I honestly expected 30-40, and I’d still tell him to chill. Ain’t your place, if she’s with you (and clean), she’s with you. Not that he even has a great leg to stand on with all of this, Mr. 10 ONSs (with convenient caveat).

Yup. Pretty much this.

If she’s only had five partners in the span of her lifetime, that’s nothing at all—especially by comparison to the numbers that some folks rack up (and in a much shorter time frame).

In either case, the most important thing is not that she’s been with one, five, or fifty people before the Letter…

The second guy thinks five partners is a concerning amount of sexual history...?? Buddy... that’s not even the least bit unreasonable.

My two sons think their dicks are fucking hilarious.

Yeah, he notes that he was 35, like the clock was ticking, but leaves out that she was not (she’s almost 10 years younger than him).

I’m starting to think there’s a reason he was so good at playing a rapist vampire.

It probably isn’t a coincidence, but it’s likely not nearly as insidious as it seems. Kotaku generally makes a strong effort to link sources, and I always see articles linking back to reddit posts. If they don’t, it’s usually safe to say that they got it from somewhere other than reddit. After all, Reddit isn’t the…

I’m also disgusted by the assumption everyone involved takes of well, he threw them out. That’s it and sex without birth control is inevitable. Like she can’t leave him, refuse him, get a refill on the prescription, or whatever. Oh, no, the man threw them out and there’s no other options.

she wasn’t sure, he was “sure”, so he pushed his way in, right?? it’s healthy.

That’s because it is sexual assault.

I’m so confused how this is any kind of charming.

Seriously, how coddled and unduly confident do you have to be to think that this will just go over as a cute story? This is someone that has never faced consequences in his life.

So not only did he throw out her birth control, but then he made sure he was filmed “interviewing” her about it because he knew she would freak the fuck out. Well, that’s....disgusting.

Does Somerhalder assume people will find this story charming because he’s not ugly? Because it contains at least 3 of the warning signs of abuse in the booklet my doctor gave me at my first prenatal visit.

Yeah let me tell you. It takes a lot of manipulation to get a person to the point where a dude can throw away all her birth control pills while a friend films it and then she can have his baby. Just based on this interview, he’s been pushing her boundaries and testing her limits since they first starting dated.…

If Dr. Berlin did not bring up “reproductive coercion” in the podcast, someone should contact the California medical board.

I will never be able to see this smug asshole without thinking about how he pulled this shit. Had Reed been smart she would have dumped him then and never looked back. A man who would do this kind of thing has zero respect for you.

Hey—I actually hadn’t seen that until just now! Very interesting. This article was inspired by overhearing my boss getting frustrated with GameStop over the phone when he asked about their Switch pricing.

Kinda makes you wish we could have an annual Hunger Games where all the contestants are CEOs, doesn’t it?

Definitely price gouging. They’re literally asking for protection money (or a “warranty” as they call it).