The closest thing I have to a recurring dream at this point is the occasional one where I'm in an elevator and it starts to plummet. What happens next varies but it usually involves me using dream powers to stop or escape it just in time, though I still tend to wake up with my heart racing.

Totally!

Dog parks are generally a bad idea. Too many different dogs (just like people, some dogs will hate another one on sight and all it takes is one dog to start something and others will join in) and too many people who think their dog is friendly or all other dogs are friendly (if a dog is on a leash in an off-leash park…

Sadly, sitting down and trying to talk to my mother is pretty much a non-option. She's gotten better about things recently but we still don't have the best relationship. In the past I've tried talking boundaries with her but that just resulted in me getting yelled at and her not stopping (and in some cases doing…

Good advice. I'm not confrontational and hate discussing things like that, but I'm not really left with much of an option now, am I?

I was recently helicopter parented for the first time and am pissed about it.

Thank you for introducing me to this bird. It is both amazing and hilarious, and a bit freaky when their pupils fully dilate.

I think part of it is that society and media pushes the idea that dating = happy, single= miserable so hard. If someone grew up with that, they may very well think that any relationship is better than none, even if the person they're with isn't compatible. It can take a while to realize that relationships aren't the…

Yup, I remember some studies being done on the matter and a reasonable minimum wage meant a stable economy, on top of reducing poverty. After a certain point, rich people just start sitting on their money instead of spending it.

Yup. I don't mind paying a bit more so others don't need to work multiple jobs and/or need government assistance to get by. (nevermind that McDonald's alone could use a good chunk of their multi-billion dollar profits to increase the wages of front-line employees and the only price increase would be several cents)

Yup, if you're a woman and a guy start's getting sexually aggressive (or even just plain aggressive) at you, you're pretty much damned if you do and damned if you don't.

Yeah, it's not like women should expect men on dating sites to at least resemble their photo and be anything like how their profile portrays them. Or that stealing a dead man's identity would be a turnoff for women even if they didn't mind/care about his physical appearance. I don't know about you, but I think men who…

I know, right?! Who would pass up such a wonderful man who chose to lie not only about his looks but who he is? Clearly women are just being shallow bitches for expecting a nice steak instead of a bowl of KFC chicken, and that stealing another man's identity (and a dead soldier's no less!) is held against this guy…

Keep in mind this was a potluck. Even if it tasted different than usual, people probably assumed the teacher wasn't the best cook/baker because there's at least one person who brings something that tastes off to a potluck. Plus you don't generally think a coworker will bring in drugs and feed them to everyone.

You missed the "all" part of my sentence. People can and do date assholes, but a person with a jealous romantic interest isn't the best judge in character when it comes to who the person they're attracted to is dating. And a pattern starts to emerge when all the guys are assholes (even when they're completely…

I thought Jorah was kinda sexy in the show, then I read the books. Between the huge age and experience difference, Jorah being a quintessential Nice Guy who fuckzones Dany, and him getting pissed that Selmy's around and spends time with Dany even though Selmy has no romantic interest in Dany, I just can't stand him. I…

Nah, that one isn't. It happens in the equivalent of season 3 of the show, but was one of the parts cut to streamline it.

He actually had two wives. The first was infertile (though whether it was her or him, we don't know) and died after a third miscarriage.

Another telltale sign: all other men the girlfriend-zoned woman dates are "assholes" and the only nice guy in her life is Mr. Nice Guy himself.

I wish I could get rid of mine (this coming from someone who loves her pubes), but... no, I'm not going to try that again any time soon. Props to people who can deal with the pain in the ass that is stubble rubbing against itself and sensitive skin.