The “NEW YORK CITY?!” outburst is appropriate, even if the product is different.

*narrows eyes at green peas in her guac*

Yeah, where’s the middle aged man keeping it real by riding on a banana yellow Sizzler, though, huh? That’s what I thought.

I ghosted once. It was at the tail end of a dragging-behind-a-semi death of a relationship and we’d had the come-to-Jesus talk, we’d had the “Let’s work this shit out” talk, we’d fixed a fair number of things that were misfiring but over time my heart just said “Dude, we gotta fucking bail. He will be better off and…

Best example in my life was guy I had a major crush for. We joked about how tall I was and he laughed “Good thing I’m over 6 ft!”... which I didn’t attribute to his boots. Because I don’t know why. Crushes, man. A month into dating him, I met him at his place before we went out. He was barefoot. I was wearing flats.…

What exactly was “the plan” for this baby? She got a schematic or infographic we can check out, here? Also, what’s with her only thinking she’s a mom when the baby pops out? You already have that bun in the oven, you’re a mom x 2 right now! Typical. :P

Whenever I talk to someone who feels ashamed because they haven’t come out yet, I remind them that so many public figures that we now know as “out” had times in their lives where they couldn’t be out and proud. Some also just straight up chose to not come out and let people figure out for themselves. There is no shame…

My partner and I had a period of months-long-no-sex and we figured what was up (Your Relationship May Vary) on our own. We got mad at each other over random whatever-is-important-to-us-right-now bullshit, didn’t resolve that resentment and then we slowly associated each other with the resentful feelings and strife.…

I don’t know his music but I like the way he stands up for his beliefs. That’s a dude who just chose his values over greater exposure and I think that kicks ass.

I read this on mefi when it was posted and after the first paragraph I sat there shaking my head. I mean, I’ve been gullible to a level like this before but then that one little thread would tingle at me and I would pull it and then the asshat wouldl get the fury call about “You motherfucker...” and there you are.

The…

Instead of worrying about the color of someone’s skin, how about businesses just embrace how green money is? There are a few obvious types of customer: a shoplifter, a browser and a buyer. Those are not racial labels, those are customer mentality labels. When you get on the salesfloor, you become adept at profiling…

I will not say chin up, it’ll get better but I will say - break it down into pieces you can manage. As soul-crushing as this seems, get a plan down on paper (or Excel) about your finances and what you bar miniumum have to make each month in order to survive. Count everything, even that pastry you always get for lunch…

Had a toxic boss. After dealing with his subtle mindgames of doom for a year, I was coming down with all kinds of weird vague illness from the stress. Once I had enough and put in my notice - no more stress-induced illness. No cramps, Crohn’s-like fuckery, no vomiting, no migraines, no panic attacks, no hives. I’ve…

There is no shield against an advance that works quite as well as resting bitch face.

It’s not a cure-all, but it will get unwanted attention givers to back off most of the time. For the rest, you just gotta maintain the bored stare.

Looks like I’m going to be dancing around to all my fave old house tunes today.

In the beginning, there was Jack. And Jack had a groove... :D

You know when you read something this bonkers and you’ve got an ex who spouted this sort of crap (hello, why he’s an ex) and you click to the site just to make sure it was not, in fact, written by your ex? That’s the sort of moment I had just now. I’m convinced there’s a script they go from...

I have known guys who thought “leaving it in” is romance. So, after the baby is made, is the child support also romance? Cos the dudes I’ve talked to who thought “leaving it in” was sexy in the moment hated getting called up on CS payments for 18+ years.

I can tell you that I got suggested one of those after I cruised a profile of a former flame once. Just once! So, if you ever did a search on him, that’s one way it can show up.

We had this choice to make in our marine biology class in middle school. We not only harvested the marine life we put into our tanks that we had to keep clean and fed for the entire class, but our teacher brought a grill and a deep fryer to school so we could sample fresh calamari.

I was disgusted and intrigued. I…

Good luck good luck good luck! :D I just got hired after a month wait to hear back and I am spreading my good luck hire vibes your way. :D

It sounds like Lou hasn’t had much tangible positive reinforcement in her life that she’s worth anything and can do anything or that people believe in her. Even at a time when she’s emerging into a new phase of her life, she’s already got the stigma of not being suitable for whatever it is she’s doing.

My approach is…