omg I've had this same conversation with my own mother.

My stepdaughter is almost 13 and so far, she only stops talking when she's playing Minecraft. Often not even then. She sits there and gives me a running dialogue of what she's doing. So basically they never stop talking? Until they hit their teen years, decide they hate you, and shut themselves in their room, or so…

Oh man, I don't want to be the bearer of bad news but that was me. We talked about it and we were great. On the same page: it's dangerous out there, we want to travel, we like our freedom, we'll see two years into the marriage. Now it's 9 months into the marriage and I just find myself almost cringing at the thought…

My husband and I talked about it before we got married. We were both undecided. And we've only been married for 9 months, but of course the topic comes up all the time because people think it's appropriate to bring this up. And as time is going by, I go more and more towards no and I think he's going the other way.…

I've been with my husband for over ten years now and he clearly wants a kid. I'm very, very ambivalent, leaning towards no. This issue has become the giant herd of elephants in the room; I often think that, if we break up, it will be over the existence or non-existence of children. I feel you, sister.

I'd rather take the off-change that I'll regret not having them down the road ...than regret ever having them and be in an irreparable situation.

That's a really important point. I don't want children and neither does my husband, but I know that I'd love a child I made with him more than I can possibly understand. There's no one in the world I'd rather have children with than him. But I don't want children. It's a nuanced thing, for sure, despite how it's…

The problem is, by saying you only feel sympathy for their children and not for these women stuck doing something they regretted, you're ensuring that women will continue to feel ashamed for having these feelings and they won't speak about this frankly to people close to them or anyone else, and will keep these…

The though of having children petrifies me, for a number of reasons, but this one is pretty high on the list. What if I don't enjoy it or regret it? I like my quiet time, solitude and have a very independent nature.

I understand why people would feel like they couldn't talk about this. If we're being honest about feelings here, I honestly felt no sympathy for the women above. To be honest, I saved all my sympathy for their children.

Well, the other thing no one says is that just because you regret not having children doesn't mean you should have had children. I am ambivalent about having children and people who (for some reason) want me to have them always threaten me with "regret." I'm always asked, "What if you regret not having them?" The…

I have to admit that it bothers me that he was blinded in the eye in which he was already losing his sight.

His sexuality makes them uncomfortable about their own?

that is bizarre and NOT normal.

It's on a list with "slapped or hit; kicked, bit, or hit with a fist; beat up; choked; burned or scalded." I think it would be pretty obvious what the context is, and I doubt anyone would self-report throwing a pillow at or to someone as an act of violence. They're referring to incidents like the time when I was a kid…

That is just sad then, there are plenty of women who don't slap their boyfriends, it's called not being a completely terrible person.

Yes, DV and alcohol often go hand in hand. But ultimately it is the abuser that is at fault, not the alcohol, not the victim, not the someone's upbringing, just the abuser. Because we could find a lot of other excuses for the violence.

The anti-corporate lefty in me wants to be snarky and dismissive, but I'm glad to see that at least one incredibly wealthy and powerful business conglomerate in this country can see how poor handling of these kinds of events can hurt their bottom line and take actions to fix it. That's a pretty impressive statement…

Has A-B ever looked at the alcohol/DV stats? Didn't think so...

Good. This is one of the view voices that they might actually listen to. Hopefully the car companies join in.