There's actually a really simple reason for guys underestimating their size. If you view something from above, such as a guy looking down at his own body, there's a foreshortening effect which causes objects to appear smaller. This effect isn't present if you're looking at someone else, either on a screen or in a…

In a situation where one partner sacrifices their career for the sake of the other partner's career, alimony is often fair. That sacrifice usually involves childcare but it could also be something like moving across the country so that your partner can get a good job, or supporting your partner while they earn a…

Genuine question here; is it actually the laws, or is the judges and court system interpreting the laws? Or something like laws that give preference to a stay-at-home parent or the parent with the more flexible work schedule, which is more likely to mean the mother?

I read it the same way. Maybe because my best friend is absolutely fine with his girlfriend out-earning him, but can't stand that she can also out-drink him. Eventually he discovered that he has a much higher tolerance for spicy foods than she does, and all was right with his world again. Now he pours hot sauce on…

This smells funny to me. They looked at 1000 fathers of children with birth defects and 4000 'control' fathers, which is a lot, but they're also analyzing a lot of different professions. They probably had enough office workers and truck drivers to form reasonable conclusions, but how many professional mathematicians…

It's far more likely that some chemical(s) found in photographic equipment and either truck interiors or road pollution damages sperm in a way that causes a certain kind of eye defect. Epigenetic effects are a possibility, but they're not usually that specific and I don't think they can be caused by focusing one's…

I ship things to work. Before that was an option, I'd take the risk with cheap things and would arrange for expensive things to be mailed to a friend of mine who worked from home. Then I'd drop by the friend's house after work to exchange a plate of cookies for the package.

I had a high school science teacher tell me there was no gravity on the moon. This same teacher had covered Newton's law of gravitation earlier in the year.

I have a "Grandfather" and a "Grandmother". Grandmother wanted to be "Grammie", but Grandfather wouldn't budge on his name and so she got upgraded to the same level of formality.

For me it's usually "Past Self, where did you put our cell phone?" or "Past Self, why are the scissors on top of the bookcase?"

Are you getting kickbacks from the BC tourism board or something? Because that sounds awfully tempting...

I get where you're coming from, and I used to feel much the same way. Maybe I'm getting less romantic in my old age, but I think that it's better to get to know someone as thoroughly as you can and then decide to marry them. I see a lot of relationships where the couple doesn't seem like they really love each other as…

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I just go barefoot, watch where I step, and wash my feet as soon as I get home. My tetanus shots are up to date, and if a rainstorm has me taking off my shoes, it's probably because those shoes are really slippery rubber flip-flops. I'll take sidewalk germs over a broken leg.

Not much practical advice here, just another reassurance than amicable divorces can exist, and it sounds like you guys are good candidates for one. My aunt and her ex-husband divorced when their son was about 12 and their daughter was 18. Both of my cousins are still close with their father, who remained in the area…

I know more several couples that got married because of insurance. One of them eloped semi-secretly, then had a wedding two years later when they would have preferred to get married.

This is very true. My department distributes new shirts every year- they have a contest to come up with the design and unveiling the winning design is a big thing. It's also a subtle way to indicate seniority- if you wear a shirt from several years ago, especially if that year had a really good design, people notice.…

A coworker of mine lost her boyfriend in a car crash- they'd been together for years, had an apartment together, a dog, all of it- just never felt the need to get married. When he died, people completely minimized her loss. She had to lie and say that they were engaged in order for HR to grant her a couple days of…

A friend of mine convinced her parents to spend the wedding money on huge 50th wedding anniversary for the grandparents. It was brilliant- the mom got to plan a huge party/family gathering, which was all she really wanted anyway, while the grandparents got a party they loved and the bride got the low-key wedding she…

I've heard that a lot of these figures come from surveying people who subscribe to bridal magazines or take a survey on website about weddings. If that's true, they probably aren't surveying as many people with tighter budgets.