You would prefer sackcloth and fucking ashes maybe? And don’t waste time telling me why you think professional actors should stay away from one of the most visible evenings in their chosen profession.

Ding ding ding.

That is how I see it. He has always been extremely supportive of his daughter (see his reaction to her winning an Oscar). Weinstein caused her real harm as opposed to stepping in Paul Sorvino’s territory.

I have the same reaction and had been wondering why his comments read differently, and I think it’s because they don’t come across as defensive of his daughter’s sexual purity as angry for her unfairly frustrated ambitions.

Usually the “dad who makes violent threats on behalf of his daughter” trope makes me roll my eyes, but in this case it’s both valid and awesome.

Me, too. I’m kinda unhappy they cornered him leaving the grocery store, but I did like what he said. Maybe he needs a boxing gym membership to help with the upcoming events? Maybe Sly Stallone or somebody could sponsor him!

My god, when I watch the horrible shell that SVU is now and think about those early L&O episodes, I realize how far we’ve slid as a society.

There ain’t a musical performer alive today that doesn’t owe The Beatles a debt. You don’t have to like their music, but they shaped the modern landscape. They’re legends.

She is very talented. So were the Beatles. It’s totally fine to admit both.

Good point.

After being ghosted by the first person I’d felt was a real possibility in my entire adult life (I was 37), my therapist at the time, who had been online dating for many years with mixed results, said she had come to the conclusion that many men (probably also women) were in it for the thrill and validation of someone…

People may be thinking “well, MY husband isn’t going to bail like yours did!” but I bet somewhere deep down they know it can happen to anyone.

This is the shit I’m working on right now, and have been for at least a couple years now. It’s really tough, and of course a big part of what makes it so difficult is that you necessarily have to struggle through it alone — if you do it while leaning on anyone else, it’s just not going to work, because, like you say,…

“I do have a few, emphasize FEW, friends whose male partners seem to fit this bill. Even with them, though, I don’t feel like their lives are overall better than mine. They just involve different trade-offs.”

And I’d be the kind who was up shit creek—you know, when the man leaves and suddenly she can’t pay the bills. Since this easily could have happened to me, had I not been so committed to work, I have a special pass to mention it all the time, and I do. People may be thinking “well, MY husband isn’t going to bail like…

Right? A lot of times all you can do is grit your teeth and trust when others can see the beauty of who you are because you just can’t right now.

The biggest gift my family ever gave me was that fully 50% of each generation don’t get married and become kickass uncles and aunts, for something like four generations now. So I was raised in an environment where being an old single was never “the wrong path” or some sort of lingering doom.

Can I pipe in from the opposite angle? ‘Cause I’m old.

I can definitely tell you the moment I decided my husband was going to be my husband, but I can also give a list of things that could end our relationship. Relationships are hard and require a LOT of work and those issues are the things we keep working at and working through.

Aimee, I’m not going to tell you you’ll find someone or you won’t die alone or the right guy is out there but you need to relax.