Oh and just for you.

My mom made my cat a sweater!

I wish I could participate but I have never been able to upload an image to Jez. I click on it, tell it to go ahead, upload already, but it never works. Any tips would be welcome.

Yes, I am going to be saving for quite some time, haha. If I did go, it would most likely be a year from now.

Even IF he wants you back, I don't think this is the right time; you need to focus on getting right with yourself right now. He did the breaking; he can manage with his other friends, because by virtue of who he is, he's not someone who can be truly supportive of you right now. I vote "Sorry, but I really need to not…

I think having him around is going to cock-block the OPs chances of meeting new people, though. Like, hey, let's go hang out as friends (and conveniently you won't be able to meet anybody else because I will be hogging your social time).

Your guess is most likely better than mine, and your reasoning is sound. I hadn't considered it from that perspective. So, how about making him a beginner friend? Put him on "limited", if you will. Agree to see him in social situations with other people around, maybe? Spending some time with him might give some clues.…

Check out my darling, being petted by my best friend while I am away.

This is My baby in her Christmas gear.

Do it! Do it! Do it!
I couldn't do a year abroad and it's one of my biggest college regrets. I have no practical advice aside from basic backpacking stuff - you never need as much as you think you do.

Trying to decide if I want to take a semester off and backpack Europe. Anyone done it before who can offer advice/suggestions?

See, you're a better person than me. I just figured he was wanting to be friends now because his new ladybird isn't all rainbows and awesomeness that he thought she'd be, and is putting out feelers to see of the OP will take his ass back.

For me hygiene and attitude matters the most. Attactiveness doesn't hurt, but it doesn't help.

That sucks. No matter what your job is, having people jerk you around and cost you money is a shitty thing. I hope it gets better. :)

Today is my birthday too! I'm sitting at home setting up my house in a new city where I've lived for less than a month and know only one person other than the people I work with. I'm watching the Nightmare Before Christmas and actually quite enjoying myself today, even though i'm not doing the typical partying with…

It is Caturday, after all!

By popular (not really) demand, I am going to start a kitten and cat thread.

I bet a lot of them are!

I wonder if the rate of high chair-related ER incidents has increased because not too long ago if a child fell out of a high-chair and started bleeding, a parent would just put a band-aid on it and send them on their way, instead of taking them to the ER. Obviously head trauma and broken bones are no laughing matter,…