How, how, how on earth did you score such a magnificent username? I am jealous!

I am definitely feeling resentful and I agree, it's not going to go away on its own. Thanks for the words of encouragement. :)

Sorry this is so delayed. Just wanted to say: You are very welcome. Hope it works out!

This may be no help to you whatsoever, but I found The Tycoons by Charles Morris to be fascinating on this subject. Lots of the book is about the major businessmen of the late 1800s/early 1900s, but it's also about the major shifts in business of the time and how they affected other areas of American culture,…

I need Friendzone advice.

A friend once told me never to write things down - meaning don't put your thoughts into an email in the hope that it will be less emotionally charged than a conversation. All you'll be doing is keeping a record of things that can be dredged up years later and used against you.

Ugh. Right now "the story" is going to be, "And then he proceeded to keep secrets from me and shut me out of the conversation for months while I got progressively more and more irritated." Maybe the solution is to hunt down these people and explain to them that they are turning your perfectly good boyfriend into a…

Yes. I spent January having a micro-meltdown and February helping my best friend deal with her father's death. 2014 and I are never going to be friends, I can already tell.

Boys. Sigh.

I'm so, so sorry you're going through this. If you think you might need it, store the Suicide Prevention Hotline number in your phone: 1-800-273-8255. There's always someone at the other end of the line ready and willing to talk to you; you shouldn't have to go through this alone.

OkCupid has done a lot of pretty thorough analysis of their users, and one of the data points they discovered is that highlighting your quirks is actually better for you than trying to cover them up. As other commenters have said, the person's going to see your teeth when you meet in person, so if it's a problem, why…

Thinking back on it, that was a once-in-a-lifetime chance to throw a glass of water in someone's face. And I wasted it. Wasted! *Shakes fist at sky*

I'm in a slightly similar situation, except the guy has latched onto the fact that I am a flaming LGBT ally (though not gay myself), and now seems to be going out of his way to say homophobic shit in front of me to rile me up. She's given me all the same excuses - "It's so strange that he says those things, because he…

Hope you're okay! Sorry to hear how bad it is down there. Anything you want to share? Not sure we in the States can do more than listen & bear witness at the moment. :(

Ugh, you just brought up a memory I wish I'd forgotten - my mom and I at a restaurant, seated next to a table of three, clearly a father-mother-daughter. I was the daughter's age.

Boo, sorry to hear it. Pizza eating, beer drinking, TV watching, and a little shameless sobbing are all perfectly valid tonight.

Do tell: what did you do for speed skating? I desperately want to steal this idea.

We(eeeeee!) are
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Yeah, I'm surprised that wasn't its own article, that's how jarring it was for me. I had to stop & rewind to be sure I'd heard right. I remember seeing their 2003 VMA performance with 50 chicks kissing each other and thinking, "Oh, this is okay in the mainstream now? Cool." Another commenter said upstream that their…

A ton of these threads are people saying that Ron's so sweet and loyal, blah blah blah, but in my mind he was basically a jerk to anyone who wasn't Harry or Hermione. (And sometimes to Harry. And sometimes to Hermione.) He's that "nice to you, but not nice to the waiter" guy, and that's the complete opposite of…