Meh, I agree that probably the majority of relationships that start out that way don't end in happily ever after, and I am adamantly opposed to unfaithfulness in relationships (open marriages are a completely different story), but love comes in many packages.

It skeeves me out, and my dad would be similarly skeeved out by any man asking for his permission for my hand in marriage. I can imagine he would just respond with, "Wait, what? I don't know, ask her yourself."

I was wondering about that. Thanks for the info.

Dealbreaker!

My mom recently pointed out that I'm developing a tiny bit of a southern Indiana drawl from going to school here. Yeah there are obviously lots of different factors going into voice pitch—very interesting!

I giggled in the highest pitch I could conjure! :)

Understood. Well I'm truly sorry that this has been difficult on you.

Out of curiosity, what do you mean, you knew her tangentially?

She has an amazing ass, as highlighted by her adorable thong. And beautiful tattoo!

I didn't laugh once. Does this mean I'm dead, or they are? I think I felt my internal organs seize up in agony, if that means anything.

Agreed, and very well-said. Since Jennifer is equally talented and wonderful a performer as both her "old self" and her "new self," the only juxtaposition that's being drawn by the commercial here is that of her body types. Like, we're supposed to automatically assume that the skinnier version is better. And sure,…

Meh, maybe it's just my hopeful attempt at optimism, but I think the sexual assault victims are on there because of their bravery in speaking out about their attacks, not just because they were attacked. Maybe?

Yeah, I mean we can't know for sure, but that's how it seemed to me too. Again though, I don't feel like I can speak for her on the basis of her minority status because I have white privilege and all that, but that's just not what I saw going on here. What I saw was sexism.

Thank you for commenting this! It's exactly what I would've said. I'm glad that most people can see through the stigma surrounding the bad things she did and see that they were a result of emotional issues, and that the reason why she deserves respect is because she got treatment and courageously spoke out about what…

Seconded. Hell yeah.

Yeah, ugh. So sad. I'm not entirely sure if the passengers would really be able to witness it, but I've heard that train conductors can get intense PTSD from hitting someone on the tracks—primarily because there was nothing they could do to prevent it, so there's nothing they can do to stop that horror from happening…

My 81-year-old iPhone-wielding grandma is the most tech-savvy person I know, whereas I can hardly understand something like 75% of the texts that my 53-year-old mother sends me. Tech skills and age are far from linear, y'all.

Feel free to enlighten me here (seriously, I'm not trying to sound pretentious—I'm a white girl and realize that I can always have things to learn about minority experiences), but I didn't see this so much about race, but about gender. Of course, this could easily have been affected by the common cultural portrayal of…

Demi Lovato gets more and more of my respect with the more I find out about her. I admire her courage, and although I wasn't personally outraged by that Disney comment on eating disorders (note: I do find it offensive and in extremely foul taste, however!), she is 100% in the right to publicly comment on it. I'm glad…

I'm from the Chicago area and take the El frequently, too (green line). I'm glad to hear that you've also witnessed a lack of dangerous experiences with it. I've noticed how overly careful people are around the trains, too (probably because I also fall under that category), and I've never seen anybody messing around…