Definitely not somebody who enjoys Jennifer Garner in an acting capacity, I’ve got to admit that (for a brief second I considered a Lamar Odom-type quip before feeling pain in my soul) if she’s truly being there for him 100% it’s incredibly sweet and honorable and I’ll think very highly of her.

I dunno. When I was in rehab a LOT of people went through divorces while still drinking because their spouse was sick of their shit. I think giving him the chance to be fully present for the matter is a favor. I’m sure she’d like to move on earlier rather than later, plus as someone else pointed out he’ll get MORE…

It’s not really that insane, if it’s about your kids. If he’s sober, he’ll get more custody, which is good for the kids (as long as he is indeed sober). Basically, it sounds like she’s doing him a favor. Or maybe that’s just how she wants it to sound? I dunno, but as it’s put here, that’s what I’m getting.

I mostly agree. But she did just say that he’s such a bad alcoholic that she’s prolonging the divorce because she doesn’t trust him to have any custody of the kids in his current state. She’s sweet about it but it’s not really 100% dirty undie free. While it’s not a secret, I doubt he loves having his alcoholism…

If Nev Schulman were my dad, that's the look I'd have perma-plastered on my face too.

It’s SO rewarding!

it is in the caption and it is very good

JFC. I’m tearing up. We’re talking about a little girl here. HOW FUCKING DARE THEY??!! If these pieces of shit aren’t arrested and charged, the whole goddamn town should burn.

it’s called the 80's. And it was the bestest time for hair.  :)

As soon as you deviate from Christian norms, you’re no longer a person to many of these people.

Do these people realize they’re talking about a 12 year old? Regardless of gender, a child is a child and doesn’t deserve this bullshit from adults. 

As a cis woman with a daughter who was, objectively speaking, a mistake that has disrupted my earning potential, education, family, relationship, etc. and is also probably the reason I’m a remotely happy and functioning human and is like, the coolest kid ever, this essay made me tear up over my desk. It was probably…

Huh, you don’t sound like a fervent supporter of breastfeeding. 

Based on what evidence?

I’m confused by these comments. Y’all are expressing all this support for breastfeeding moms (“of course it’s fine,” “fervent supporter” breastfeeding an infant is “great”) and/or this particular mom at the wedding ceremony. But then you come with all this judgement about which precise circumstances are appropriate…

You think comfort isn’t a need to a 15-month-old? Or a three-year-old?

Am I an unsophisticated dolt to feel that way?

My breast feeding experiences? My first baby got so worked up she would continue screaming around my nipple, and I would have to squirt milk into her mouth and listen to her gargle-scream for a bit, before she would realise she already had what she was so vociferously demanding. One time I fed her in a pub. My husband…

As a man who has never breastfed a child I have an opinion about this:

because the emotional discomfort of an allegedly grown man is far more important than feeding an ACTUAL infant. Jeebus