I’m reminded of an amusing anecdote from an otherwise unremarkable former college acquaintance. Dude was a caddy at some opulent NY country club. He was assigned to a golfer, introduced himself, and the golfer continued to call him “caddy” all day.

Modeless computing helped make computers so much more useful to millions. And cut, copy, paste indispensable. 

Starbound, No Man’s Sky, Astroneer, Outer Wilds.

I did find this strange — a 15 or 20 year age difference is one thing, if you’re like 25 and your partner is 45. But like, you’re 30 and your partner is 41? That doesn’t seem enormous. I dated a guy when I was in my early 20s who was 10 years older. At the time, I definitely felt that experience gap. We’ve been in…

Deekin is best bard.

tiny tina.

Deekin Scalesinger, pictured here next to someone’s PC.

Pretty sure that sword is originally from Baldur’s Gate 2.

I was literally scrolling down to give a shout out to my bro for life Garrus here.

Let’s just get this out of the way

What I believe the LW meant was “at will employment” state. Which means something entirely different from “right to work (for less )”. 

Yep. And sometimes the dumpee will be the better for it as well. I invested much less time and effort into a guy who had similar issues. I tried for about six months to make it work with my louse of a bf before I pulled the plug. He did a lot of overwrought weeping and begging and vowing to change, but it was clear…

I love how, in keeping with the grand Dr. Nerdlove letter-writer tradition, the paragraph of dealbreakers is followed by the totally predictable:

Honestly the therapist is going to tell him to break up too. What kind of life do you lead where breakups are this huge bad no no choice that you must never do? Cuz that’s more of a reflection on you and yer upbringing than on what actually works between people. 

“I won’t pay, I won’t pay ya, no way
Na-na, why don’t you get a job?”
Say, “No way,” say, “No way-ya, no way
Na-na, why don’t you get a job?”

I think the key phrase is in the first paragraph. He got into the dating game late. The brutal reality is, he’s now feeling himself more than ever before and realizes that he ‘settled’ for someone 11 years older than him, when he could be having more age-appropriate fun with someone his own age like his friends have.…

Reading the second letter, first couple paragraphs: “Yeah, they should probably break up.”

Regarding From May To December, I disagree with Dr Nerdlove’s read on the situation. I’m not saying FMTD definitely should stay in this relationship, but it doesn’t seem that much like he has changed as a person and has outgrown the relationship. If anything, maybe he hasn’t grown at all since they got together in his…

With the first one, I mean you chose to date someone several years older and you’re upset she’s several years older and for most of the relationship have secretly wanted out.