Joe Giudice is the living embodiment of the way I feel after eating too much at lunch.

That's the first time I've ever liked anything related to Avril Lavigne. Congratulations.

I don't know. I told my mom that I knew marriage was supposed to be hard, and she stopped me and told me that if my marriage was hard, I was doing it wrong. I know people have different relationships with their spouses (so those in hard but happy marriages, don't come at me) so I don't think that could be a universal…

Word of advice: making a joke does not mean everyone has to laugh. You're not entitled to laughter.

It is. One of my best friends had that as a last name, and that's exactly how it's pronounced.

I hope that W. stands for "Wyde" because I am five as well.

That's the thing. It was unfair to pick on Monteith, but Klugman deserved better.

how far do young women need to go placate a partner who secretly seethes inside when she shines

I know, sour grapes. "Dude, your dad died—get over it!"

That right there is why I own a box of the OB ones without applicators. I throw them at idiot boys like that.

With royalty, it's amazing how many Legacy positions exist left over from the days before modern conveniences, like daily hygiene.

I agree with BoyHowdy - that crossing the line constantly after being talked to about it throws up all kinds of red flags for me.

Today I tested for my black belt in my martial art—for the second time! I first got it in 2004 (2 weeks before I got my PhD! It was a good year!), but then I took like 6-7 years off. I came back to class in 2011 and had to start all the way back at white belt, but I finally made it back to black today! Woohoo!

Yeah, I trust him. I mean, not to rape me. He's been around for long enough and shown himself to be all talk and no action. But yeah... I'd still never put myself in a situation where I'm alone with him!

Yeah, use your hand. Have her use her hand. Ask a third person to use their hand.

Sounds like your desperation is affecting you. Find some self care practices that sooth you, and resolve to do better in the future.

A reader was gracious enough to send me a link to an article on Vulture concerning this topic. Yeah, it about answered all my questions. I will never see on-screen sex scenes the same way again!

I feel like they invoked some Greek curse for their hubris, and just as Athena pissily turned a weaver into a spider, Dionysos turned the Lohans into turds.

Exactly. I feel like Lindsay makes COMPLETE sense in the context of the mother and the father. But how they hell did they turn out like that? Shudder.

I have a lot of feels for this woman, who is Irish and was visiting. It takes a lot of guts, I think, to go to the police in a foreign country, file charges, and be willing to go through the whole legal process, even after she has returned home.