Having been a victim of both pathetic pleading (thank you guys for giving it a name) and also intimidation, I feel skeeved out by the pathetic pleader, because in the end I felt so stupid for buying into all his lies. The guy who intimidated me into it was at least being open about his intentions, so I'm less bothered…

Meditation doesn't come right away to people, and some days I still just can't do it. It takes some patience and practice is all.

That does seem very simple. I wonder if the reason she was even asking is that she's one of those "I tell my parents everything" type people and wasn't sure where the line was between her own privacy (which she's free to ignore) and her child's (which she's not).

We watched Ringu 2 this weekend. It sat around our house for, like, six weeks because we were so very interested in it. I finally insisted we watch the damn thing this weekend, and hoo boy is it bad. Just not a good movie at all, not even bad in an interesting way, just bad in an incompetent way. It was dispiritingly…

These kind of discussions always make me grateful to be a lady. No one can see if I'm aroused!

That's the right attitude to take on aging!

I don't doubt it. I don't go to McDonald's when I want to eat healthy. If I want to eat healthy, I make something at home!

I think your question is worthwhile. Single me would have totally been afraid to say yes to that, however, single me also would have been intrigued.

Very​ well said!

I've been married since 2001, so my last ex is 20 years into the past. It recently occurred to me that he could be dead (we had no friends in common and don't live in the same place anymore). Of course, that would be the worst-case-scenario, the one I wouldn't want to hear about if it were true. Sometimes I wonder if…

Oh my word yes! I remember how the worst thing that was likely to come of your nude photo sessions was an awkward conversation with the film developer…

I always felt that it meant what you said above: Reducing the person to an object of your fantasies instead of considering them as a whole, independent person worthy of your respect. If you're objectifying, you don't want to get to know that person better or whatever, because they aren't a full person in your eyes. I…

I read "The Magic Penis Flute" and was nearly on the floor laughing!

Thanks for making me feel like a better parent! I resisted the urge to either photograph or film my child waking up from anesthesia, although it WAS pretty funny.

People DO that?

You might be doing this procrastination thing wrong…

Thanks for explaining.

Someone else remembers Reaper!

It was bad enough the last time around, and even worse was the one before that because it messed up Star Trek The Next Generation!

I have a kid. His obsession is Minecraft, but otherwise, a very similar story to you. I am well and truly sick of waiting for him to finish watching Minecraft videos, sick of hearing Minecraft videos. I don't have advice. I expect it is something developmental, where they reach a point where they can find video more…