I really hate “Will you still love me/ be attracted to me/ bail me out of prison if I . . .” questions. Even the best-intentioned person who honestly believes that the answer is “yes” might find that they feel differently if the hypothetical situation actually happens, and deep down inside, the questioner knows that.…

I’m not 100% sure that “acquainted with” = hooked up with. Even if so, it doesn’t mean that the LW cheated, depending on the terms of the break. If the LW did purposely sleep with their partner’s ex, that would definitely be a breakup-level offense for me.

“I became “acquainted with” my partner’s ex last year while we were on a break. I wound up ghosting her because of how intense she was and now I feel a bit guilty about keeping this secret from my partner. Do I need to speak up?”

“Now it’s so awkward to act like I’m a sister to the other children he raised. Should I ever tell them that our dad is my ex-boyfriend?”

The hat at least recognizes multiple possibilities. Harry begs to be put into Gryffindor. The hat asks if he’s sure, since he would make a good Slytherin. Harry says no. It is, of course, ridiculous to ask a child to make a choice that will affect the course of his life for the next seven years, but in the end, Harry d…

Your point is entirely fair, but *gestures toward the whole of the public school system in Britain.*

Isn’t there a version of that in HP? IIRC, male students are magically banned from entering the female students’ quarters, but female students are able to enter the male students quarters since whatever sexist wizard put the spell in place thought that Ron or Draco might try to sneak upstairs to sex up his classmates,…

The part that bothers me more is this:

Wizards are apparently not fond of lawsuits.

The thing I appreciate about the earlier Potter books is that they’re a lot more about the friendship between Harry, Hermione, and Ron than they are about Voldemort and Harry’s hero’s journey. The best parts of the Potter books are the parts that reveal unusual aspects of the invisible wizard world (HP 1 is especially…

Ocean’s is definitely one of the most fun movies that I’ve ever seen.

Unless you’re invited to dinner.

A friend who has absolutely no interest in tall, sexy leather boots. Or playing doctor in the aforementioned sexy boots, of course.

I can think of two possible motivations for a fake letter:

Poor WHY isn’t going to get much attention after that first letter, is he?

I wouldn’t say that men’s respectfully expressed desires are generally seen as a potential menace (unless the man is scary in and of himself). The issue is one of situation. Lots of men refuse to notice that some situations really aren’t appropriate for expressing one’s desires. For women, freshmen year of college is…

Yep. Even in situations where the confessor has a legitimate reason for not being able to declare their love before the other person is in a relationship, it’s not going to look that way. The OoA is going to think, “Wait a minute. I hit on you for a month and got nothing, but now that I’m in a relationship a year…

Honestly, I wouldn’t want all of the information.* If I’m with someone, it’s because I want to be with him. If I didn’t want to be with him, if after a few months I felt like he were some sort of consolation prize because I hadn’t had any better offers, I’d break up with him. These sorts of confessions feel to me like…

I wouldn’t be surprised if Dan mentioned Elliot Page in his next podcast.

He matters enough to me that I would be content keeping him in my life even if it’s just as a friend. My question is should I tell him how I feel and risk losing him altogether or do I let him be happy with his girlfriend and not tell him that I fell hard for him? I know he might not reciprocate my feelings. That’s…