I am sometimes pretty sure Lordfortuna doesn't respect me in some ways. It's hard to pin it down though, and some of it seems to just be this attitude of who gives a fuck that he learned from his dad. We're working on it.

I'm pretty sure my mom didn't like me very much, not that I made it easy on her - I have passed the crown of 'destroyer of worlds' to my niece at this point. Fortunately my sister is a lot more chill about it. Mom was excessively hard on both of us though (we've only recently worked this out). In some ways it hurts…

Why would any celebrity's opinion on that matter? They OUGHT to be interviewing network security honchos, not actors, but I doubt anyone on The Today Show would have the first clue what they'd even be talking about.

Let's just say I went out to a LOT just to distract myself. My credit card almost melted but it was still cheaper than therapy...

Aw man, I'm sorry to hear about your health troubles. I hope the hysterectomy goes better than the other attempt. I had one a few years ago (endometriosis) and even though surgery SUCKS and my recovery took a bit longer than they said, as a non-child-wanting person, in the long run it was better for me. I guess I got…

Was he wearing pants? Unless the answer is no, there is no reason to get rid of it, and even then, throw it in the laundry or dishwasher.

I'd call that more of a win, it's hilarious.

I get what you're saying but people do get sucked into a downward spiral at times; I know I sure did this year (death in the family, relationship issues). It took moving out for a few weeks to bring the balance back, and I still found myself crying the other night while listening to old Christmas carols and thinking…

My two sisters and father made holiday plans without ever bringing me into the discussion, so I'm avoiding fighting with them by the fact that I was invited as an after thought and DUH, not going to show up (10 hour drive to Indiana). Although I have yelled at both sisters thus far, dad is next at some point once I…

Indeed. Long story short, we did some counseling recently after sort of separating, and with the help of our therapist Lordfortuna finally understands a lot better about how I've been putting up with his shit for way too long (he puts up with mine, but mine is more along the lines of 'I forgot to do X Y & Z' instead…

Yeah. Lordfortuna yelled at him for it, but there was more because once the guy found out they were military (I'm ex, the guy is ex), he switched tactics to harassing me about why I got out (back injury). It was unreal, and if I ever run into the guy again in person I'm going to be pretty rude. LF didn't really know…

Thanks... so far my coping mechanism seems to be 'leave the room until I calm down' but that's because the majority of people who pull that shit are family and not so bad as to be at the 'fuck them all' point so I don't want to flip my lid at them. That said, I really don't have the patience for it anymore and I will…

Only problem with that is that some of my close friends started off as customers when I worked at EB Games... I suspect it's central to the store/chain/interest though, I don't have ANY friends remaining from the various other customer service jobs I had.

The secret is to with hold crucial information and then if/when they complain you were sabotaging them, say something like 'but I thought YOU had a perfect handle on this, I don't understand how you didn't know that...'

Sounds like classic passive aggressive behavior. I finally figured out that I'm susceptible to that this year and now it seriously pisses me off. I will keep your tactic in mind.

I'm late to the party and this has probably already been said, but if they were to pass such a bill, I hope in includes a portion where said father who declines to agree, would be held legally responsible for all costs of raising said child.

That's more like an awesome, delicious exception to the rule. Where I live, I think there's like one Ben & Jerry's in the whole city...

Vermont is pretty damn awesome that way. Stayed in Stowe for a few days, first time really spending time in the state, and I love their general state attitude of keeping big chains from building a store on every corner. Other than a shopping center we went to in Burlington, I didn't see much in the way of big…

This sounds somewhat like what my relationship has been at times. This year I finally faced up to the fact that it was periodic emotional abuse, which sent me into a tailspin. Long story short I moved out for a while after trying to deal with it, but we tried counseling as a last ditch effort and things at least seem…

If you spend much time around military people (nine years Army Reserves here), some of them haven't really progressed past that point. It's weird. I expect it's worse with active duty, because things like free housing/food/uniforms kind of reduces the expectation of acting like responsible adults.