it's the family thing that is honestly the weirdest part

I'm just going to post this on every NYE post today.

That's what drives me nuts.....literally, a card is 99 cents and is still more thoughtful than nothing. Hell, a handmade card is even better!

It's hard to tell from your post what problems you are facing, but you seem really discouraged.

I'm with you that respect is something baked in to your relationship, but in trying to understand what the other side of that disagreement might look like I'm reminded that not everybody necessarily has the same definition of 'respect.' Many people are on board with some abstract notion of it and don't know how to…

It's hard. My husband and I have been married a little over a year, and we're both fairly young. So for us, it's a mix of trying to figure out this whole being adults thing as well as figure out how to be each other's partners in life. I think "maintaining" a marriage is fairly accurate, because I read it as…

Wonderfully said! I amend my stance and will work hard to not be like one of those judgey people. :)

Avril Lavigne is suffering from an undisclosed health issue

I always say, just do what you can. Progress not perfection. Good on you for what you have done, and even if you can not go completely vegan, that's okay, every little bit makes a difference. :)

I'm trying to move towards veganism. I've been a vegetarian for most of my life, and a few years ago I stopped buying and wearing leather and fur. Ideally, I won't be purchasing wool, silk, etc. or consuming any animal products at all. I don't know why it's okay for meat eaters to be loud about their meat-eating but…

This is exactly my experience, and those vegans like me. I will change the subject, or the event goes on and still the meat eaters will continue to not let it go. #notallvegans

I don't get kids today. I'm far too impatient for internet videos that are actually of interest to me; I skip ahead and compulsively open new tabs while they play because I just cannot pay attention to them. I'd rather read a transcript most of the time. So I really just do not understand how legions of young people…

As a vegan, I say if you are rubbing armpits with lemons and wearing paper shoes, you're doing it wrong.

#notallvegans

I've never been able to grasp it either. My friends all played it (while I underage drank 40s of Mickey's) and my husband just taught my son to play and at 10 years old he picked it up right away. Whatever, I'll just spend 12 hours playing Dragon Age.

He looks inbred to me

I pretty much don't like anything she stands for and am embarrassed to share an alma mater with her. However, I'd like to think I'm not a totally awful person, so I'm glad her health scare wasn't as bad as it could've been.

I've worked with animals my whole career and this is what I tell people who are struggling with whether to put an animal to sleep: It's a gift to offer euthanasia to our pets when they are suffering or have a poor quality of life. Pets are not capable of understanding why they are in pain, or why they must undergo a…

Ok, when all of the authors I love were leaving en masse I have to admit I thought it might be the end of my Jezebel reading days and I was really, really sad. Though I still have concerns about the way internal promotions are handled - I fucking miss Dodie so I'm not really over that yet - I do feel that Jez's new…

BUT he wrote "She Moves in Her Own Way" about Katie Melua, and that is a fuckin' tune.