Star Trek, in it’s usual way, predicted the existence of this guy and others like him, and showed us what that line of thinking results in

A question and a comment.

Because it is in Montreal. Red flag right there.

Nah, not really (maybe in UK? But even then, Capaldi had been around for a long time). Besides, it is a 3-5 year commitment. Also, if Brad Pitt can be possibly pegged to do a SOA prequil (even if it is only 10 episodes) hardly anyone is too “famous” to do tv.

Haven’t seen the movie (not sure if I will bother) but if he finally wins an Oscar for that movie, I hope he makes a joke about how if he’d known all it would have taken was being mauled by a bear to win, he would have done that years ago. Seriously though, I hope he doesn’t win. At this point the joke just can’t end.…

Touche. Your correction is noted.

Context helps. I agree he needs to man up and put an end to it, but also realize that that can be difficult if you do care for someone. Sounds definitely like she needs to live life on her own two feet for a few years - I don’t know if that will curb the neediness totally but it could make her figure out she can be…

I think a similar argument has been made about arranged marriages.

I know a number that are more or less this (all us men are a bit childish - it’s endearing!). Not surprisingly they are also all married.

That’s really sad. And I imagine it is nigh impossible to convince her to move on with life, go do something amazing as a rebound and just stay away. I always had a rule, once you break up the first time, there’s no second time around. The relationship ended for a reason, and even if it was a dumb one, it was a reason…

If it is so rare, it might be projected anger from something else? Just a thought - worth having him discuss it to decompress. Speaking from experience keeping stress/concerns bottled up inside eventually finds a release valve on something totally unrelated, and then you just come off as an angry/grouchy ass.

To each their own I suppose. If it works for them more power to them. I turned 40 this year, and along with that wonderful milestone and some other life-affecting personal crap, i have packaged up the idea of getting married into a box and put it on a shelf to (likely) forever collect dust. At 50 I don’t think I even…

The only quibble I have about your list is the first half of #2 - “be educated”. Now, I don’t know to what level of educated you want (typically I read this as University grad) but I think you can cut out a large swath of guys by this standard. I’m not suggesting a open up to dullards who work at White Castle, but…

That’s kind of disheartening. Better would be “find someone who isn’t a man-child looking for a replacement mom, is mature enough to have a conversation and talk-things-out and just plain be a grown up”. I realize this counts out a large swath of the male population including all Republican politicians, but they are…

I have a theory that no man should be allowed to marry unless he has lived on his own for at least 5 years, by himself (roommates are okay-ish). And had to do everything himself (cook, clean, laundry, whatever). If after 5 years he can make a competent meal (something that involes more than just a microwave, a single…

This is what I was wondering too (though in full disclosure, I’m male, and realize us guys do not get close to the same amount of pressure to wed, except from maybe our moms or our girlfriend’s friends). I honestly cringe every time I hear about someone who has gotten engaged and they are under the age of 25. Worse…

Curious, what things could you not do if you got married that you can do now? As for the move to another country with kids issue, I don’t know how not being married is going to make it any easier re: the father and you not married? Maybe I’m wrong here, but I would think he would technically still have the same…

If there is one small hope (slim one at that) that I have for millienials and the generation that follow them to accomplish is to so thoroughly reject the diamond industry (and really non-functional jewelry at large) that it devestates it to a level where they are nothing more than cheap trinkets. Not because I want…

That is a fair enough point, and so on that aspect, Aston needs to introduce a moneymaker product (sadly a CUV) to keep the lights on to build DBs. My only point was, sales of the 911 haven’t been hurt by keeping the look essentially the same since it’s inception. What Aston also needs to do is overhaul the oily bits…

Ferrari did this as well through all of the 80's, 90's and into this century. The 458 is the biggest styling departure in that regard.