Oh, lord, TWD is back? Time to shore up the A.V. Club castle walls to fend against the legions of assbreather trolls who get here by Googling "walking dead maggie tits" and make Disqus accounts entirely to blindly defend their beloved show from constructive (and not-so-constructive) criticism.

….And Guilder to pay for it?

I also have the figurine of Moltar at his station above my sink to the chagrin of every girlfriend.

Mud Pie is no longer a thing???? I used to get that all the time (haven't been to a DQ since the early 2000s; sorely out of the soft serve loop.)

Imagined Fluttershy saying this, and now I need to get back into therapy.

I saw the Twitter embed in this post and was sure that would have been in the video, because how could it not?

This is just so inspiring to read. :) Things have been going well for my own situation, with him even doing something he would never have done fifteen years ago and offering me a sincere apology for hurting me. I go back and re-read this comment I'm replying to, and your initial comment, and keep in mind that it's NOT…

I think that's the healthiest and smartest thing you can do, really. Take care of yourself in whatever way you need.

You are so very right. And thank you so much for the insightful comments you've made about this!

Every single thing you said here is brilliant. And it's all superb advice that I've been keeping in mind. What you started with, the part about people screwing each other over and it just being considered par for the course when you're young, is especially true. I think there are very few of us who DIDN'T…

Thank you!

Don't worry about it! I misplaced a few days there myself, being under the weather.

Ohgod. Those are ADORABLE.

I agree—caution is called for, and I'm a wary person by default. Perhaps a bit too wary sometimes, but trying to fix that. At least in this, I know I'd rather take the shot and have it end badly than not try again at all.

That is a completely valid and healthy perspective to take! No one should feel that they HAVE to let someone back in that they don't want to. You're not a bad person if you don't want to reconnect with the past. It's not what I feel about the situation I posted about, but I've definitely taken that route with other…

That is so sad. Especially that he claimed to have been so in love with you, but was willing to drop you for an ex in a heartbeat, after you made a genuine effort to be what he wanted from you? Definitely does not sound like someone who is healthy for you or even himself.

Thank you so, so much for this. (And I'm sorry for the late response…been under the weather for the past few days.)

That all sounds very familiar. "Hunting past folks down" is what I've been doing the past two years, since getting my life and self back under control. Some people, you reconnect and remember why you stopped talking to them to begin with. But others, you wonder why you ever let them go. Either way, I haven't regretted…

Then you'd be happy to hear that for a very long time, my avatar was Marin from Link's Awakening! :D I love your dog already, and not just because of the name…because DOGGY. XD

it feels like if you acknowledge it, you'll be rejected AND you'll feel like you're verifying that you're a bad person.