I agree that they should have come to this conclusion on their own, and I bet the LW does too - otherwise she wouldn't be so hurt. Unfortunately, they did not come to that conclusion, which is why the options left are to find new friends or have the "you're being a shitty friend to me" conversation.

or making sure that every new hire is taken out to lunch and introduced around could achieve that without the othering. My company assigns everyone a buddy when they start—itsounds cheesy, but that person takes you to lunch, introduces you to people, and answers all the little questions about parking and timecardsand…

yes the memo achieves the goal of explaining the diversity initiative. No, that doesn't excuse it—because the initiative itself is crap. It turns anyone who isn't a white man into a zoo exhibit instead of a person worthy of equal consideration.

Because she's just so cold, and edward's icy bloodless body can't help her.

this is pretty much how I feel about the entirety of todays coverage. I'm going to go curl up in a ball and cry now.

she posted a photo of herself an put that ad up... She's humiliated herself already.

them still thinking he's a great guy is exactly the problem—how often do you see someone treat your friend badly and go, "it's ok, he's such a great guy!"? That shows that they don't care for her welfare. Yes they have a right to still hang out with the guy, but it shows that they don't care about her.

I wanted to go to the courthouse. My husband wanted a party with his whole (huge!) family. Every time he thought he wanted something simple, I'd do all the work and price it out and then he'd be shocked at how much it cost.

Did being healthier contribute to their income in the first place though? I'm just wondering this because I'm starting to notice how my physical realities (slow metabolism, poor immune system, etc.) are handicapping me in the workplace. Hate to say it, but I should be pulling more all-nighters, staying later, etc. to…

If the barrier for conflict of interest was that they have to be dependent on it to live, there would be no problem with political contributions as long as they were smaller than the politician's salary, no? In order for it to be a conflict of interest, I'd imagine that she just has to like getting the money from…

Well, if we're calling that little furball "dumpy" then I'd be proud to be in the same category—what a cutie!

It's terrible, but my first reaction was, "well at least we're criticizing men's bodies now too." It's not actually a good thing, I know, I just expected it to be a woman when I read the headline and surprised myself with how relieved I was to be wrong.

ok Los Angeles, time to catch up! When are we getting one?

Also bored with Theon/Reek. Agreed, stick to King's landing, with maybe a bit of that know-nothing Jon Snow thrown in.

yes! I didn't notice she was missing a crystal but thought the necklace had something to do with it, since Olenna fondled the necklace, then when Tyrion picked up a cup to give to Joffrey (an already full cup, not one that needed refilling as though he'd already drunk the contents, you might note), he locks eyes with…

I think the reason it's not getting traction is that by the time someone's writing a stranger to ask how to handle their friend, they *aren't* actually that good of a friend in the first place.

The problem with that is, we can't change other people. We can only change how we treat them or how much we choose to engage with them. So when someone has a friend problem that amounts to "how can I change this person" what other advice is there?

Also in a creative discipline, this is what I've been seeing as the norm for years—after having kids, the women in my field tend to shift focus and either freelance or go part-time at work for a few years. I wonder why that's not more common in other fields, because it seems like it works out pretty well.

I wish I could triple-super promote this comment. In undergrad, the student health center would rather diagnose me with chronic fatigue syndrome rather than even TEST me for the hypothyroidism that runs in my family. In grad school, a doctor insisted that I just had a little cold that was "aggravating (your) asthma,"…

My husband compared me to Catlain once, and I count it among the best compliments I've ever received.