I agree! I was trying to find a post that addressed the whole issue of "deciding"! I never "decided" not to have kids, I just KNEW that I didn't want them. At no point in my life (I'm 45 now) did I think, "Hmm, I should decide about having kids or not..." I have always known that I did not want to be a mother,…

Here's mine:

let me give it a shot anyway:

But Barbie was an astronaut and a doctor and an executive and a figure skater and a ballerina! She should be raising her intelligence and getting all those degrees and hitting the ice/barre if she really wants to be like Barbie.

I love my family. I enjoy spending time with them. Going home for the holidays, playing Apples-to-Apples, watching MST3K around a roaring fire...I don't have a large family, but having people around me who I love and who love me too has been a tremendous gift in my life. Now that I'm married and settled in my career,…

So, if you have children because you wanted children, you are likely just as satisfied with your life as a friend who does not have children because he or she did not want to have them.

It's depressing how much porn culture has changed over the years. My dad used to shoot for Playboy in the late 60's, early 70's, and the behind the scenes rolls are like... The models are basically equals or superior to the other employees, and they're all laughing and smoking and they actually look like old friends…

I wore an engagement ring, which was basically the first piece of jewelry I ever bothered to wear. It was fun, and special, and completely inexpensive since we just went to an antique store and bought each other cheap rings there. I wore it on my right hand to avoid confusion (and it fit better) but it served to…

I upcycled my Diva Cup into a mangagement ring.

Well. I made my husband a mangagement ring pressed out of organic, free-trade, homegrown lentils.

lol@ paper for one year. I hope that's actually a thing. "Here, honey, I got you a piece of paper with a drawing of a dick on it. I love you."

Just popping in to say screw that other commenter, my first reaction to your post and the picture was "Wow that is a beautiful story and they sound like a couple I'd want to hang out with." The rings are beautiful and I love that bouquet! I'm a very non-conventional type of gal, so the idea of doing something like…

SHAVING YOUR KNUCKLE HAIR IS COMPLYING WITH THE PATRIARCHY!!!

What does your finger pube grooming choice say about you? We need an article.

DEFINITELY read the headline as "management" ring, like how you should treat yourself to a ring when you get promoted. More rings for everyone!!!!

My husband has a mangagement ring. I proposed to him in front of Michelangelo's drawing of Sybil in the British Museum. Here is a picture. Also, I made the bouquet.

I like how your lower threshold for positive, loving cat behavior is just above "they didn't become bitey assholes." I'm overjoyed (and generous with treats) when my bf's cat doesn't pee on my clothes when he's away for work.

My cat does this to me all day every day. It hurts, and it makes me angry and then I look at her cute gray kitty face and I can't be angry. The confusion has driven me into a spiral of depression.

The most therapeutic thing I did when my depression hit, was to start bringing kittens home. Fortunately they didn't become bitey assholes, or I can see my depression spiraling into "even the cats won't looveee meeeeeh!" territory.

Just because you'll never check, I'm positive you have a $5,000 ring.