It's a marker of how bad things have gotten that I thought "At least they're wearing underwear."

You would think so, wouldn't you? Everyone seems to have been there. Other things that need to end on dating sites:

In a word, YES, it will make you a better person. People who have empathy and compassion and as a consequence are willing to help others are generally a good to society.

You know what they say—the first step to fixing your problem is acknowledging that you have one. You've acknowledged here that you lack empathy, but you don't seem to understand why the people replying to you find this disturbing. I'm not the one who suggested you visit a psychiatrist, but he or she was on the right…

That's really great of you to work on this with her. But why do people have to be such asses? Which part of "I have diabetes" do they not understand?

Urine is sterile until it leaves the body. It most certainly isn't when it's on a toilet seat.

The hell is wrong with you? So if this persons' grandmother had just <i>called herself something other than black</i>, she wouldn't have had a cross burned on her lawn? You're crazy.

This is the cold, hard truth of it. All these people saying "well, what about white people tanning!" need to be quiet. What you've said here—that's the bottom line.

"Just don't register for gifts and people will give you cash." Bingo. My brother and the girl he was marrying actually forgot to register, but it was fine—people just gave money.

Yes, the problem is you're *telling* someone what to give you as a gift. That isn't very nice.

I do remember that, and it was one of the saddest things I've ever read. His father tried to provide his son with a decent upbringing, but it seemed like Jeffrey was just wrong from the beginning.

I'm amazed that the ones you come across are that "polite." I get "Well, what's that got to do with me?" or worse "Well, he's not here now, is he?" What awful, sleazy excuses for men.

I wouldn't get it myself, but I actually find that funny. Then again, just because something is funny doesn't mean you should have it permanently etched on to your body.

"Don't it always seem to go, that you don't know what you've got till it's gone?"

What a greedy little pig.

Well, adoption is (generally) expensive, time consuming, and complicated. As are IVF or using a surrogate.

I wish I could star this more than once. I turned 40 in January; I don't have any children. This isn't because I didn't want them. It isn't because I have some high powered, glamorous career and thought "Oh, I'll just put off having kids until later." Nor was I busy traveling to exotic locations around the world. I…

You have no idea how much I feel you on this. Since this is a burner, I can be honest here.

Editing this out because replying below makes more sense.

Ah, I see. I think you may be out of luck with mid-market retailers. Now, I'm in San Francisco—there are smaller specialty places that could help you out, but of course there is no reason you would know about them. Siegels is one such place; they're known locally for...unusual menswear. Vintage suits, zoot suits,…