I’m trying to figure out how to tell my fiancé’s dad in a way that doesn’t convey how little I think of him right now that if he doesn’t get vaccinated he’s sure as hell not allowed around me after the wedding when I get pregnant, or around any future grandchildren before they’re able to get vaccinated.

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Thanks for the advice, but he’s pretty good about attempting to involve them in his life, (making time to visit them, sending them thoughtful gifts for birthdays/celebrations, helping them whenever they need it). They just aren’t as good at returning the favor.

Oh they are not going to ever, even for a self-serving reason, say they got the COVID vaccine. They are happy cutting off their nose to spite their face, thank you very much.

I’d love advice, but I’m not sure if I’m the one who should make the decisions in this scenario.

I’m trying to plan a tiny, immediate family only, destination wedding (tentatively set for October) and I’m having so much trouble today because:

You’re totally right that we all have it and that it’s great that he’s doing the work to protect his children from the trauma passed down to him. He’s been through a lot of tragedy and that isn’t diminished by his fame and wealth.

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the “genetic pain and suffering” that resulted from my grandfather being forced into an orphanage an entire state away from his relatives who wanted to keep him and being adopted three full years after his siblings were placed into another family together. (I guess two orphans…

As someone raised Catholic who’s only returned to church in adulthood for weddings and baptisms, I thought that was the funniest, most relatable joke I’d ever heard in a comedy special.

I know nothing about their relationship beyond the barest facts, but I’m wondering the same thing. I found the quote in the article from his new standup “when I’m alone, I realize I’m with the person who tried to kill me” combined with the divorce, and the fact that his wife seemed a little shocked by the divorce in…

Yeah, I think it’s that the number one reason relationships end is because people fall out of love (whether that’s a symptom of other problems or not as well). I think it’s cruel, but common for people to cheat when they want a new relationship but are too cowardly to do so before leaving the security and comfort of…

I wouldn’t mind polyamory as much if so many of the people practicing it didn’t feel the need to criticize monogamy as unnatural/foolish/unrealistic/selfish/naïve while talking about it.

I wouldn’t even mind wearing a courtesy mask when I have a cold in the future!

I’m lucky because my partner is a programmer. I’ve designed (poor) website mock-ups with him and really enjoyed it. He’s been begging me to get into UI for years, and finally he asked the head of UI/UX at his company about what I should do if I wanted to get into the field. She recommended a General Assembly bootcamp…

The mask is not damp or wet, my skin just starts to feel gross underneath it. I do change them. 

A few weeks ago I made the big decision to quit my job in pursuit of a new career path. (I’m doing a UI boot camp!) The majority of that decision was down to pay and WFH flexibility, but I’d be lying if I said not having to wear a mask for eight hours a day for the foreseeable future didn’t make the decision a whole…

Thank god.

I’m comforted that there are others out there. My mom put me in WW with her when I was 13—5'6" or 5'7" and 133lbs. (My mom was rail thin until her metabolism drastically changed at 40, so she saw every ounce of fat I carried as a child as Future Obesity that had to be stopped before it was Too Late. It was incredibly…

Wow. His expression didn’t even change. I never thought I’d be impressed by either Tucker Carlson or his face—and I’m still not sure whether I’m impressed or just baffled—but as someone who can’t hide even the smallest of emotions from my eyebrows... that was something else.

My niece is a precious little toddler who turned one right before the pandemic started. Last spring and summer, she finally started walking and talking and showing her personality.