I make roughly twice what my boyfriend does - I’m working on my second Masters degree and he has a GED and some college under his belt. He’s trying to get his business back into the black, and I’d be lying if I said it doesn’t add some strain to both of us. He gets demasculated based on how much I make, and I’m…

Oh geez, years from now, if I ever become a famous author, they’ll be digging up LOL texts I sent in response to a cat picture. Pictorial will be about Facebook posts : /

I dated my rapist for months! Luckily I’m in therapy, and when I figured out all of this craziness, my therapist said it’s actually incredibly common. Noone wants to be “THAT” guy/gal, and we’ve all heard those conversations within our peers that s/he was asking for it... Men (and some women) definitely don’t…

That’s even lamer! Well, I guess it’s better than everyone being so excited about their jobs they want to talk about it all the time... I do enjoy discussions around the coffee pot about finals, and how some of the moms pulled late-nighters “helping” their kid complete their science fair project. I wish I knew how to…

WHY??? Is it because most men work outside the home, so even if they all have kids, they can talk about their job? I’m currently dating a single Dad with three young kids and, while I really love reading stories and playing around, I’m nervous about disappearing into those circles. I need to make some step-Mom/dating…

FELLOW ALASKAN! I don’t know what half of these chains are outside of TV ads

Oh you guys, I needed this. I just ordered the book. I’m recently divorced nad currently dating someone my age with kids aged 3, 5, and 6. He’s REALLY into the idea of a long term thing with me. I refer to my previous marriage as “marriage jail” and I’m afraid of locking myself into kid jail too. And they aren’t my…

I think so... like, perhaps you’re talking about a cool vacation you have coming up and their days of vacations are over : /

Do you get more work dumped on you or have different expectations because you don’t have a family? I have multiple bosses, and my one non-married boss with no children treats me much differently than my married boss with two children.

I had married friends and got divorced... funny thing, I don’t think I have friends anymore. People get used to seeing you as a unit or you don’t know the couple because they were HIS friends, and now you have nothing in common and no reason to be invited/invite them somewhere.

I’m feeling all of this SO hard.... Part of it is that I think some Moms see how many life choices they are now missing out on and reverse it onto the non-Mom friend about how much better their life is (“I didn’t know how much more complete my life could be until I had kids!”), the non-Mom friend gets jealous that…

School isn’t a criminal court, they don’t need the same level of proof as the justice system. I didn’t go to Yale, but I imagine if they believed he violated a school rule, they could expel him regardless of what is happening in a court of law.

Are you SURE they aren’t safe to eat????

I like how you are going into this rationally and not completely freaking out! You’re right, it’s probably more of a boundary issue than “sexual assault”, and maybe a nice conversation about keeping ones lips to themselves is a good way to let her know that behavior is not OK. Good luck!

The witnesses thing kind of makes sense... can your niece stay in a place where an adult can always see her or is talking to the other girl’s parents an option? I wonder if something awful is going on at home and perhaps that little girl is taking it out on your niece.

I don’t have enough stars for this. More please?

My boyfriend is a competitive MMA boxer... I’m an ultra marathoner, but I’m not nearly as skinny as I used to be and I’m putting on the 5lbs of happy weight now that I’m cooking for him and not living off Lean Cuisine meals. I hate it.

Ahhh I came down to write a Derelict comment!

I really wish it was treated the same way as a broken arm... if you saw someone with a cast on, you wouldn’t be surprised if they didn’t want to play basketball and you’d probably offer some sympathy or at least hold the door. And it wouldn’t be a big deal, you wouldn’t tell them to get over it or stop being weak, and…

I wish I could give you a hug : /