Wes, I am a man, and you are completely wrong for faulting women for saying, “I shouldn’t have to ask!” Why is it the woman’s responsibility to tell her grown adult partner what needs to be done around the house? Justify that! You can’t!

Who asks me to pick up? Who makes my to do list?

This is a very bad take. Grownups need to manage their spaces, especially if they are shared, just like they manage other adult tasks (paying taxes, car maintenance, etc.). We don’t have bosses dolling out tasks and timelines for these other example chores, they are just part of adulthood. There is nothing magical…

Composting outdoors is much more preferable than indoors.

There are absolutely things he can do. He can be a central organizing point for both the federal resources coming to the area and the needs of his constituents. He can just be a symbol; as your leader I won’t abandon you at the first sign of trouble, that kind of thing. He can not lie to the press about basic things…

One thing to ask yourself - when you take off time from work, are you creating more work for your coworkers because you aren’t there to help or is your company creating more work for your coworkers because they didn’t adjust their expectations based on your absence? When you are a public official or a medical…

Said this on the A.V. Club before, but if I never hear the names Joss Whedon or Zack Snyder ever again, it’ll be too goddamn soon.

Same. I’m single, no kids, no partner. Early Sunday evening I check both my work and personal calendars to see what’s up. Yes it’s just me, and one job, but I’m also involved in a number of non-profits, charities, and community groups, networking professional groups, helping take care of my Dad’s stuff, helping take…

Yes yes yes! I have a male friend who is in his 30s and has never been in a long-term relationship because as soon as the initial butterflies fade, he dips. He literally told the last woman (after 7 months) “I love you. The sex is great. I honestly feel like you’re my best friend and can talk to you about everything,…

A professional athlete with a predictable schedule, seasons, and contractual obligations and a professional musician with predictable tours, media appearances, and they are raising a family? And they dare to have their shit organized? And actively try to find time for each other?

Haha yes I was so confused by that comment as well. My partner and I have a shared calendar and we tend to confirm any plans that may affect the other, even more so now that we have a young child who requires a ton of planning around.

Who has such a well-put-together schedule that they know their responsibilities for the week at the outset of that week? This is too much.

This doesn’t sound exhausting, it’s sounds like making the time to nurture your relationship with the same care and responsibility you put into your job. Imagine that???

Marriage isn’t easy, and I’m glad that they’re being open about the effort they put in to make it work. Too many people pretend that their…

As some currently in a marriage in which my depressed partner has *completely* checked out mentally, I would LOVE to have a weekly check-in and discuss how we had interacted that week. It doesn’t sound hard; it sounds like intentional, mindful communication. And obviously it’s working well for them.

I dunno, maybe its just me, but I think I’d appreciate a partner checking in on how we’d done this week/month/year...

I feel that. I spent thousands of dollars on a grad degree mostly because (I realized later) it wasn’t that I disliked my job but that I disliked the boss I had at the time. Once that boss left, I found myself far less interested in bothering to try to get a job in my grad field, and I’ve stuck with my old job this…

I think a lot of shitty bosses are really good at making sure they don’t do anything “actionable” and as far as HR is concerned “not actionable” means “nothing happened”. Or shitty HR will just twist everything to “non-actionable”.

I just think its strange that people are immediately distrustful of the black actor who speaks up and only feels there is something to be believed when a white woman shares her own story about the same person.

This moment was just unbelievable to me. I don’t understand the unwillingness to even consider if he was in the wrong in this situation - what do you have to gain by not even questioning if perhaps you were mistaken after so much time? 

Are you telling me this wasn’t real?