See, your statement after the "Well if..." is untrue, so the rest of your post falls down.

Where did I say it did? I provided a piece of information that I thought you may be interested in, as you're commenting on the phenomenon.

Yes, but the comment I replied to said that the action itself was disconcerting, not the expectation to do it.

Carrying babies in slings is pretty common in Europe.

It could also be the Catholic Mother/Irish Mammy button, if those are options.

Congratulations for making that brave decision. Being with an alcoholic is hard, and it's doubly hard when you have some of the same tendencies yourself.

Me too! *high 5* Everything I did was intentional and I found he had just sorta...slid into it. I've never been into the concept of marriage, but it makes more sense to me now, when I think that actually asking him to make a real, adult decision might have made a difference a few years before the end.

It's hard when the other person's reasons are obviously not their true reasons. Either she knows this and is deliberately lying or she's rationalising in order to lie to herself. Another alternative is that she's being honest, but you're not taking this well, but let's leave that one aside. As you say, she doesn't owe…

Came here to post that, thanks :)

Elimination diet is the usual, but as the theory is that gluten consumption causes leaky gut for sensitive people, stool tests can also help. The presence of alpha-1-antitrypsin in stool can indicate leaky gut.

Yeah, I have problems with gluten too, and I also have problems with the final paragraph of the article - this dude is honourable and was fine with retracting his earlier statement, but plenty of people don't. The file drawer problem, funding issues and lack of study replications are also issues that make it harder…

Well, it was Down's syndrome, but then it was decided that saying that own owned the syndrome was weird and problematic, so it became Down Syndrome. Various charities have different versions of the name.

And then what happened? We need to know!

I really dislike it when people immediately jump to mental illness as an explanation of heinous crimes. Firstly, people with mental illness are already incredibly stigmatised, and this makes them more "Other". Secondly, they are much more likely to be victims of crime than perpetrators.

I agree to a certain extent - personality disorders tend to be enduring and difficult to treat, but it's not impossible, if the person really wants to work at it. Also there is more crossover between Axis I and II disorders than many people think. Personally I believe that borderline personality disorder is very…

Right, that's why white people are a minority in government jobs, I get you...

Okay, I know nothing about the NYT, but I have heard that it was shitty before she got the job, and if so, this might be an example of the Glass Cliff:

Haha no offense but jerking a dick is cake compared to even knowing where to begin with a vulva but nice try.

Could someone please post a link to the dude who came up with the alpha wolf concept retracting it, saying it was all in error, and wishing people would actually look at his more recent studies instead?

If you don't own the book, buy it, it's awesome.