Move to a purple state and keep pushing against the republican agenda! Carolinas if you’re into the mild climate. Arizona or New Mexico if you’re a desert type. New Hampshire if you love seasons. 🌷🌾🍂🌨 Really, the pristine, ever-changing outdoor experience is what we have on lock down!

Go way north in CA. It’s affordable.

Then make places that aren’t California and New York more attractive to move to. People flock to these places for a reason. Encourage arts and cultural exhibits, activities, etc. Have more jobs. Have things to do. And encourage the locals to be less dickish to people who aren’t white or straight or Christian (if…

I read way too many of these (up until “foxhead garlands”) before realizing this was satire.

we run out of wine, ice cream and coffee, POTUS banes pot and other recreational drugs, including birth control.

I also like going to the movies alone, because other people talk and steal my popcorn.

26 year-old guy over here but same issue. I get a lot of “You’re too picky” and “Lower your standards” and that kind of stuff from a few friends. It’s like... sorry I’d prefer to date someone who is respectful, kind, and has their personal and professional life in order (within reason of course, we all have our stuff,…

There’s the rub. I’ve met men that are good people that would make good partners but whats the point of having a committed sexual relationship with if there’s no attraction? Attraction is odd. I get that’s its a cultural construct but to most people it feels intrinsic. I have a type that’s pretty well set. I try to…

I also don’t get the whole lower your standards things on a more basic level of attraction. Like it usually only takes a date or two before I know whether or not in into someone And if I’m not, I’m not. That’s it.

I remember sobbing on the phone to my father one day about how I’m pretty convinced I’d be alone forever after the traumatic end of yet another abusive relationship. He assured me that I would, that he knows I will, that there’s someone for everyone.

Thank you for sharing.

amen to this, I get this all. the. time. I’m sorry if I can’t make myself fall in love with some loser simpleton just for the sake of having a partner!

I have to completely support the notion that you had about the two things that you did to find love — which had nothing to do with actually seeking it out: 1. being comfortable with yourself no matter what your relationship circumstance and in particular with being single/alone; and 2. doing things that you enjoy and…

And honestly I really don’t consider myself picky. My standards are: good sense of humor, not an MRA/RP/GG/anti-feminist, not painfully shy. I don’t have a physical “type”, I just need there to be some sort of spark or connection. I’ve been asked out by a couple guys who were attractive but who I just had nothing in…

The only recipe you need: http://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/11376-no-knead-bread

I want to learn to make bread. I fucking love bread and want to learn to make it when ever I have a craving for a fresh warm crusty loaf.

Well, the thing is, you aren’t alone. In this particular pain, you have a shared experience with countless others (myself included).

I’ve grown up with several women who weren’t married and they weren’t looked down on. In some cases they were admired because they had freedom other women didn’t. It’s not bad to be alone.

Except Aimee doesn’t sound happy about it at all. She sounds miserable as hell, like being alone is not something she wants but something she must get used to. Resigned to her fate so to speak.

What is it with other people being so goddamn shitty about other people lives and their lifestyle choices? These are the same people who can’t imagine a married couple being childless by choice. Not everyone wants the same things in life but that doesn’t mean their lives are without content.