He should know, because you tell him, that you are seriously considering whether he is a worthy partner. You have to be able to count on him, the kids have to be able to count on him. It doesn't get more basic than that. And if he's not up to the job, not just self-flagellating lip service, then he is beneath the…

My FIL pulled a Newt and served my MIL with papers while she was in the hospital recovering from a hysterectomy. I'm looking forward to being completely unhelpful to him and his new wife whenever he starts getting old & sick.

I'm sure these conservatives will be happy to pay for all these babies needs with their tax dollars. They would never screech about having to pay for "anchor babies " or anything.

Damn it, now I'm reading my own comment in a Dalek voice.

When I was a junior, I had two male roommates, and was SUPER depressed. One day, when I'd been on a fairly long crying jag, my sweet, awkward roommate walks up to me, deposits some chocolate in my lap, says "please don't be sad" and runs off. Sometimes the sweetest guys just cannot handle dealing with feelings.

And this is exactly why we shouldn't count on churches/christian groups for social welfare. They always have horrible strings attached. If you can't follow the law, you do not get federal funding, how is that difficult?

When I was suddenly given a cancer diagnosis, we were stunned. But, I later found out from my mother that he called and told her that she didn't need to worry. He was not ever leaving me and that he would take care of her only child no matter what.

If I am reading the story correctly, the records were not subpoenaed but rather the university just handed records from the counseling center to its own lawyers completely outside of judicial process. I agree they may be discoverable, but this seems like a very different situation.

When I was in school, at one point I made use of my university's counseling center for several months during a personal crisis. I'm fucking horrified to find out that any records of my time there could be accessed like this, and had I known it wasn't covered under HIPAA I would have likely never made use of it in the…

But they should do it through the court system and the trial so that they are only given what a judge says they are allowed to view. This bypasses that system entirely and probably gets them documents they are not supposed to have.

However, the sad truth is that those 23-24 weeks NICU survivors statistically have terrible outcomes and require years of expensive medical care. "Viability" does not equal healthy child.

You have so much more self-control than I do! I tell myself over, and over, and over again, ONLY read Jezebel comments. Only read Jezebel comments. And then somehow, I find my eyes glancing down on yahoo articles.

Don't look at me. This Ohioan voted pro-choice candidates in every election - even mid-term - but my lone vote can't stem the tide of the ancient, Fox-News watching tea-billies in Warren County. They love bebehs, but pitch a goddamned fit when anyone suggests spending a bit more for educating dem bebehs when they…

I kick my cat all the time by accident.

This story is too soon after the one about Taco Bell's Cap'n Crunch frosting-filled bites for me to feel comfortable.

I hear he's getting the best attorneys for his vas deferens.

Clits*, you're* and oophorectomy (removal of the ovaries) would be the female equivalent

My best friend once told me that her mother — a harried single mom who was too tired to beat around the bush — told her that she simply would not ask questions she didn't want to know the answers to. I've always thought that was a wise take, and an indicator that come question time, shit was important.

A broad vocabulary as well as at least a beginner's level knowledge in various science fields and hobbyist knowledge of mythology from around the world, religious and non, is a good starting point.