My best friend and I used to go out for dessert all the time. Neither of us was on a diet, but we had to go through this verbal self-flagellation while we were eating. We had to talk about how fat it was making us (it wasn't) and how we shouldn't be eating it (who cares?). I think there must be some sort of cultural…

I didn't have a job until well into college. My "job," in high school, was to do well enough academically that I would get a full ride to college. There was no way that working part-time as a cashier at the local grocery would have earned me the $60,000 that my grades and SAT scores did. I don't think lacking a high…

Hardly ever. I don't want to throw them into the washing machine because the ones at the laundromat are too rough even on the gentle cycle. But I am so lazy about hand-washing. Sometimes I'll wear a bra into the shower and wash it there because that, for some reason, feels like less of a waste of time than…

Oh, that sounds really fun and creative. Wish I had some!

Good choices. Definitely drink lots of tea and get lots of rest. I hope you're feeling better soon!

You guys, I've been having so many cooking ideas lately! I always thought I was more of a baker, but I am expanding my horizons. Tonight, I'm making salad with broiled shrimp, avocado, mango, red onion, fresh mint, and baby greens with a lime dressing. Are you making anything exciting for dinner?

If it makes you feel any better, I was in the same situation a couple of months ago. My period was a week late. My period is never late. I was freaking out, but then it finally showed up. Sometimes shit just gets weird!

All of this, yes. And I definitely can't read at work anymore. (Not that I should have in the first place, but you know.)

Thank you for that! My life just got 100x better.

Queens! Queens is cool too. I never understood why Brooklyn gets all the love.

Yeah, I'm not saying we never see anything like that on here, but I want more! We have so many smart, successful ladies in the Jezebel community—I want to know their secrets of success!

I don't think we necessarily need more hopeful pieces (at least, not if they're not representative), but we definitely need more coping tactics. For example, men are getting the shit mentored out of them and women are not? Then how can women get themselves some mentors? I would love to see a series on office politics…

You may not mind it, but it's still an added responsibility that you have that he doesn't have. Acting in a managerial role contributes to the dynamic where women are the ones who are primarily responsible for domestic work and men "help out."

I think my boyfriend is just completely oblivious to the fact that anyone would judge anyone on whether their house is clean, which strikes me as naive.

"If I don't clean this thing it will never be cleaned" is a big one. For example, I am always the one in my household who takes out the garbage. If I point this out to my boyfriend, he says, "I always forget. You should tell me if you want me to do it." And I say, "I shouldn't have to tell you."

It seems to me like leaders might be leaders in the first place because they have qualities that people like, and having those qualities might lead to more dates. Confounding variables ahoy!

Passive aggressive cooking! Why is that a thing? LOL

I think he probably did, but he also might have been a little being passive aggressive because he was mad at me that we slept so long.

Can I please receive the secret code that when entered telephonically would pass me through to you, which means it would be your beautiful-ass number?

Ugh, I had a big, blow-up fight with my boyfriend tonight over stupid shit. We had an over-long post-coital nap, and he woke up angry that he slept so long and that we didn't make dinner. So he wakes me up and asks me what I want to do (Sleep. If you ask a sleeping person what they want to do, isn't the answer always…