Haha, exactly. It's one of those things where as soon as it was pointed out, I saw all the hallmarks but there just wasn't the same skeezy age difference and creepiness I associate with Allen.

I didn't even realize Midnight in Paris was a Woody Allen movie until this thread, because of that factor. I've caught a bunch of his movies over the years and with that exception, they always make me so uncomfortable.

He got lots of cuddles after that. The cat, I mean.

This happened long before HIMYM aired, but when I saw that episode I was like "I KNOW THAT MOVE!" ;)

Also, Kinja won't let me edit but the reason for the couch/bed typo is that I was a broke college student with a studio apartment and a futon at the time. ;) I can't quite remember if it was in bed or couch position at the time...

So this didn't involve any actual sex, but I invited a guy I'd seen a couple times in for a nightcap. I poured us a couple of drinks and went to use the bathroom, expecting to come out and talk a bit, make out, see where things went. He apparently had a different idea because I came out of the bathroom to find him…

The backpacks do exist in some outdoors brands! My backpacking pack is made for women and takes breasts into account, and I've seen daypacks/hydration packs advertised for it as well.

My parents divorced after 30-odd years of marriage and my mom kept her married name, and I've had a few people tell me they think that's weird. But she married when she was 18, she's been Mrs. Angry!! more than she was ever Ms. Maidenname. People's reactions to her keeping her married name really reinforced to me how…

I think there's a lot more awareness of it than there used to be. Recognizing and handling seizures has been taught in all the first aid and wilderness medicine courses I've taken. :)

Someone can please correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think it's always that cut-and-dry when trans people are in the process of socially transitioning. I know a trans man who still publicly identified as a woman until fairly late in his transition. It didn't mean that he didn't privately identify as a man, or that…

I'm Christian, and I find stuff like that to be kind of irritating, but as trudibell_ pointed out, it's a very different context. Plus I think that religion is cultural as well as spiritual, so when people in primarily Christian nations or from that background want to use Christian imagery as a fashion accessory…

Yeah, I feel kind of icky saying this, but I am too. I'd even be on her side if she'd taken his sperm and stayed broken up with him, but it sounds like when they started seeing each other again, he got to spend time with the child. That kind of changes things and makes him more than just a donor (at least IMO;…

I have one of those Crinkits toys for my dogs. It came in a monthly box I used to get of assorted toys and treats and stuff. My first thought when I opened it was that it looked like a fleshlight. My dogs love it though...

Don't feel bad, you're not the only one who has made a mistake like that. When I was in my 20s, I took a woman I was dating camping. We got up one morning to see a herd of elk moving right past our campsite. We stood there in awe for a moment, until she said, "That's the biggest herd of cattle I've ever seen!" I…

I think in this particular case, even the irritated comments are totally out of line. When a blogger you follow basically says, "I've developed a serious health problem and cannot live this lifestyle anymore so will no longer blog about it," sending an irritated comment is just a dick move. I think that's doubly so…

At least when I was in school, we used it to refer to pretty much anything from making out to sex.

I am very disappointed by this correction. The one bright point of this story was that I learned there was a college called Groucher, and you have taken that away from me.

This is a huge fear of mine when I travel with my search dog, which I do often. My truck is set up to keep him cool even if I have to be away from him (vent locks/window grates for air flow, a fan system that runs independently of the engine, etc.) but I've still had people freak out on me. If someone tried to…

FWIW, I don't think it's so much the difference of opinion as the judgment of all women who are that thin ("if you can...you are too damn skinnny.") I know I had a knee-jerk reaction to it, even though Bethenny posting this picture does make me uncomfortable (mostly because she seems to have a pretty unhealthy…

Pennywise gets a bad rap. People are mostly afraid of him because he lurks around in storm drains and has bad teeth. You know what I call that? Classism. Pennywise can't help it that he's homeless and never had proper dental care.