Someone explain the touching! Men want to touch my husband’s beard all the time, and then when he gets drunk, he wants to touch theirs too! Why? You have your own, leave that man’s face alone!

My husband has a BEARD. It is a thing of beauty - he’s indian, so it’s bountiful anyway, but he’s also blessed with a near perfect..outline...? Is that the word? It’s very neatly beard-shaped is what I mean. He’s had it since roughly 3 months after we started dating, so I am pretty fuzzy on what he looked like…

In all honesty, all I know of Care.com I know from YouTube videos where babysitters have had awful experiences with scammers who have hired them. It really does sound like a glorified craigslist/gumtree, which, fine but why are care.com pretending it’s anything but?

Paying attention to people’s preferred pronouns/names is never frivolous. We can think the kardashians are awful (Caitlyn Kenner VERY much included) and still be respectful of her identity. It’s always worth pointing it out and getting it right 

I am also team lab-stones. I have an, admittedly, pretty flashy ring but it’s all lab-made diamonds, so it’s ethical, eco-friendly (as can be) and lets me pretend I’m way fancier than I am in real life. Foxtrot Fella is happy because he spent less than half of what we were quoted for a natural diamond. Everyone’s a…

I want an edited version where Allie stays with James Marsden, has a happy life drinking champagne with a man who clearly loves and respects her and doesn’t fuck him off to chase Ryan gosling round a lake.

This is completely new to me! Maybe it’s got something to do with the kind of advertising that aimed at each of us. I have to say, I looked at the info on the Instagram app a while back where it shows you which kinds of advertising they think you’ll be interested in...it was eye opening!

This article kind of lost me at “But unlike in other accessory categories where one direct-to-consumer brand dominates — Warby Parker in eyewear or Away in luggage”

This is 100% true. I’m british, work in the legal sector, which is stuffy and traditional in itself, but have recently moved to a US firm. The culture clash is REAL. Someone explained it to me once as “Americans say Thank You, Brits say Please”. It’s subtle, but it means that to my US colleagues, my emails come across…

A colleague of mine has just received a family heirloom engagement ring, exactly the same as Diana’s, and honestly the same size. Close up, it’s clearly beautiful, but whenever anyone sees it they must be thinking either “fake and tacky” or “primed for a mugging”. And I always wonder how she feels about being strong…

It’s actually not just Drake. One our our UK reality stars posted a similar pic on Instagram with the caption “so glad to count Millie as one of my friends” or some such. Makes me wonder if this is a deliberate campaign by her parents/management (who sound pretty shitty if the other comments here are anything to go…

I’ve actually always valued Cathy as one of the very few literary women who is evil all by herself. She’s not angry because a man was mean to her, or bitter because she’s been rejected. Nor was she redeemed by having children. Her story arch and motivations are completely inward facing and I quite liked that, if just…

On behalf of everyone outside the US for whom this trailer is “unavailable”, can I get this audio described, please?

I’m actually not aware of knackered as a slur. My understanding is that it derives from “knackers” who would slaughter old or injured horses. I don’t think they were particularly respected members of society, but I’m not sure if there’s a racial slur in there anywhere. Would be interested if you’ve got any more info…

Totally agree, particularly with your last paragraph. Thanks for the considered response - it’s a question with no one straight answer, I know

That’s really where my uncertainty came from. I am sure I’ve heard it used in a respectful way (obviously it’s far more often used as a slur, because people are trash) and don’t want to see it erased if the Roma people have claimed it. That said, it obviously shouldn’t be misused, and clearly wouldn’t apply to some…

Me neither (clearly), so I’ve always not used it and leaned towards “Traveller”, however, I’m fully aware that that doesn’t apply to everyone and many people of different cultural and ethnic groups wouldn’t appreciate that term either. I think part of the problem is probably the incorrect idea of all travelling…

Oh absolutely. A lot of the language used in talking, in any part, of the Traveller community is incredibly loaded. However, when I say the UK lexicon, I mean the BBC will publish an article about how institutional racism affects the “Gypsy and Traveller community”, so it’s clearly not being used as a slur there. I’d…

Re Jessica Biel, is the suggestion here that the word Gypsy is itself racist? Her use of it in that context is obviously not ideal, but I’m pretty sure many people self identify as part of the Gypsy and Traveller community. I know the more appropriate term is Romani, but Gypsy does seem to still be a pretty common…

This. Thought this was going to be about her duping colours, but they’re completely different. The packaging is, no doubt, exactly the same, but it’s a pretty basic design. In fact, the Kylie Jenner eyeshadow referenced also looks the same.