My understanding is that the state can pretty much always choose to press charges even without the victim's cooperation, but often they don't for a variety of reasons (for one, it's a lot harder to convince a jury if the victim doesn't cooperate). In some places (like where you live), the state is a lot more…

I don't think it's that fundamental (in gender terms anyway). I was down for just a big party, and he was actually more particular about the ceremony and reception than I was. I think there's a lot more cultural pressure on women, but I think it goes beyond that.

I can totally respect that view. :) And I would agree, except that my understanding of most of these sugarbaby/daddy relationships (ugh) is that there isn't really scamming involved. It's glorified prostitution and everyone knows exactly what they're getting.

She's telling readers to go laugh at the trainwrecks, not to emulate them. It's nothing like your swearing example, unless you think that adults are like small children and will imitate anything they see/hear.

Seriously. My husband makes a lot of money, but that doesn't mean I wanted him to drop a ton on my engagement ring.

Ugh, I have no patience for engagement ring snark. Mine was simple and I got a few joking-but-not-really comments about how he must not really love me or I must not be worth it, because he could afford a "better" ring and that's all he got me. Except I picked out my own ring...

That's good to know, although my concern is less about going to see the movie itself than about those collateral benefits he'll be getting from the increased publicity. Seeing the movie feels too much like supporting that to me.

I'm kind of torn on this one. I am sure it is nuanced and that Belfort isn't shown as a hero, but it does bother me that he's still out there profiting on the scams he pulled. The movie is just going to bring a lot of attention to him, probably help him sell more copies of his books and get more clients for his…

People always used to tell my now-husband that as we were planning our wedding, and it drove me nuts because I am completely not a control freak, I hate planning parties, and I wanted it to be our ceremony, not just mine! That advice was about the only thing that was driving me crazy...by about the 7th time we heard…

Yeah, really. Especially considering she is working as an in-home care nurse. I have some experience with in-home care nurses, and there's very little oversight. Usually it's just the nurse her/himself coming to the home, no supervision or anything. I don't blame the company for not trusting employees to wear a…

Except those warnings on the labeling are there because the manufacturers did not test it on pregnant women. Many medications that are perfectly safe for pregnant women have similar labels, because they pretty much have to put it on there unless they jump through some specific hoops prior to FDA approval.

I was driving back from a really long day right after this came out...we'd left at about 1 AM, were out in the field all day, and were on the road home at about 7 PM. Anytime a slow song came on the radio, we scanned through the stations until we found an upbeat one. That pretty much resulted in us dancing to "Get…

I actually know two Rains and have a third friend considering it if her baby is boy. I know a lot of hippies, I guess.

Also, you have to keep up with it. That's the biggest long-term problem I see with a lot of my clients...they might originally train a good recall, but they don't keep reinforcing it and so the dog loses the skill. If recall almost always means "leash goes back on and fun ends" and never means "get a really good treat…

I think it's acceptable to let your dogs off leash but only if you've done extensive recall training including testing in extremely distracting (but safe) environments. I probably have a different perspective on this because I have search dogs who have to be off leash for the type of work they do.

GSUSA doesn't have a policy against male leaders. Regional councils have a some ability to make their own policies so some might ban male leaders (I honestly don't know), but one of my troop leaders growing up was a man and I know they're not prohibited by the national organization.

Oh man, the Yates story is so heartbreaking on so many levels. Her doctors specifically told Rusty that she needed to not have anymore babies for awhile because she was suffering from postpartum psychosis, and he ignored it because of his religious beliefs. It's a travesty that she faced all the blame and consequences…

He's actually a pretty interesting guy, from what I remember. He had problems with substance abuse and domestic violence (with him as the abuser) when he was younger, then reformed. I remember him saying something in an interview about his past violence against women was a big part of the reason he felt he had to…

That was my experience working at Walmart too. I worked there for about a year and half during college and have to admit that I stole pretty much all my school supplies from them. I also would steal food and toiletries if I didn't have enough money to make it through the month.

My guess would be a combination of the two.