Yep. Those "OMG we are so smart we are the first ones to think of this stuff!" conversations that, looking back, were just you talking about mundane stuff that seemed cool... and occasionally something actually cool.

Eh, I got similar reassurance from my mom, and I'm a woman. It's not that kind of voicing of unconditional parental affection I'm worried about so much. It's that same message appearing every day in a million little ways from the culture at large that I'm worried about.

Unless he end the meeting with, "I'm going to turn over all of our documents and the people we're sheltering to the cops." I don't think much of his PR.

As a former Catholic, these are my thoughts:

Except he's still a homophobic bigot.

I think anyone who came after Pope Former-Hitler-Youth was inevitably going to look good by comparison.

That is amazing. I laughed SO hard at your comment. :D

I love your positive energy. I'm so happy for her as well! I don't know about you, but this information is a career changer for me.

It's so inspiring to see a success story in the midst of so many depressing comments!!! Give your friend's stepsister a hearty congratulations from us all!

My PhD viva (formal examination of my thesis) is on Wednesday afternoon. I'm super nervous - I've now began a funny physiological thing where tears fall when I think of the viva (I'm not crying, but suddenly my eyes are watering.
I would like to request lots of well-wishing and support. A personal cheerleading section…

I definitely don't think your reaction was out of line. It sounds like instead of your sisters discussing with you what each person should contribute to your mom's birthday, they took it upon themselves to use your money to cover what they didn't want to/couldn't afford to spend. It's hard to deal with people who have…

I quit my job yesterday. I love what I do, but the situation was getting toxic. I planned my exit carefully. I got a better job with better pay, closer to home, less stress. I went in to the manager's office yesterday and said everything that I rehearsed mentally, why I was leaving and laid out what they were going…

good for them. bring as much freedom as possible to the government indoctrination centers

You're inspiring me to go dig up some old school DeGeneres stand-up...

Actually, re: Sex and the City, the woman dumped him due to his intimacy issues :)

Haha! Good point. On the other hand, Mitt would have wasted my 54-percenter tax dollars on giveaways to those ass clowns who gave money to Rove to funnel to Romney.

Are you F-ing kidding me?? Casey is one of my dad's oldest friends, and I can assure you that Jean appears to suffer from Narcissist Personality Disorder and seems pure evil. I can assure you that his kids are not fighting to see him for any money. Their dad made sure they were well taken care of financially. THEY…

It's tearing me APAAAAART!

Sadly there's no trigger warning that could ever prepare you for that

Tommy wiseau's ass is enough to put anyone off sex for life.