I have to agree - unless the cat was my orange tabby boy Jack. We used to say he was like a dog because he was so friendly to random strangers, but he also hated it if he'd hear me get upset or start to cry - he'd sit on my lap and stick his big cat nose in my face and look worried. Then he'd just sit with me and purr…

I'm not going to disagree with you, but I do want to add that there are other ways to have that cohort and make lifelong friends. I decided not to go to college right away after high school and went to work instead (edited to add: it was a full time job with decent pay, but the work was intense and difficult, and…

I'd love to do 1986 again! That was the year my father bought our first VCR, so every weekend we'd go to the video rental store for a new movie to watch. I think that was also the year we got cable for the first time (it might have been '85) and I'd come home and watch the Disney Channel (or MTV) after school. In…

I was born in Chicago and spent a few years in Minnesota while growing up - one of the first things I did once I became an adult was to hightail it straight back to Minnesota. Winters are brutal but once we finally get summer we know how to appreciate it. Sometimes I miss certain things about Chicago, but it's an easy…

This is so true - I was my best friend's MOH a few years ago, and when I tallied the cost it turned out that I'd spent more on her wedding than I did on my own eleven years earlier. (Granted, hers was a destination wedding, and mine was really small and my parents paid for the reception, so it was an unusual situation…

When I worked as an airline ticket/gate agent, I actually used to suggest this to couples traveling together all the time. Most of the time people thought it was a great idea, but every now and then I'd get a "but we HAVE to sit together!"

I was in this situation as well, and it is really, really hard. Men are "supposed" to want sex all the time, and when they don't it goes against everything we assume about men and women. Over the years I heard "he's cheating on you," (He wasn't) or "He's gay," (Nope) or "he has low testosterone" (Checked out by a…

I used to think the same thing - but the last three weddings I attended were for couples who met online, two on OKCupid. (The third: Match.com) I've had to re-evaluate that opinion somewhat.

Well, great. I never thought of that. I have a 100 year old house with a laundry chute (which I loved until just this moment and have no idea how I'd ever remove) I've also had a paralyzing phobia of fire since childhood. There goes sleep for the next month or so...

My ex did that to me, too - we were trying to keep it friendly because we had to live in the same house for financial reasons, and since he had no other friends he had no one else to whine to when his girlfriend dumped him...