I think MenstrualKrampus was suggesting that, in order for her and someone else to average out to 8, that someone else would have to be at 0, not that everyone who has had fewer than 8 partners is a fundie. So, like, the only way that she and her community - who seem to have significantly more than 8 partners - would…

I’m an American who lives in England, and I’ve adopted a weird in-between pronunciation of a lot of words for this reason. Like, I still have a full American accent (obviously; it is so weird when people adopt other accents as adults), but I’m just going to go ahead and say “Birmingham” and “rubbish bin” so no one…

I’m with Travelgrrl: that is not accurate. Rhett does not do that in the book.

Oh thank you! What a nice thing to say! I remember how frustrating it was when I was first trying to figure out the grays system. At this point, I make sure either to comment early on, right after an article has been posted, or to comment on existing threads if I want to join the conversation, rather than starting my…

Wait, how old was Robin Thicke in this story? I am totally ready to believe that he was a dick at any age, but was this, like, two kids pushing each other, or a grown man pushing a little kid?

It was his manager’s wife, I think, not his wife.

Surely you don’t think that that comment was so outrageous and snarky that it would have gotten you banned?

This is totally one of those situations where I started out explaining the gist of a thing I don’t believe in, and then have backed myself in a corner where I am now straight up defending the Christian understanding of God’s forgiveness even though I am not a Christian and don’t believe in it myself. I don’t know how…

Well the eternal punishment is theologically described as separation from God, usually self-inflicted - so basically the same thing as being in a state of sin sans redemption, but permanent. “Hell” is simply dying without ever being willing to repent for your sins, so that the state of self-imposed separation from God…

I am also a godless atheist, so this is not how I personally feel about it, but the way it’s supposed to go, ideally, is that someone does something wrong, then truly repents of it AND atones for their sins (so, in cases in which someone else is wronged, that is fixed or apologized for). The forgiveness and love of…

I agree. There are loads of people about whom, if they came up, I would say, “Oh yeah, that person is a huge dick,” but it doesn’t ruin my life or anything. Mostly I don’t think about them, and then every now and then something reminds me of them, and I’m like, “Ugh, THAT person. Nope, still dislike that one.”

Thanks for letting me know!

I think you can do whatever you want, and as I am a commenter on the Internet, my word is pretty much law.

I thought about not having one, but then I panicked at the idea of having to do something with my hands while walking down the aisle or while taking photographs. So I think you’re probably right about that!

Pretty much every article on I Thee Dread, somebody says that, and then somebody else counters that actually the white dress was an indicator that you had enough money to afford to buy a dress exclusively for your wedding. Most people wore their best clothes for their wedding, but buying a white dress - with white…

I don’t know; I’m torn. I am not really into the idea of a bouquet toss and am not doing one at my wedding, BUT if I were drunk enough and you threw anything at me with instructions to beat out everyone else and catch it, I might get pretty competitive. I’m wondering how much this is about wanting to get married or…

This image made me laugh out loud. Now I kind of want to hire someone to stand at the window and glare at us all night.

First off, sex within marriage absolutely does not protect against conceiving children that can’t be cared for. Contraception does that. You can be married and still be unable to care for a child. Using protection can also protect against STDs.

That is a fantastic way to handle it. When my brother was very young (maybe 5?), he and his similarly aged friend were caught on the trampoline showing their penises to the friend’s younger sister (maybe 3?) and urging her to kiss them. As far as I know, my parents never did anything beyond talking to my brother and…

That kind of depends on if you believe that people are a product of their environment and experiences, or if you believe that babies spring from the womb fully formed. I personally believe the former, so I would argue that this happened because of the specific lifestyle and experiences that formulate Josh Duggar’s…