I was leaning more toward what you described as being passive aggressive than going to administration, because as you say, I think that would hurt her even more than simply talking to him would (although I would not go so far as to call going to administration an “attack” or “full scale assault” because, you know,…

I mean...I feel like the onus is on him to know he shouldn’t be leering at his supervisees (or “acting like an idiot” as you call it), not on her to explain to an adult man that he shouldn’t be checking out her tits instead of listening to her while she talks. Are you really going to pretend that there isn’t a…

I’m surprised it even took five minutes for a person who identifies as a woman to have their appearance picked apart. Welcome to the gender!

I was a disaster after my last friend breakup, which was about a year ago. I’m still kiiiiiind of not OK when the topic comes up (and it does a lot, because she sort of went off the deep end, so people who knew us both are always asking me what’s up with her). But you’re right, no one expects me to be sad and morose…

I personally have found it way easier to find at least potential romantic partners than potential friends. Obviously not every one of them has worked out, but there is a much clearer path for dating than for friendship, so it’s easier to instigate. Like, if I meet a pretty cool-seeming guy somewhere, it’s fairly…

I once met a girl at my friend’s wedding - since we were both bridesmaids, we spent a lot of time together - and on her last night in town, I confessed my friendship-at-first-sight for her. Fortunately she shared the sentiment, but as we are many many hours of travel apart, it was not to be.

I don’t know that that is necessarily true - people are people, and they respond to hardship and luck in different ways, regardless of whether they are rich or poor. Poverty and suffering can bring out a person’s strength and beauty of character, but it can also break people or bring out their shittiness and…

Fuuuuck that sucks. I hope you’re well on the way to exerting whatever legal rights you can to get ahold of your money and get out of this situation. Best of luck to you!

I agree. This conversation smacks of the idea that people who are in compromised circumstances should stay that way so that those who are more privileged can enjoy their authenticity. Everyone on this thread is saying that they like being around poor people because they are more “real”; no one is saying, “Man I really…

Hahahah I kept reading it as “When my parents ARE around my uncle doesn’t make me uncomfortable” with the implication that he does make her uncomfortable once her parents leave the room.

I’m torn, because on the one hand, it’s lovely to have photos from everyone at the wedding, but on the other hand, every set of wedding pictures I’ve scrolled through on fb features a handful of people also taking pictures of the same moment. It’s so dumb looking. If people could manage not taking pictures that ruin…

That is amazing that they were able to do that. I am so happy that your friend was able to have as close to a normal school experience as possible during her illness. However, every school and every illness is not exactly the same. I am not going to condemn a school for realizing that they are not capable of providing…

Man, forget the children, I am made uncomfortable by this! And OK, sure, the world doesn’t exist purely for my own comfort, but there is a reasonable degree to which you can expect other people to keep their personal lives from intruding into your daily experience.

Basically I am really into the stories in which people actually get called out on their shitty behavior, and less into the stories in which people think they are being rewarded for their shitty behavior but are secretly penalized by something disproportionately horrifying behind the scenes.

Oh my gosh, and people who paint their nails on the bus. Nobody wants to smell your nail polish, you dick! The bus/train is going to smell like that for ages now, and also you are a fucking asshole and I hope the paint smears.

What’s especially weird about this is that if the 14-year-old had “played doctor” with another consenting 14-year-old, that family would have lost their shit. Sexual exploration is normal in consensual and age-appropriate situations, so while everyone in this comments section would have been like, “Yeah, it’s pretty…

He did have as much say as what happened to it as she did. They signed a contract agreeing that the embryos would not be implanted in a surrogate unless both parties agreed to it. They both had equal say in that arrangement.

In this case, however, they agreed that the embryos would only be brought to term if they were both in favor of it. So it’s not the same at all. An analagous situation would be if sexual partners agreed that they would abort any child conceived by their sexual intercourse, signed paperwork to that effect, and then the…

Hahahaa, we had a house rule in college that David Spade was NOT allowed at any of our parties.

I think that people of all nationalities love to giggle at how other nationalities sound. Normally that’s fine, but sometimes I am just trying to go about my day, and I don’t have time for a round of, “Hahahah, trash can, aww that’s so American” or whatever. I gotta get shit DONE! So I use the phrases and…