Although I was a college co-ed at the time, I was the bookish virgin type and not the fun, slutty sorority girl so I figured I'd be safe.

I had a couple of folks in Groupthink ask me about this, so I hope it's ok I re-post; I originally submitted it here. I have edited it to include the various theories that we've come up with as explanations (below the original story).

That was way harsh, Tai.

I'm with you on this one. So many narratives are based around the love/hate crazy make up/break up stuff. I did that with one guy in my 20s and it was exhausting. Ugh, just thinking about the time wasted is depressing. I'm in a calm, easy relationship. I don't feel that feeling of desperation or fear (is he coming…

This is why I joke about starting a business for folks who are house-hunting and don't want to buy a haunted house. I would come over with a kid and a dog, and if the dog started barking at a corner, or if the kid said they met a girl who lived in the closet who wanted to be her friend forever, then don't put a bid on…

I posted this earlier. I hope you guys enjoy it.

"This could be the tip of the iceberg!"

I'll just share this quick story with y'all; I have a light skinned cousin who had a child with a white man, and the baby ended up looking "white." As she was trying to leave the hospital with her newborn child, a nurse accused her of trying to steal the baby, took the baby away from her and called the police. The…

I'm partial to Morgaine Le Fay from the Mists of Avalon, but that's a leeeeetle off the pop culture path. Unless you're pagan, in which case it's like An Important Text, or something.

"You need to give your husband a blow job every day. He should feel like a king."

*Ahem*. A female Don Draper is called a Peggy Olson.

I would not date him in a box, I would not date him as a fox.

Luxembourg was too small to contain her train?

Really, though? Can't someone listen to their news rather than reading/viewing it and still be informed? And if you have no reason to think you're spelling something wrong, why would you look it up? And does being a poor speller negate all other aspects of your intellect?

Could Janelle Monae be any fucking cooler? I don't think so.

I first knew I was gay (without knowing what that was) when I first saw this when I was four.

...I would watch the SHIT out of that.

Next year: I've Got A Hunch!!

He should write "How Not To" books about Internet dating. He's definitely hit all the key points: hinting at racism (country of ancestral origin - really?), open only to much younger women, infantalizing, aggressive, pedantic, unwilling to provide personal information, and verbose.