I think most people who ‘like’ someone’s marital status, ex or not, are exhibiting maturity in acknowledging that while they didn’t work out, they respect YOUR relationship. I mean, if they’re not mature about it, you probably already know that. Why court more drama by being all paranoid about it?

I’m still waiting for a legit Buffalo Wing flavor (with or without Bleu Cheese, I can go either way on that). Frank’s hot sauce and chicken (flavor), give it to me, and don’t screw it up like Doritos did. I have coupons I want to use before they expire, damn it. Granted said coupons are because I almost broke a…

The phone number I grew up with was one digit off from the local Pizza Hut, but somehow we didn’t many wrong numbers. Of particular note though was the time my friend’s mother called us expecting to order pizza. I actually just mentioned that incident to her a few weeks ago, and I think she was STILL embarassed.…

I used to work at EB Games before it was called EB Games. Somehow we were lucky enough that the ‘drop off’ thing only happened a few times in the five years I worked there (that I know of). One of the shining moments of my retail experience was watching my manager berate the mother of a particularly obnoxious ~8 year…

There might be a *couple* of cops in the continent that might side with the parents, but most of them would raise an eyebrow, mutter ‘riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight’, scribble nonsense on the notepad, and either smile and nod or just outright sigh and shake their heads at the complainer.

Their logic probably goes something like ‘well, the company thinks they’re trustworthy enough to handle the money, so my kid should be good to go!!’

I sort of agree, but it’s pretty well entrenched in common vernacular.

I’ve found that sometimes the friend you ‘knew’ wasn’t really the person as a whole, it was just a persona they put on to convince everyone around them that things were fine and they weren’t primarily a selfish, asshole basket case. In my experience even when wanting to give them the benefit(s) of the doubt,…

Sometimes, that’s all you can do. Speaking from too many experiences here, sadly.

I used to think that, but in the last year I realized I have allowed myself to be emotionally abused and just generally taken advantage of because of it. Basically what I’m saying is be careful who you allow to probe your weak spots versus who you allows to treat you like shit.

Sometimes the emotions you need to work through are harsh enough, yet perhaps counter-productive enough, that hashing it out needs to wait until you can calm down and discuss it with the other person. Like my frustration with a certain relative I need to move out of a house that I need to sell; I need her out ASAP…

Agreed. I live far from people and don’t have the time/money to meet up and bitch every time I need to. IM (whatever the format) solves this problem.

You can use it on your computer, which means you can type faster.

You know, sometimes the wishes of the dead can’t or shouldn’t be honored.

It may be well known to actual fans, but speaking as someone who is not, I didn’t really know any of it until recently. There are probably millions of people like me who just thought he was one of the top actors in old Hollywood, but never knew the rest.

Sounds like a prime instance to practice saying ‘no’, which is a thing I believe all parents need more practice at. (Yes, my mom did deprive me of lots of pop culture garbage when I was a kid, why do you ask?)

I often wonder if that’s how my father’s mother got pregnant. He was adopted as a baby in Indiana, in 1943, and we don’t know who his bio parents were. Conservatives may decry the change in public perception for single parents, but I say screw that. I could have a lot of extra family walking around and I have no idea…

What about the angle where this exposes Gable’s predation? As much as it sucks to have an idol dashed down and revealed as a human with foibles, this seems to me much like the Cosby situation we’re seeing now. The man (Gable) was lionized in popular culture for decades, and frankly I welcome this story. It’s been…

Except for those of us who don’t know what he looks like...

I am imagining that last sentence with you having a far off look in your eyes as you reminisce. Maybe with some soft string music in the background as the camera pans off to the hills in the distance.