No, I feel you, I’m just saying I think Ehenreich agrees with you as well. I don’t think she’s saying we should all do things her way, just that it’s something we should consider more deeply than “I dunno, they told me I need this test”.

I had nearly this exact situation with my grandparents. By the end, it was more than time for them to go. I loved them, and I miss them, but the times I mourn for were back when they were younger and were more capable of living their lives. If I could somehow have had more time with them when they were in their 60s,…

It’s a quality over quantity debate. My grandfather lived until his late 80s, but he had alzheimer’s for the last 10+ years. Not to sound cold, but I often thought that his lifelong dedication to the health of his body kind of failed him in the end, as his body lingered on after his mind had mostly gone. I loved him…

I think as a society we have some very fearful and weird ideas about death. I like to say that the only thing 100% guaranteed in life is that you will die. But despite that fact, Americans treat death like a taboo subject.

If you read the article she talks a lot about how she exercises quite a bit, because she is trying to stay healthy. She’s not saying she’s giving up, or that she’s no longer getting any kind of medical treatment. If she feels ill, she’s still going to the doctor and potentially getting treatment. She’s also not…

I love Barbara Ehrenreich. And in particular I think your comment that:

I have no idea how they do it, but it’s a scientific fact that the unwrapped starburst minis taste 1000% better than their larger, wrapped up cousins.

I can’t speak for other people, but at least for myself the times I have felt most compelled to talk up my great life choices directly correlate to the times I’m feeling most insecure and in need of outside approval. Now when I see people getting smug, all I see is that insecurity.

I’m not a parent, but I did suck my thumb all the way through to first grade (one of the only times being mocked mercilessly by one’s peers was actually helpful!), so I always laugh a bit at smug anti-pacifier parents*. My mom tried to cut me off from my pacifier, but she couldn’t cut me off from my thumbs (well, not…

It was 100% a good thing.

Huh. Gonna be honest, not sure how to process that information. Thanks for the explanation.

What is an IG thot?

She’ll be baby momma #5 for him.

I have no idea why you’re getting a pile-on here.

I found out about Lizzo from Broad City (they used this song really effectively in the season 3 premiere) and now I’m in love with her.

My point is that marriage is defined by the people entering the union, thus a marriage doesn’t have to mean “forever” if the parties entering it don’t want that. You claim that it’s black and white, but that’s just your view on what a marriage is, and it’s not universal.

Right...but there is a divorce, which makes the contract null & void, and which either party can employ at any time.

Not everyone uses the same vows. The fact that the people you know define marriage one particular way says only that you have a fairly homogeneous social circle in this regard.

I vividly remember being in 8th grade and my mom telling me how great her marriage to my father was, how strong it was, and how important it was to find a good partner you can communicate with and who understands you. Fast forward three years and they’re getting divorced. That memory definitely taught me that life…

Long story short: marriage is forever (that’s the point). If you don’t believe in that, don’t get married.