I ordered pizza, drank a beer, played with the cat, watched a chick flick, tried to glue Swarovski rhinestones onto my veil, had to continually chase the cat off of the veil which had loose crystals sitting on it, then gave up on all because my brand new glue was dried up. More cat snuggling ensued, and then I went to…

Mine is a good guy who wants new experiences, but in a way he is really bro-y (WAY more than when we were younger) and he really fights growing up. It's so weird because he's almost done with a medical degree, and he is really cool and professional when he's doing that....but then he's happy make a million and five…

Dude, yes. I started dating my ex two weeks before freshman year, and I left him this past fall. I consider that relationship to have been to a "BOYfriend," as you say, and I also consider it the equivalent of a divorce—except not legally binding, thank god. All the time with my current guy, I think "THIS is a man.…

If you can believe it, my ex's sister is adopted and doesn't know it, not even a little bit. She has a lot of medical problems, so it's always bothered me because of family history reasons, at the very least. She is one of the youngest cousins, so all the older cousins know, my ex was 6 years old, so he knows, and…

Good grief, isn't this the truth. That, or "go somewhere where people won't be caught dead in fugly snow boots, and get them there in the middle of a snowstorm." I bought my boots in Hungary in 2009, and they're amazeballs. Although Hungarians are spectacularly practical people, I never saw anyone by myself in stupid,…

Soooooo...? I don't understand if you're trying to contradict me or agree with me, sorry. Are you simply chastising me for not giving a citation? Perhaps you're admitting that it is a so-called stylistic choice rather than a grammatical choice, and that you should not have been a "grammar dick" about it in the first…

Ten minutes after I deleted him, he writes me another long message asking me why I removed him, and then saying that it's okay to be nervous given the level of our connection. Then he sent me another friend request.

Did you see this article yesterday on lifehacker? Remember to treat it like a for real interview in terms of dress and attitude. Clean your area so that there is nothing that your interviewer OR you can be distracted by. Look at the camera itself, because then you will be more directly looking out of the screen at…

That may have been true after the initial contact, but it seems like it is bordering on harassment. Harassment is bad generally, but I think given the situation it is particularly worrisome. To make it worse, it seems like a little more than just a crush if he waited a year to contact her and now won't leave her alone.

Oh yeah, huge difference if you're in a major urban area. Our tickets were super cheap, there were snacks and punch at the prom itself, and everyone drove themselves to the brand new cafeteria ;) Again, though, small isolated town in the southwest. My jr. prom dress was a bit over $100, and my sr. prom dress was…

There's objectively expensive and relatively expensive. "That is not expensive for prom" is a relative judgement; I think that we can agree, however, that $300 for a one-wear dress is objectively a lot of money. I'm a grownup and wouldn't pay that much for a formal dress that I would wear one time. Where I grew up,…

If you're at a major research institution with a lot of grad students, there is probably a lot of clinical resources specifically for them because grad students go through vastly different issues than undergrads. Even if you don't, the basic mental health clinic should have a lot of resources for anxiety management.

Oh, that is SO pretty! I really like the navy one.

Honestly, are you sure he wants to BE in grad school? I ask this because I sabotaged myself into getting essentially kicked out of school because I hated it and didn't want to write a dissertation/stay in academia, yet I was too much of a coward to drop out on my own. Obviously not a good coping mechanism, but I am…

Yeah, by "kind of expensive" I actually meant "holy shit, really expensive" but thought that you might want to know about them anyways. Also, try doing a search on eBay for "modest prom dress." I got a lot of hits when I did that. I bought a wedding dress off eBay! It's the best!

Here's a site, but they are kind of expensive...

I had an affair with him while my very long term relationship was ending (after reflection, I think I had wanted out a long time before, but never had a reason to leave what was, for the most part, a comfortable situation). First, when we changed jobs we couldn't stop being close. Then when I went to a different…

My ex never pushed back, and it made me feel like a harpy. My soon-to-be-husband pushes back, and you're right; it IS delicious.

Wrong. "5 or fewer years" OR " 5 years or less (time)."

Seriously? And miss a chance to mock Russia? It our national sport.