I honestly don't really care how much sympathy you show for her. I just posted initially because I thought your characterization of her anger as stemming purely from jealousy over other people ogling her husband was unfair and an oversimplification.

That seems a bit irrelevant, though. She might be more annoyed at her husband, we don't know since the short statements his family has made don't exactly give us a lot of info about her emotional state. But even if she is angry or annoyed with him, that doesn't mean the attention she's getting from random people…

I'm glad it was helpful. I always worry I'm posting stuff the person already knows and am coming across as condescending. :) Fear and aggression is difficult to understand in dogs because they react to things so differently than we do, and most people don't really even know what they don't know. Even a lot of trainers…

One of my siblings went to jail (and was facing a much longer sentence than he wound up receiving), and if he'd been the focus of a meme like this, I would have been hurt and annoyed. It's not about jealousy, it's about people essentially laughing at and trivializing the pain your family is going through.

Plus, while $3500 is a lot of money in some respects, it's also not much of anything when you're facing the loss of a spouse who probably at least contributed to the household finances, and may well have been the primary breadwinner. I mean, it's still better than not having it I guess, but everyone is acting like she…

If it makes you feel better, it's entirely possible that they did not hit him. Dogs can get super weird about food when they're stressed, and being afraid of everything can also be a sign of general stress/fear. The fact that he was food aggressive when he was with them (I'm assuming he's not normally like that, from…

This. I was happy to see this coverage at first because previous articles have bugged me because of the way they've glossed over the very real pain that this family is going through, but then they managed to screw this one up too.

I think the entire history of Protestantism could be described as one big search for Biblical loopholes.

I'm curious how the letter writer knows that it weighs 19 pounds. Did the husband inform the writer of that fact? Is it a very specific estimate?

It's not at all a given that he'll receive a slap on the wrist. A woman in my state was sentenced to 5 years in prison over an almost identical incident a few years ago.

As someone who has working dogs, I don't know that a sanctuary would necessarily be a great place for these dogs to live. Working dogs tend to need an outlet for their drives even in their old age. My retired search dogs still need to do nosework or other work or they get neurotic and miserable. But that's hard to do…

A friend of mine forgot her baby in the car (but only for a few minutes, luckily), and here's how it happened: she'd had a long day at work and was coming down with a cold, so was exhausted. We all met for dinner every Friday night and they almost always brought their baby, but her husband usually drove the kid…

What purpose does charging a parent in this situation serve? Serious question. Since forgetting a child like that is a complete accident, I don't understand where you're coming from with "holding them accountable." We don't typically charge motorists who are obeying the laws and still hit and kill someone, because we…

The alignment with extremely conservative Christians happened well before the Tea Party came into existence, but you're right on the basic principle.

Seriously. I've done some intense high-altitude hikes that left me completely wiped out and I've been "literally rejuvenated" at various times by: beer, sports drinks, hot tea, regular coffee, and just drinking shitloads of plain old water along with eating a banana or some trail mix. That's kind of what happens when…

I can kind of understand where you're coming from. This guy sounds pretty scummy and I think it would be best if he didn't have any more kids.

Yeah, that's the thing. When they are reversible, it works great. But IIRC it only works about 50% of the time.

Vasectomies are not actually considered reversible medically, FWIW. Sometimes they can be reversed, but often it fails. I looked into it with an ex and everything we read/all the doctors we spoke to were very clear on that.

That quote, man. I hear it all the time and you know what? I didn't hear about any domestic violence as a kid either BECAUSE MY PARENTS DIDN'T TALK TO THEIR YOUNG CHILD ABOUT THEIR FRIENDS WHO WERE GETTING BEAT ON.

I've never heard that directed at women specifically but rather at anyone who might hesitate to shoot. Guns are only effective for self-defense if you're willing to use them, and that's harder to do than most people think. Especially when it's someone you know who is posing the threat, which statistically speaking is…