Not to sound glib, because I'm really not trying to be, but the second one might not be as unimportant as one might think. My grand dad recently passed away, but before he did he was transfered from a VA hospital in Maine where he was being treated as a former Marine, to a private place (with much better food) and I…

I could have been the author of this comment, only I am still with my guy (and he thankfully began to see how negative his attitude was and sought help on his own, for which I am eternally proud of him).

I depends. I'm a writer, and while I don't always like the negative things people say sometimes, a lot of it is constructive. I think the important thing is to stay away from places where the negativity isn't also helpful, and learn to have a thicker skin.

This. I am writer as well, and somewhat of a public figure (thought obviously not as huge as MLP or even as big as Katie here) and I learned early on to stop reading the comments if I start getting down on myself or I feel I can't take the criticism. And I have a pretty thick skin. It's the best way to do what you…

Obviously she has sun damage, but you can't just point to yourself as some kind of standard for what is average or normal. That's anecdata at best.

I love me some Nigella, but if looking that great means I have to wear this every time I go to the beach then I think I'll take my chances.

Liz Taylor drank, smoked, drugged and tanned at least as much as the rest of them, if not much more and looked amazing at this age. I think the majority of it is genetics and the rest is a choice you gotta make. I don't smoke, simply because I never picked up the habit, but I won't stop having a few cocktails on the…

I have too, and I also see "regular" women her age everyday. She is average, no better no worse.

Or, ya know, she could have picked up the phone like a professional. I don't think she's talented enough to be pulling these shenanigans, and there are artists 10X more talented than her that treat people with respect and DON'T make people sign up for an outdated internet messaging system to talk to them.

I met Senor Beans at 23 and 7 years later we're still grossly, deliriously happy (with some babies in the mix) so it CAN happen. I don't see us feeling differently in the near future. And it was me who was leery at first. I felt the same way in the beginning.

I have three kids and I hate the whole bitching about labor and nursing bit. I know for some women it's damn hard, but honestly, for me? It was overrated. I had easy labors, nursing was only painful and difficult for a couple of months, and all in all motherhood is NOT the hardest job I've had.

Wut? We're not doing this bullshit, Mommy Wars shit again, right? Am I hallucinating?

You sound like my dad, he has an iron stomach. Lucky bastard! I guess some people are just more sensitive. I will say that when I ate other meat-type-foods I did't have that reaction, only McDonalds. Though I'm back to being a vegetarian again.

I don't think it was the meat that did it to me, it was all the other garbage that's in Micky D's. I shat for legit 2 days. It was so gross.

Exactly! This behavior needs to STOP! lol

Ugh. I never cease to be ashamed of Jerry Springer, especially as a former Cincinnatian. He was a civil rights leader and worked with the likes of Bobby Kennedy and Jesse Jackson, if memory serves me. It's so sad to see what he's become. Though I still say kudos for paying for a hooker with a fucking personal check.

I never shat as hard as I shat when I ate a Big Mac after 7 years of vegetarianism. True story.

Aww, that is rough. I know how you feel. I still miss my cat (who was cleverly named "Cat") a ton and she passed away almost 10 years ago. :(

I literally just kissed my wonderful husband and called him a fucktart. Sometimes I will call him my tarty fuck, if I'm feeling saucy.

But how does shoving these facts into a rape victims face help anything? You know how that kind of thing made me feel after I was raped? Shitty. I KNOW I should have maybe been more careful, but I was drinking with someone I considered a close friend. I thought I was safe. So when people like you run around saying I…