Yeah, that’s why I hate the phrase, “parental rights.” Parents have responsibilities.

Thank you for that link; Andrew Vachss is the MAN. Who would have thought his Venn circle and Diddy’s had any overlap beyond ‘carbon-based biped?

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is about as right as you can be. Good for him for using his celebrity megaphone for good ends. The AP’s style guide needs to be rewritten.

Things I hate to admit (journalist here):

I’ve posted this here multiple times, but it’s worth repeating;

April to July 1944, over 260,000 Jews.

What did I just read?????????

I think ultimately that was why he gave up on us: it was our impossibility, and the incredible hardship both of us would have had to suffer. And most of that hardship would have been on me. I really do believe that he wanted to spare me years of being an outsider in a society that would oppress me and even now still…

One of my friends went on a cross country camping trip with her boyfriend, and they visited his ex. He slept with his ex girlfriend in her house, while my friend CAMPED IN HER YARD. He somehow convinced her that he misunderstood a comment she’d made and believed they were in an open relationship for the duration of…

I’m not sure we should assume she had a healthy approach to relationships right up til the point where this dirtbag ruined her. No one asks to be lied to and gaslighted but sociopaths look for and recognize where there are cracks that can be manipulated and capitalized upon. Sadly, I think that without therapy, in six…

Okay, yes, this story is fucking crazy and it had me laugh-crying too, but pleaseeee lets understand where this poor girl is coming from. I know its easy to respond to these things with snark, but gas-lighting can be so fucking manipulative and convincing when you’re madly in love with the psycho who’s doing it to…

Before He Cheats is my karaoke jam.

As someone who has been cheated on and been in a LDR, that would ABSOLUTELY be my reaction. But it sounds like she realizes she and her ex were fundamentally incompatible, based on their backgrounds and where they live. Maybe she already knew for a long time that it would never work, but neither of them had the guts…

Call me drastic but isn’t the normal response to this situation to want to chop his dick off? Or at least Carrie Underwood style personal property destruction? I’m not saying you would/should act on those feelings but as someone that has been blindsided by a long distance cheater I can speak from experience that my…

I KNOW. Glamorous graduate school life? They’re also going to need some footage of me eating ramen in a shithole studio apartment, and, like, renewing my glamorous bus pass.

Of course, he ALREADY has a story ready for his wife about “this crazy ex who won’t let go”.

I go to reddit/relationships on occasion because I’m a terrible person, and there are a surprising number of stories like this. As in, “I’ve had 20 people tell me he’s having an affair, I saw pictures of him proposing to another woman, and I physically walked in on him having sex - is he cheating on me?”

also, HE IS CLEARLY MARRIED and she STILL doesn’t get that at the end, which is mind-blowing. like, thats not an engagement party, sweetie.

Oh, hell no. He doesn’t deserve happiness. You AIR THIS SHIT OUT to the wife’s family by any means necessary, as quickly as possible. Annulments are easier than divorces.