Funny story: The former Mr. Dforce and I were playing Cards Against Humanity with my parents, my sis, and her fiance. This was immediately post-breakup. He had the misfortune to pull the "My last breakup was caused by..." card, and I played "Axe body spray," and it was glorious. Also, it was not entirely untrue.

Best thing I've ever purchased was a pair of Caterpillar winter boots when I lived in Hungary. They look kind of like this:

I dread the scandal :( That's why I don't really want to deal with my lovely parents because I know that they will disaprooooooove so badly—at least at first. New guy is really, truly wonderful and I know that my dad will love him, once he gets over my ex. I want to give them some adjustment time so that they don't…

Yeah, it's pretty indicative of a lot of our relationship (9 yrs). I went through some pretty rough mental health issues in the last few years (which ultimately led to me leaving/being asked to leave my PhD program) while he was in a different state and in grad school. I didn't tell him all the crazy shit that was in…

I know that, and you know that, and lots of other people know that, but Ex and Parents will not be very understanding of this (for reference, my parents have been married for like...~35 years, through thick and thin, etc.). I don't want to hide my new guy for a long time because he's really awesome and he makes me…

OH no, no. We're over, and we both know we're over. We started a break a month after I got home because I was hoping that I could still walk away from the new situation, and then shortly after I ended it. Sorry I didn't make that clear. No, no. As soon as I realized that Fiance and I were broken and I wasn't willing…

Hmmm, I see what you mean. Honestly, we haven't talked about toys at all in a real-person context...however, he really likes the idea of me using toys via skype (we are unfortunately very far from one another right now). I kind of wonder if he's had any experience with them at all, even; I had a lot of sex with my ex…

Lame-o :( Sorry that family is stressful. We lived too far away to celebrate with anyone except my grandparents who lived in town, so we have always had our Christmas traditions pretty solid since I can remember. Christmas Eve: go to early mass, then drive around looking at lights/singing carols in the car, and wrap…

Congrats :D Being in some kind of solid place is a good feeling!!

Good plan. I think I will just straight up ask new guy about some things, since he is well aware of the ex situation. It's just something that truly never occurred to me before.

Ok guys. Disclaimer: I am the bad guy in this situation, and I know it, and please don't yell at me because I've yelled at myself A LOT over the past five months. Basically, I went abroad, had an affair that was supposed to be a walk-away arrangement, but we fell in love (we didn't quite realize at the time). Came…

Waaaaaait...this brings up my current dilemma. Just broke up with VERY long term BF (like, my BF since I moved out of the house). What do people do with their sexy-fun-time toys when they leave a very long term monogamous relationship? Trash the stuff? Keep the stuff? We're talking like, nipple clamps, candles,…

Ha! Better you than me; I ditched my students Friday so that you people (parents and family) have to deal with them for two weeks. Sianara, suckers!!!!!!

If it's peeling off instead of chipping, you need a super bitchin' base coat. Top coat protects from chips and scuffs; base coat makes sure it sticks to your nail. Someone already mentioned the tacky base coats, and I also endorse them. I use Orly Bonder (it is orangey looking). It is still kind of sticky when dry,…

It's an awful thing to wish, isn't it? People just don't accept "It wasn't working for vague reasons I'm not willing to work on." My parents and grandma have all told me that they just don't understand, I really don't know if my ex completely understands. Like I said above, shit is awkward.

Omggggggggggggggg the Pussycat Dolls-esque video killed me....

I agree with all the others. Either force her to give you a reason, or get a new doctor who won't be an asshole about it. For so long they only gave IUDs to married women who had already had a child, and I think this colors a lot of older-school doctors' opinions on IUDs for younger, childless women. FFS, it's not…

I was thinking more like a button for an escape pod to just blast me out of awkward situations ;)

Poor guy :( I dunno, I guess I feel extra awkward because I'm kind of the bad guy. I don't want my ex to feel so stressed out as your brother. As for Grandma and Mom...the situation is a little bit more complicated than I'm willing to discuss with most people. Although their nosiness comes from a place of love, all…

Thank you for the internet hugs :) I think you're right—it was the right thing to do, in the long run, and also we need to spend some time apart. This was all made more complicated because he was doing rotations in my area and we were sharing my car (his car and all his stuff was back home on the other side of the…