There are about 16 million people living today that have Genghis Khan's DNA. Boom.

Thank you for sharing your experience! He actually talked about doing what we need re: school and coming back to our relationship later. It's not ideal but I'd take that over losing him. I've never met anyone who gets me like he does and we're really strong as a couple so I am optimistic about our chances. He's just…

Thanks for sharing! We've been together for 2.5 years now and the first 1.5 were wonderful until his mom was diagnosed with brain cancer. Through her illness I was his support, his piece of a shipwreck if you will, but now that things have settled more we both want to be more independent.

Thank you so much! It's always helpful to hear how other people deal with these issues and to have an outsider's insight. Luckily we're both committed to bettering our relationship and returning to a more normal state of affairs.

Thanks for the hugs! I agree that we shouldn't make any huge decisions right now. We've been in a rut where we hang out all. the. time. but we usually just end up watching Netflix until it's time for bed. Not exactly healthy, even though we love each other's company.

Thank you for sharing! It's been hard because I have no clue what he needs; it's not like there's a manual called 'what to do when your boyfriend's mom dies of brain cancer'. We've been in crisis mode for about 14 months straight and we're both pretty dazed. Death is always hard to deal with but we're also at a really…

Thank you! I think I'm more willing to do long distance than he is. Of course, we're talking about it now when everything else is pretty insane so he may change his mind when the dust has settled. You never know how you'll really react in a situation until you're in it, so we're just going to enjoy ourselves now and…

Most have some kind of teaching stipend and/or financial aid so that you don't starve to death but I also have to consider the cost of living. Boyfriend really wants to move to California (and I do too) but I know the high cost of living would be an extra burden as a starving grad student. I decided to apply to…

I would love to try and coordinate but there are a few things that get in the way. I have more flexibility with my programs (law school is insanely competitive and you pretty much have to go to a tier 1 school to get a job) but I have this awesome financial incentive to go to University of Houston, which has an…

So my boyfriend and I had a very long talk today. Basically we've been in crisis mode for over a year with his mom's illness and death so our boundaries have gotten weird. We're also at a transitional point in our lives where we're not sure if we'll end up even in the same state for grad school/law school. Shit got…

Aww, hugs to you! You can always vent if you need to. Sometimes internet strangers are the best listeners.

Keep us posted; we are here for you! I'd say just enjoy the time you have with her. I second the tuna idea. Just snuggle with her a lot and make her as comfortable as possible. Hang in there!

Of those 32,000 pregnancies, I wonder how many occur in girls/women 18 and under. Sexual abuse is still alarmingly rampant and I have read too many articles about pregnant 10, 11 and 12 year olds.

Oh god you're right though. Once I stayed at my boyfriend's place and he had the Arm & Hammer toothpaste, which I'd never used until then. I had a total priss attack because it was fucking gross. Ugh, the taste lingers even after mouthwash.

It's pretty interesting too because cats are culturally associated with women/femininity in the US. Hmmmmm.

I'm so sorry that you and your cat are going through this. Will dying 'naturally' of kidney failure seriously impact her quality of life? Will it be painful for her?

So true. I saw an episode where the wife was pregnant so the husband had to clean the litter box. He hadn't cleaned it in over a month, it was so disgusting to see. He also 'discliplined' the cat by shooting at it with a nerf gun. I was like WTF dude? I'm really glad my boyfriend loves all animals.

Haha! It's just SO TERRIBLE.

This is one of the best pieces of Dada anti-art ever.

It really upsets me when people do all these things to their loved ones like feeding tubes etc. I've seen some really desperately sick people in my life (maternal grandfather had ALS and was on a respirator/feeding tube for years, a dear family friend had pancreatic cancer and recently died and my boyfriend's mom also…