That picture looks sort of halfway between what US printing and US cursive- here's some examples:

Cursive isn't just joined-up printed, many of the letters have different shapes. When writing in cursive, you don't need to lift up the pen in between letters of a word , so you can write it more quickly. The different letters shapes are why it is more difficult to forge. There's more variability between different…

I think it's because people don't need to write by hand very much anymore. Cursive is faster and more ergonomic than printing, so it was useful when students had to write out all of their work by hand. But learning cursive just isn't time-efficient for people who will almost never hand-write long documents.

Oh no, I definitely didn't mean to imply that that kind of unhealthy neediness didn't exist. But I do think the unhealthy aspect of neediness occurs when a person can't function without their partner present, which isn't the same thing as just wanting to spend a lot of time with your SO.

You did the right thing, and you are overthinking it. Sending cards isn't traditional for any Jewish holiday, so there's no need to send one at another time. Sending the card without any mention of her holiday might have made her feel left out, or she might have thought that you forgot she didn't celebrate Christmas.

I agree that it's important for both people in the relationship to want similar amounts of 'together time'. Some people want to spend most of their free time with their SO's, some people need lots of alone time and only want occasional, scheduled contact with their partners, most people are somewhere in between.

Just so you know, the produce situation is really very different elsewhere. I'm from the northeast and have never been to California, so I can't give specifics, but I can tell you that literally every West Coast transplant I've ever met has complained endlessly about how expensive and low-quality our produce is. Stuff…

THIS. I feel so weird when I read about "I met 30 or 40 women who didn't want to date me", because that just sounds normal to me. Dating is a numbers game- you have to meet a lot of people, because the large majority of them will not be compatible with you. Most of the people I've had crushes on weren't interested in…

In the picture above, the pantalettes are the loose pants that the girl is wearing underneath her skirt. Sort of like loose, capri-length leggings with lacy trim at the bottom. Grown women would wear longer dresses that completely hid the pantalettes, but younger girls wore shorter skirts that left them visible.

Be glad for that cute little pit bull nose. My husky mix will dive into snowbanks trying to catch mice. It was absolutely adorable, until the first time she caught one...

This article had a theory that seemed plausible to me:

One thing to consider- you might benefit from the HPV vaccine. Insurance probably won't cover it if you're over 26 because most women have it by then, but some doctors recommend it for newly-divorced women anyway. This is especially true if you and your ex were each other's first partners and you were both faithful…

Oh, that is a great idea! He gets emails coming in all the time and can ignore them until he's got time, so it wouldn't be too distracting. I will definitely start doing that!

Putting his workspace in the bedroom might help, except sometimes he works after I've gone to sleep... I'll talk to him about the business hours, but part of the problem is that many of his collaborators are 3 time zones behind. It would certainly help if he could do calls earlier in the day and deskwork later though.

Does anyone have advice for adapting to a partner working from home? The situation is this: my boyfriend and I live in a fairly small 1-bedroom apartment. His desk is in a little nook in the living room, with a bookcase as a sort of privacy screen. He works from home and has for some time, I work 9-5. Until recently…

Mormons (both male and female) wear special undergarments- basically knee-length shorts and and an undershirt. They're supposed to be worn at all times, except while bathing or changing. My understanding (not a Mormon) is that the garments are meant to symbolize purity and act as a reminder of their faith. It's also a…

Did she know that there were only 3 cooks, or that the host was expecting to have everything on the list? If I was invited to a potluck and presented with that list, I would probably assume that either a) there were at least half as many cooks as dishes, or b) the purpose of the list was just to make sure there were…

My theory goes something like this: none of the women angrysadmanchild has met will date him, which is confusing, because he knows he's a perfect specimen of masculinity. And yet women don't want to date him. So he concludes that there must be something wrong with the women who aren't interested. But "women who aren't…

I don't know what she's studying, but if it's a full grad program she probably didn't have much choice in the timing. For a lot of programs you have to apply almost a year before you plan on attending, and some have strict start dates. Also, full-service moving companies do exist, and might have been cheaper than…

I think it depends on the timing. It seems like the father's initial reaction was "Get an abortion, I want nothing to do with this", so she probably wasn't considering shared custody when applying to schools. It's possible that, by the time the father changed his mind, it was too late for her to apply to in-state…