I had a therapist once (and this is kind of a therapy trope, but whatever) that used a "savings account" analogy. Like, you may be very upset with your partner— or maybe you just aren't getting along great, IMO a highly underrated issue— but you can withdraw some from your relationship savings. You gotta put it back,…

Which can either be a great thing or a terrible thing, depending on how a couple deals with Serious Issues.

When I was a child and I would tearfully yell "YOU DON'T LOVE MEEEE!" at my mother, she often replied, "I love you very, very much and I don't like you AT ALL right now."

I definitely think that sex— or at least sexy feelings— ARE a super important part of a marriage. Ripa: "I fundamentally believe that the more you do it, the more you do it. The less you do it, the less you do it." Valid! The way I once put it is, "It fosters goodwill [in the relationship]."

You know, from a content standpoint, I think Kim's text was both coherent and a little witty.

Does not count. Usually it's YOUR dog and they are delighted to just be hanging out with you. (Though crowds and unfamiliar places and off-leash and blah blah, it's not always perfect or fun for a dog, which is worth considering.)

*veeeeerrrrrry quietly tries to usher the emus out of the church*

I MEAN. Let's be real. Big was horrible, but seriously she should not have married Aidan, either.

Yeah, that is BRUTAL. I had the luxury of deciding to leave that job, but...I legitimately don't think I could have lasted another fall/winter that way.

i used to live in NOLA & moved up north. Last winter I had a job that required me to leave the house at 5:45 am and leave work at 4:30 pm without leaving the building (in Chicago).

Exaaaaaaaactly.

What people don't get is that someone else gets to leak and rumor-monger, and then she gets all the plausible deniability and the pleasure of behaving exhausted and above-it-all while still keeping her name in the tabs.

Maybe I just know too much about PR, but I do too.

"I have your baby in me, giraffe!"

Well, the law is the current law whether I agree with it or not, but to address one aspect of that— I worked to pass Prop B in Missouri a few years ago (commonly known as the "Puppy Mill Bill") and I can say that one of the obstacles to changing the status of a personal pet would be the powerful ag lobby. It's not…

Weeeeeellll, there was the one holiday party where the coworker I was going "home" with ran up on a curb and everyone believed it was because I was blowing him at the time...

Fair enough!

I am soooooo glad I am not married to you. Actually I don't think we'd even get close.

When I got divorced (we were in our late 20s, no kids) we had three dogs and you bet your sweet bippy their custody was in the divorce decree.

It really is! It's heartbreaking, especially because you can't really "fix" it.