As long as they don’t corner me in a With me or against me kind of situation, I would keep both parts of the couple as friends. Especially if we’re talking about a normal breakup. Unless one of the parties did something really terrible, I don’t think I need to pick anyone, ‘cause their relationship drama is theirs,…

From personal experience, it’s weird for a bit, then one day it’s the new normal when a pair of friends breaks up, but neither leaves the group.*

If my boyfriend and I broke up right now, I’d lose five of his friends that I care about: his four coworkers and his cousin, who shares my love of RuPaul’s Drag Race. Truthfully, with his cousin, we’d stay friends and I frequently talk to one of his coworkers enough that we would remain friends too.

I know it’s a character defect to some, but I have learned to be able to let folks go if they want to go. I too am not very socially oriented. I don’t got time for the kids and their snapbooks, reefer parties, and pop music, so I can help you move if we still cool, but Sweet Potato Sam ain’t bout to chase you down for…

I am a man. Once a woman told me that after she broke up with one of her college boyfriends, she continued to hang out with his grandmother. She told the grandmother that he broke up with her, and the grandma would call the exbf and scold him for dumping this lovely young woman.

They pick, I don’t—but they don’t pick by their words, they pick by their actions. It’s not “her or me, man,” it’s “do you have my back right now.” Friends are people, not toasters and DVRs. What I think of our friendship and relationship isn’t as important, at that particular time, as what they do, and by leaving the…

Luckily, every time I’ve been in this situation, they have chosen for me. As in, one member of the breakup distances themselves from the group and bows out.

Seems like a mute point, if the breakup wasn’t dramatic why make it worrying about this?

Are these ride or die friends or 2nd or 3rd tier friends? It might just be my group of friends, but my closest friends share everything with each other. They are Friends. They’re spouses and significant others will always be friends. They get invitations to events as long as they are with my Friends. After that, I…

it’s up to the friends to choose, it’s up to the ex-partners to decide to be bothered by their choices.

He’s just a troll now. Well, he was before his entire existence was exterminated by the dragging he has just sustained.  RIP, “Michael Rappart” (LOL). Hopefully when he gets reincarnated, it’s as someone who’ll pick better targets. He should never in his pale life again consider coming for Sister Janet.

You know, I think I am one of those people who won’t be having kids for environmental/financial reasons. While I think I would actually enjoy having kids, I don’t feel like I would enjoy them enough to justify the variety of other issues such as:

I’ve used the climate change and over population excuses for going on 4 decades. And you’re right that it is somewhat disingenuous. Nevertheless, I am a glass half empty kind of guy and when I think about the future it looks so bleak that I wouldn’t want to have passed this legacy onto children. I never talk about…

It’s just another way to feel superior to the “mombies” and “daddicts” (commonly used terms, I shit you not).

Childfree is the term most people use, but it’s still vaguely clunky and smacks of angsty rebellion a bit much for my taste.

We need another word that is more choice-based. The opposite of “parent.” Like... “Tnerap.” I chose this.

Yup, I’ve been around enough kids to know that I want no part of it. I don’t even mourn the idea of not having kids of my own. Enough so that I kind of don’t even want to bother dating until I’m too old to have kids so I don’t get badgered about it.

Childless implies a loss. For those of us who never want children, trust me: we’re not sitting here agonizing over it. It’s no loss.

What a spineless little suck-up to put Questlove on the spot like that and then take anything he says as validation. Of course Questlove isn’t going to argue with him on the air. He is at work and he happens to work for the least combative talk show host in the history of talk shows. It is his job to be agreeable and…

He would never have shared the stage with you in life, Justin, you entitled, jumped up, knock-down bargain basement Michael Jackson tribute act twat.