That was quite possibly the most adorable part.

Thank you. I've been trying really hard to just do things he wanted me to do even if I don't quite feel ready. It's worked out so far, so maybe it'll work again. It just feels like it'd be a waste to let this opportunity slip by.

I really wish I could. He was cremated and, since I'm not actually related to him, his ashes were given to his cousins who live in California. I live in Western New York, so I can't do that... Thanks for the kind words, though.

Good god, you guys. I'm feeling pretty ridiculous right now. I just spent like two hours scrolling through the tumblr of this guy I'm crushing on. I cannot begin to tell you how compatible we are. We're in a Creative Writing club at our school, so that's where I met him. We chat a little, and I complimented him on his…

I like that you want to teach her respect for her body...that's a tune we can all dance to, but the part about her body being a gift for her future husband is problematic. Her body is hers, it's not a gift to be given, it's not an object to be acquired, it's not a prize to be won. It's hers to do with what she wants.…

I haven't seen the newer show, but I've seen the older documentaries. None of the kids are really allowed to misbehave (most parents are against that) but the boys are allowed to be a lot more active. They all help out with chores, but even those are gendered. The boys do yardwork while the girls stay indoors. The…

The problem with "acting like a lady" is that it's gendered. Does she teach her little boys to sit modestly rather than play like the wild animals that children are? Nope. They get to do what they want. It wouldn't be a problem if this was, say, "How to get children to behave in large families" or something like that,…

Unfortunately, to have an intelligent debate, *both* debaters must have the ability to be swayed by facts.

Maybe. But only if they actually keep the characters the way they're supposed to be. I don't want a super-macho Peeta and a silly Katniss. They're both incredibly complex characters and they've been grossly oversimplified thus far.

Our relationship wasn't terribly rocky...usually only outside influences made things hard on us, but we were strong together...Still, though, my boyfriend died this March. We were living together. We were supposed to finish out our lease on the apartment, live with my family for the summer, then I was going back to…

Me and my BFFFF, Connor, are going as a lion tamer and a lion, respectively. Had this costume planned *months* in advance. I already have an idea for next year, too. I want to go as Medusa.

I always either make my own costume or buy pieces that eventually create a costume. Last year, my boyfriend and I went as Jack and Sally from Nightmare Before Christmas. My boyfriend was a complete genius with a sewing machine, so he made both our costumes. I helped with the big stitches on Sally's dress and did our…

I assumed they said that because Daisy had been drinking, and she's clearly underage. She probably assumed she'd get in trouble for it.

Yup. I'm a college student, I kind of have to take what I can get. It isn't even minimum wage, but it's under the table and a hell of a lot more than I could be making working part-time at some shitty retail job.

Does she bring the baby everywhere? If it's a newborn, probably she does. And even if the kid's 1-3 years old, chances are she even leaves the bathroom door open while she takes a shit. I'm a nanny. If you are caring for a newborn, they are with you, or at least within your sight, at all times. Even if they're asleep,…

Haha, yeah, my dad showed me how when I was like 12, thank goodness...

At my middle school, we all had to take Tech (basically shop class. I made a bookshelf.) and Home and Careers. The teacher for H&C wasn't all that great (it was her last semester before retiring when I took it so she didn't give a shit) but I still learned some pretty valuable shit. We learned to do laundry, cook a…

Yeah, I kind of run into the same problem. I'm pretty dead-set on keeping my name, too. What I thought of as a compromise would be to use my mom's maiden name, Sforza. The name's dying out and it has a really significant historical context (the Sforzas ruled Milan during the Renaissance) so I thought it'd be fun to…

I either want to keep my name or compromise with a prospective partner on a new one we both take. Either we both take mine or we make up a new one. I'm really partial to my name and I'm the last of us, not that I really have to justify it.

Just out of curiosity, would you be willing to come up with a completely different name that your potential wife and children would all take? Like you'd both sit down and come up with a name, maybe an old family name that's since died out or just something that sounds cool, and then you both change your name and pass…