I'm really going to need an updated list of Things I Have to do to Avoid Rape. They seem to add to it all the time.

So exciting! Hurry up, Mini Fox. Congrats, and I'm really happy you have a true partner.

Thank you! It actually wasn't a tough decision, since he had an affair with a married mother of three and got her pregnant. When he finally told me (in a letter he handed me and then ran away) he said it was because I hadn't been paying him enough attention. I had a teenager (all grown now and out of college and the…

Welcome to the corner! We eat cheese here and pants are optional.

I'm so glad he's improved! That ox analogy is spot-on. I can't imagine how much work it takes to work and take care of a home and a child with special needs. All the respect.

Isn't it funny how that happens? It's almost as if they cost more than they contribute.

I hope you make whatever decision is right for you, and that things go really well. It is hard sometimes, I'm not going to gloss that over, but it's also incredibly rewarding.

Oh man, the hobbies! The golf clubs, greens fees, wood working tools, and collections of all kinds of weird shit. I remember thinking more than once that it must be nice to have the time and money to actually have a hobby.

Single mom here, with a perhaps unpopular opinion. My life is actually easier post-divorce. My ex thought he did enough of the house work and child care, but to him that meant giving the baby a bath maybe once a week, doing the dishes once in a blue moon, and running to the store when we ran out of something. I find…

My daughter is 11 now. All I know is that I will always have her back, always believe her, and always stand up for her.

I think that's why I wrote this post. I'm 46 now, and this happened a long-ass time ago, and I've not told very many people. But I'm so inspired that THESE mothers didn't undermine and betray their daughters. I'm sorry your mom wasn't there for you. I wish she had been.
And I think it matters to tell our stories. It…

It is SO hard to come to terms with that type of betrayal from anyone, especially a parent. I hope that you have found lots of support and empathy from tons of other people. I know you've got mine.

She was looking for some sort of explanation as to why I dropped out of school at age 16 and ran away to join a punk band. I'm not sure she would've accepted any answer I gave, but I was shocked and saddened that she chose to blame me for that. We eventually reconciled, and had a long, fairly decent relationship until…

That's truly awful! I'm so sorry!

Something similar happened to me when I was 14. I agreed to go out with a senior, who then pulled me into his car and anally raped me at my own bus stop. I couldn't tell anyone. I had been raped by a stranger the year before. At school on Monday, the rapist approached me with two of his friends and pushed me up…

Ha! I just realized how funny it looks that my user name responded to your comment. It's like, You rang?

I saw that. I read the comments, too. And now I want to shower for hours. Try tips@jezebel.com.

#suckitlemon would probably be a little much, right?

I'm really glad your mom was aware and protective enough to step in. I know someone who wasn't as fortunate.

I thought the book was fantastic. Not one shred of narrative or direct description, and yet the plot moved, and I could completely picture all the characters. This cover is shit, though.