Even as a former gothy punk kid, I must concur: Kat's ring is mega corney. I actually cringed. I love a skull and all, but come on. I am embarrassed for all of us weirdos.

Oh man, I totally hear you on the disappearing invites. My mom died of cancer in 2008 right before Thanksgiving. The first year, I think I went to like 5 Thanksgiving dinners. Haha. Now no one really thinks about inviting me anymore. But even after 4 years, holidays are HARD (my mom and I were really close and LOVED…

I agree that the baking sheet was a potentially thoughtful gift (I do love to bake) but if he had really stopped to think for one second, he would have remembered that there is no way that sheet is getting in my oven. Just last week we had to go to his parents house to bake Xmas cookies because no baking sheet fits…

Oh man. That is even worse. I mean, that's not even misguided, it is just totally thoughtless. I can't even imagine opening a gift to find that.

Maybe!!! I actually kind of hope that is the case. I feel like I can easily give a pass for "Eeek, the holidays crept up on me and I didn't get you a gift in time but I wanted you to have something!" As opposed to "No, I put a lot of thought into these lightbulbs!" which is harder to excuse.

Haha, best answer yet! I also don't know who to agree with, but I definitely concur that this crap was REALLY ANNOYING and I defy ANYONE to not be a little ticked off when receiving these presents from their parter. We opened the gifts at his parents house and even his own mother (who is so amazing, I love her) was…

Maybe you are right...maybe there was sincerely thought there and it just totally missed. My gut still says that there was not...I mean, I can't even use the baking sheet. As for the journals, I did say it would be interesting to read them, but only in the context of him saying "Oh, I found all of these journals from…

Thanks for your input. Yes, I think this has been the thing nagging at me—that this is just one of many little things that build up and make me think twice about this relationship. I know relationships are always work, but this one has truly been a full time job. A lot to think about (as usual)...

I am so sorry to hear this! Like a few people have said, try to ask for the social worker. I am a social worker at a hospital, and we have coverage year round, even on Xmas (granted it is limited). They should be able to help you navigate this and maybe even set up a family meeting with you and the doctors and them.…

I am kind of having a holiday gone wrong right now and kind of want some input on it. I can't get the days off to go see family so am stuck here. I do have tomorrow off, but my boyfriend is working so we did presents tonight. I swear, I am not a materialistic person but I am having some really weird feelings about…

Man, Sir Mix A Lot was the worst thing that ever happened to women who actually have big asses. Whenever it comes on (which thankfully is no longer very often) all of these girls who do not have big asses get up and dance because it's so funny in an ironic way and I just sit there awkwardly with my actually big ass…

OH MY GOD! Where has this been my whole life!!?!?! Thanks for this link.

You know what's sad? There is fight in the comments. Over this freaking puppy video. Internet, you make me so sad sometimes.

Thank you so much for this Laura. This was my exact response to that article and I felt like some weirdo because people were tripping over themselves to post it on Facebook. I work on an inpatient psych unit as a social worker and OBVIOUSLY I am all for talking about mental illness and increasing access. But what you…

I think it's kind of cute in a stylized way, but the placement is curious to me. It's just floating around there, kind of under her armpit. Does it mean "Lucky you, you get to be near Scarlett Johansson's armpit"?

Oh Jesus. I don't even have a sensitive way to respond to this. Get some freaking empathy. Not everyone has the same coping skills, or even the same capacity to learn these skills. I work on a psych unit in a hospital...a lot of the people who come in are on the verge of suicide, or post attempt. There is nothing…

THANK YOU for this! I agree 100%. I lost my mother to breast cancer and, due to really strong family history (and my delightful Ashkenazi background!). These "Save the Tatas" campaigns that come around every year just feel like such a slap in the face. So many people say "Well, it doesn't matter as long as it's…

I am not "afraid" of porn. I watch porn, I LIKE PORN. That is not the issue here. My issue with this and with the whole tone of Breast Cancer Awareness month is that it trivializes the experience that people with breast cancer (and all forms of cancer) are going through. I appreciate that not everything in life must…

I couldn't agree more. And I am so sorry to hear what you have been through. I watched my mother's body get ravaged by stage IV breast cancer for 8 years...I can't bear to see cancer sexualized. At all. I scream at people all October long. The focus of these "awareness" campaigns always seems to be on making breast…

I almost wrote this comment word for word before I saw you had gotten there first. Rude, Jezebel, rude. And if it's a joke, it's just a shitty one. But I kind of think it's not.