting sentiment is surprising to me too. I've been with my boyfriend for over a year and we usually split the check approximately according to what we ordered. We'll treat each other when there's a birthday or we're celebrating something, but for everyday outings we each pay our own share and I never thought to do it another way.
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On Allow Women Into Your Life
For some perverse reason I love these 80s relationship tapes. I managed to find the full version of one of the dating ones from interlibrary loan, and was planning on some kind of a drinking game once it came in. Then they told me they couldn't find it... the disappointment was bitter.
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On It Grows Back
@Bittersweet Lice are THE WORST when you have long hair. I got them when I was 10 with hair to my mid-back and I cried when my mom told me we'd have to cut my hair to treat it. Luckily, it turns out I look pretty good with chin-length hair, but that was pretty tragic for a fourth grader.
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On Mixed Signals, Mirrors, and Two Accidental May-Decembers
@pastina Gahhh in the last year that "he's-obviously-into-me-no-wait-apparently-not" thing has happened to me, my friend, and my sister. Why do (some) boys act like this? It makes no sense to me that they show such affection for someone (sleepovers, cuddling, kissing) and then act all surprised when you bring up The Feelings.
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On The League of Ordinary Ladies: The Bad Hat
I met my boyfriend the summer after I graduated from college when we were both full-time tour guides. It's all a matter of circumstance though, there are about fifteen different things that could have made things go another way. So I guess just keep an eye out in your daily life?
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On G-Rated Gender-Bending With Sexy Sheik
I'm going to leave this here:
http://www.qdb.us/301260
I feel like the people in this comment thread will truly appreciate it.