You are awesome! Keep going!

I want an autographed copy of that book the second it comes out.

I really hope he will, but if he doesn’t — better fancy-free than stuck with the wrong guy. (Not downplaying the difficulties of single life at all, I was single for a very long time and assumed I’d remain so.)

Oh, thanks, that’s really nice of you to say!

in medias res should be used whenever possible, because it’s awesome.

Boning is such a great word! Also balling.

Join the club. My first boyfriend (now husband) had the patience of a saint.

It can take time and patience to learn, for sure.

Yes, you are dead right!

This needs a whole heaven of stars.

+ Mountain day

Exceedingly well said.

I’m sorry you had to go through pain in your marriage. And I’m impressed with your perceptiveness about the effect your single friends had on you during that time.

Yes. If it is at all possible, leave as soon as the abuser shows violence. Don’t wait. It’s like cancer. It only gets worse. Please, survivors of battering and abuse, do everything you can to get away. You deserve to be safe!

To be fair, sometimes there is unfinished business that kind of begs to be dealt with, years or even decades later. It doesn’t necessarily mean that the parties concerned failed to do a thorough job processing the split when it happened. That sh it can be complicated. Some wounds seem to contain a sort of…

That would be pretty crazy!

That would piss me the fuck off. What is more condescending than, “it’s better this way and I’m sure there’s someone out there for you, dear.” Fuck off!

Exactly. Plus extra points for calling us a commentariat.

Horseshit is way less than she deserved, by the sound of it.

Where is your Pulitzer?!!