I could never wrap my head around the mechanics of contact lens installation. It seems like a magic trick to me.

She said she wanted a “sophisticated gentlemen,”

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…

Angelina Jolie should hire Jennifer Garner’s PR people because that’s how you get a dig in while keeping your hands clean. 

Jen and Ben are kind of the opposite of most celeb divorces--stay on good terms, keep your dirty undies out of the press, take care of each other and remember we all still have to raise these kids together.

Heard the same kind of stuff re: Erykah Badhu.  It doesn’t matter how good you are (and that’s debatable about any artist, of course) if you treat others like trash then you are trash yourself.  Go ahead and continue writing protest songs while you make half a mil for one show and then refuse to pay full rates for…

“we never fulfilled our promise of being an egalitarian society, but at least we showed up for the race”

It’s time to embrace the fact that we’ve become a failed state. We had a good run. There’s no shame in 2 and a half centuries of growth.  Granted, we never fulfilled our promise of being an egalitarian society, but at least we showed up for the race.  If it’s any solace, the sun is going to burn out in a few billion…

“I can see how what he’s describing would be annoying to deal with, but is there a chance that it’s hypercritical?”

Your dad was wrong. A 37-year-old man has no business sniffing around a 17-year-old girl. 

There are plenty of people who come out of innaproriate and gross relationships. Sorry your dad liked dicking around with teenagers and apparently wasn’t mature enough to talk to women his own age. That doesn’t mean it’s not weird and gross in modern times. Grown men should not be dating teens, particularly in 2018.…

Investment advice, retirement, traveling, unicorns, prostate health, lip gloss, universal healthcare, my aching back, Korean boy bands, bowel movements, and contouring. You know, normal stuff

To be clear: We are not just talking about a bit older here, and most states have laws for “Romeo and Juliet” cases - where one of the parties is 19 and the other 17, or similar age differences. We are talking about a case where your father is old enough to be your mother’s father. And she was below the age of consent…

17 and 37. 17 and 37.  😒

She’s not old enough to know who Dane Cook was.

IDK, maybe they bet on when her head’s soft spot is finally going to solidify?

They Instagram each other “Eastern philosophy quotes” and watch Jeopardy! while eating popcorn together. He got her into Rush and King Crimson, she got him into Cassandra Clare novels.

Just based on what I remember of his comedy, the 2 of them are probably on about the same level of emotional maturity. She maybe even rolls her eyes at his bullshit, more than he does at hers.

I just want to know what a 19-year-old woman and a 46-year-old man talk about.