My DDs appreciate your sympathies, and wonder if you could maybe lean over and talk to me really intently for about 30 seconds, so I can itch them on the bus.

Yes. Sometimes a boob itch is masked by bra adjustment.

Underboob itch is my own personal hell.

I think steering clear is wise. I know the way that it was discussed by my commenters made me feel terrible as someone whose lost a loved one to addiction, and I'm not at risk of relapse.

Obviously the only person who put a needle in my sister's arm was her. But there are SO many places where societal, healthcare, and legal systems set her up for such an outcome and did nothing to help her find her way out.

I also think it's really telling that he says "...Mia Farrow had accused me." Mia didn't accuse him. Dylan did.

"I don't understand, did you fall down?"

Mark, this is a wonderful essay, and I'm glad someone wrote it. I especially appreciate your last paragraph. My sister died from her addictions a few months ago, and while I'm glad to see the increased conversation about addiction and relapse (though could really do without some of the harsh and judgmental comments…

Sometimes in July, too.

I think one of the (many) problems with the emphasis society places on romantic love over other kinds of love is that is cheapens the loss of those other kinds of love. We expect people to miss their ex's, even when the break-up was the right thing to do. We an understand why women have a hard time leaving an abusive…

I require more information.

One of my good friends met her boyfriend that way! They were totally above-board while she was his TA, but started dating basically immediately after. No one believed her that they weren't dating the whole time, and I'm always like "want to see my texts? Trust me, they weren't dating and I heard ALL about it." Plus,…

That's so sweet!

At first I was all:

I was so sad to learn about the Amish and puppy mills, and it's such a weird association! I've heard that a lot of how the puppy mills get shut down are things like zoning and noise violations (because, you know, animal cruelty isn't a compelling enough reason, I guess), so be on the lookout for those!

WAIT, I want in on this HofD convo. I am embarassed by how devastated I was by that break up. The whole episode I was like, "Yay! AB's gonna get engaged!" but then....no. And she's has quickly become my favorite character on the show.

Me too! Clearly still beautiful women with above-average looks, but also the kind of beautiful women I might know in real life, as opposed to the intimidating red-carpet beautiful which just seems unreal.

They absolutely do, but I was struck by how they looked sort of normal-beautiful, which isn't actually a term, but by which I mean they are clearly beautiful women, but they look like the kind of beautiful women I know or would know, as opposed to the intimidatingly unreal beautiful they look on the red carpet or in…

I love Robin Wright, but she looks like she'd rather be napping than at this party.

I was actually wondering if that's why! My mom's dog's tongue lolls out, too, since she's missing teeth and her jaw is messed up. It looks cute, but is ultimately really sad.