On Never-Complainers, Workaholics, and the Balding-and-Manly
@SarahP
Maybe I just identify with this guy (I would rather NOT have constant "relationship discussions"), but the LW sounds like a pest. He told her to stop leaving her wet towels on the floor, so he'll speak when he's bugged enough. If he's not bringing shit up, why push it? It seems like a need for drama.
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On Never-Complainers, Workaholics, and the Balding-and-Manly
@Gracefully and Grandly
I'm in a crabby enough mood today that I'm feeling very supportive of the Marvelous Noncomplaining Boyfriend. Leave the guy alone, already! And wanting more "communication" sounds to me like someone who is expecting her partner to meet all of her needs, which is sad and unrealistic. If he speaks up when things are bothering him, but it appears nothing much in the relationship bothers him, why create drama?
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On "Take a Step That Is New..."
@Nicole Cliffe
And this too! In addition to being a smart, funny, good writer with delightfully eclectic taste in literature, you are clearly a responsible caring parent. (It IS sketchy!)
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On Not Chasing Amy
@Kristen
Yes, this, exactly. It is a way for cheaters to prove to the probably horrible people who don't mind sleeping with someone else's partner on the sly how very SERIOUS they are and how very unlikely it is that they will cheat again. Which is kind of great because it spares two other people, at least until they cheat on each other and split up.
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On Life and Death and Coffee
Based on this morning's comsumption alone, I am immortal. Jittery and tense, with permanently stained teeth, but immortal.
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On Who Wouldn't Want to Touch Her Feet?
I would rather go to prison than touch a stranger's feet.
Also, paying someone else to undertake my toe maintenance feels squicky to me.
Clearly I have foot issues and class issues in roughly equal measure.
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On Aideah and Sophayden
@jen325
There is a dog in my neighborhood named Jayden! He is friends with my dog. Thus, I think of Jayden as a dog's name, which is unfortunate because I also have a cousin with a new baby named Jayden.
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On What Not to Wear to Madame Tussauds
@Decca
If there was a sequel featuring nothing but Margo and Birdie hanging out in Margo's dressing room, I would watch the shit out of that.
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On That New York Times Article About Children and Psychopathy
@heliotropegerbil8
If someone isn't optioning this article to use as the basis for a horror movie, I'll be very disappointed.
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On The Best Time I Watched TED Talks as Foreplay
He went home to change?!? In a evening full of completely weird detail, this is the one that leaps out at me.