That's a really interesting question. I've read that women tend to produce slightly less melanin then men and that this might contribute to lighter skin being a female beauty ideal in so many cultures. But I'm skeptical of that, because it seems that, if sexual dimorphism affected skin color preferences, we'd view…

But "what you can to keep him out" should mean leaving the door locked, yelling at him to go away and calling 911. Not opening the door, killing him, and then claiming you were somehow scared enough to justify shooting, but not too scared to unlock the door.

As stupid and trite as it sounds, it does get better as you get older. People get less shallow as time goes on. So while your perception of your dating scene is probably accurate, have faith that this is just the first of many different dating scenes you'll move through. At the moment, most people in your age bracket…

But as you yourself point out, your life is not just the sum of your choices, because kids learn habits from their parents. Your life is also a result of the choices your parents and their parents made. I didn't choose to be born into a middle class suburban family that knew a lot about healthy eating, budgeting, and…

I don't know, from a hygiene perspective it seems like the blow dryer is a better choice for crotch-drying than the gym-provided towels. I don't mind using a blow dryer that someone once pointed at their crotch (assuming it doesn't actually touch any skin or hair) but I don't like knowing that the towel I'm using to…

Thanks for this. I grew up in the kind of household where convenience foods were rare and literacy and cooking skills were taken for granted. It's really difficult for me to try and imagine what it would be like not to have those skills, though I try.

This. If they bill their restaurant as a once-in-a-lifetime experience and charge hundreds of dollars for non-refundable, non-exchangeable tickets than yeah, people are going to bring their baby with them if the babysitter cancels. If the restaurant doesn't want parents doing that they should allow them to reschedule…

Much of that is just demographics. Creepy dudes everywhere like to send skeezy messages to women in far away places. India is a huge country with a lot of internet-using English speakers- there are more English speakers in India than in Britain and Canada combined. Add in the fact that American women get very few…

That's not actually what it does though- the Jez summary isn't very clear. The law would put a cap on the income that can be considered for child support, so that whatever the noncustodial parent earns above 150k couldn't be taken into consideration. Judges would have to treat billionaires exactly the same way they'd…

It's not that they know the organs will fail after two pregnancies. The doctors think it's best to take them out after two pregnancies because staying on the anti-rejection meds for a long time isn't healthy. I don't know whether they're talking about two successful pregnancies or not, but that's an important question.

I got HSV-1 genitally from my partner, some 3 years into a monogamous relationship. We'd been tested, we'd been faithful, but one day we got unlucky. He went down on me the day before getting a cold sore (you can shed virus before you have any cold sore symptoms). Both of us had talked to our doctors about the risks…

I got HSV-1 genitally from my partner, some 3 years into a monogamous relationship. We'd been tested, we'd been faithful, but one day we got unlucky. He went down on me the day before getting a cold sore (you can shed virus before you have any cold sore symptoms). Both of us had talked to our doctors about the risks…

I think that's partly because of the weird timescale in the show- in a little more than 3 seasons they've covered 11 years of the character's lives. The ability to portray a broad age range was probably part of their casting decisions.

The second photo in the craigslist ad appears to have been taken inside an apartment (there are wood floors and a laundry hamper), which would suggest the poster found someplace for the cat to stay short-term.

Skim milk is different because all milk is a combination of fat and water, and it's fairly easy to take out all or most of the fat, leaving behind nonfat or low fat milk. The problem is that you can't use that skimmed milk to make other dairy products like cheese or butter. Fat is critical to those processes, so if…

With a compliment, after sending at least 3 substantive messages (and getting substantive replies to all of them). Someone who has been writing replies and asking questions back is probably interested in meeting you. The only tricky thing is timing- you don't want them to get bored and go away, but asking them out on…

As a population average it seems plausible. Probably a third of my college friends never had a one night stand. Some, like me, just weren't interested in casual sex. Some had serious boyfriends- I know several people who met their spouses during their first year of college. And some other friends had a hookup or two…

Yeah, two of my guy friends have asked me (female) for help taking profile pictures because they were embarrassed to ask a male friend. Now I offer photo help anytime a friend mentions that they're trying a dating site, regardless of gender.

Yeah, I had the same experience. Online dating introduced me to a ton of nice, normal, friendly people whom I would be thrilled to have as coworkers or neighbors. There just wasn't any chemistry. Funnily enough, I almost didn't respond to my now-boyfriend because I didn't think I'd be attracted to him in person. I…

It seems like it's mostly a way for staff to practice working with larger patients, not just for empathy purposes. Even though there are lots of healthy people of that size who can move around just fine, someone recovering from surgery or major illness will probably need help getting from the bed to the wheelchair or…