Someone who uses sweetheart like you do has no room to talk. That’s utter bullshit intended to dismiss the commenter rather than the subject.

Absolutely.

“These people weren’t living together alone, even when courting in the past a relative or servant would have been nearby”

And maybe you should realize not all responses are intended to counter what is said, there are a ton of other motives, including to agree or to expound.

The difference between feeding a kid and having them hug someone is key: you have to feed them, bathe them, and get them to sleep for their own good. A hug or any physical contact isn’t necessary for their staying alive and isn’t “for their own good” it’s for social norms.

It’s easy to screw up an “a” v. an ‘e”.

Well, what they did to Lewis this season was tragic. I really love Hathaway. Nevertheless, setting him up for a potential spin-off doesn’t excuse such a lackluster send-off for Lewis and Hobson.

Aidan Turner. Aiden Turner is another actor.

You know how you handle this?

There’s a difference between “socially acceptable’ and what actually went on in private bedrooms.

Very few men who rape would characterize themselves as rapists.

Even if that’s true and he doesn’t think he raped her, she said “no” three times. She didn’t initiate. She didn’t say yes. She “complied.”

He’s supposed to be a romantic hero. He’s a gaslighting ass. Now also a rapist.

To paraphrase Gillian Andersen in The Fall, men think of only two options are “fight or flight” but it’s actually “fight, flight, of freeze” for ALL MAMMALS. Humans are mammals.