I've had relationships end calmly (sit down, talk about why it doesn't make sense to continue), end dramatically, end by phone or text, gradually and slowly suffocate, and end by "ignore." I've been both the one initiating and the one hearing those messages. Real adults respect the need for closure if one party is…

ok, I'm going to give this one shot, what with 12 years of dating ( a variety of men, in a variety of flavors and walks of life, and in a variety of relationship types) and six years of marriage under my belt and all.

Oh, good, it's not just me. I have them all on both DVR and Netflix, and have forced my husband to love them, as I am Liz Lemon- warts and all. (I also say Charlie what now....a lot. My teams at Kabletown have learned to love it. Or at least tolerate it. )

In my neighborhood, the 7-8-9 year old boys roam freely in packs of 3-4. They fish in stocked ponds, explore the wooded areas, ride bikes, and play all sorts of games. Of course, this is a relatively high-end neighborhood and almost completely white, so we all must have more sense has the poors.* There are just gators…

amen. 40 weeks, 3 days, and still felt pretty damn good-was kind of meh about whether I was in labor. As soon as the kid showed up....shitshow. Fortunately, he's adorable, or I might have sent him back for what all my body said after pregnancy.

oh, lord, what part? I dated most of the assholes in the eastern part of the state before meeting my husband and promptly dropping the current asshole boyfriend.

Travel for a living, leave it in a hotel room. It happened to uh, a friend of mine.

I work for a very large company, and every year during employee feedback, I'm afraid I'm going to get called out for excessive use of the word fuck. After 6 years, you would think I would relax OR quit saying fuck, but nope, here we are.

My poor husband thought he was getting youth and that he would get to be the breadwinner. Although I'm still 8 years younger than him, I'm headed for my 3rd promotion in 5 years, and am both YOUTH and BREADWINNER in our marriage. *gasp* Fortunately, he gives exactly zero fucks as long as the checks clear and I let him…

Right, so, how many commenters here from this little godforsaken armpit of the South? Not many? Not surprising, most folks up there are still trying to use dial up. This area is about as sexist and backwards as most of the Bible-Belt South. BUT, this race is not specifically sexist. It's a male focused race. There are…

Yes. Let's do this. I would do this. I have been looking into escorting women PP-MrLemon isn't a fan of this, only because I have a 3 year old and he doesn't want a looney tunes lifer bombing me into oblivion, he's as rabid pro-choice as I am-but this sounds like even better. I can be a buffer and yell against the…

I... I love you so much right now. You just validated 10 years of refusing to watch The Notebook, and also my decision to refuse to go back out with my ex who tried to claim it was our story (military guy). I feel so vindicated.

isn't that just a jock strap?

The problem is, it's NOT dying! People vote for Tea Partiers. I have employees and family members who think like this. I probably have friends who wrote letters like that, although over the years I have weeded out anyone who actually says shit like that in front of me. The religious conservative hate-fest keeps…

Since a young age, this is my pet peeve. I actually think about the math I'm referencing and if it's applicable, even anecdotally. It's a weird quirk. I have many.

I hate myself for asking, but what was number one?

exactly-if anything, it made Hans more of a real character. Bad guys are more interesting when they aren't clearly drawn as evil.

I went forty weeks and three days. I blame the three days for the map of world rivers that now inhabits my lower belly. But, hey, the kid came out fully cooked so I can't really complain.

an employee of mine sent me an email yesterday with bold, underline, and a couple of red fonts. He's been with the company for 38 years and I think he's fantastic but we had to have a little Come to Jesus about that email. To be fair, he's worked for me for three years and that's the first time I've seen anything like…

I reread The Secret Garden a few months ago (no children involved, just hadn't read it in 15 years), and laughed out loud at that part-even got CrissCross into the joke.