Do we have a comparable 25 year study of couples that remained unhappily married?

It is kinda messed up- but she’s far more profoundly feminist than she gets credits for with this endless “Christian mommy blogger” label. Her book has some passages about raising daughters in our society that are very moving and terrifying. I was really surprised by my positive reaction to her book.

A lot of bi people have trouble defining themselves as such, especially if they’re “mostly straight” or still trying to figure it out. It can take time to come to terms with yourself.

We don’t get to define her sexuality, though. If she doesn’t or doesn’t yet have a label for her sexuality based on her current feelings and past feelings and behavior, that’s her business. My interpretation of her comment is that she fell for this specific woman, and she hasn’t defined her broader patterns of…

IDK. She isn’t straight but she married a man and had kids with him; she can not be a lesbian and marry a woman. What happened to bisexuality or accepting a more fluid and less defined sexuality?

She is saying that she falls in love with a person rather than a gender. Many people identify this way- nothing wrong with it at all- makes perfect sense if you understand that gender and sexuality are fluid concepts anyway.

I would love to see Jezebel cover more stories about addiction. It affects so, so many lives and can be so inspirational with recovery stories such as this.

Not sure what your situation is like, but if, like me, you have a family member whose alcoholism or addiction is affecting you, there is a 12 Step program called Al-anon, which is tailored to “family and friends” of alcoholics/addicts. I highly recommend it. Al-anon has given me a new perspective, and the tools to…

My experience too.

Same. My dad is an alcoholic and I would definitely describe aspects of their relationship toxic. Are either of them toxic people when he isn’t using? Not in the slightest. But both of them have a very odd way of working towards a happy and healthy relationship

My ex was a sexual abuse survivor and subsequent sexual addict (or compulsive if you prefer) and while I wouldn’t call myself a toxic person in any sense, our relationship was incredibly toxic, and I always related a lot to Khloe when I read about what they went through. I doubt she’s a bad person, but she is…

Speaking as an alcoholic, relationships with people who are addicted or alcoholic are usually toxic, for all parties. IMO, it doesn’t necessarily mean Khloe herself is toxic.

Consider the person you were when you were 12 and how much an intimate relationship with an adult might have prevented you from gaining enough sense of self to advocate for yourself and learn appropriate boundary-setting. People who are habitual daters/fuckers of much younger partners seem to be primarily drawn to the…

Bob’s Burgers did it first.

Pacey?

If these were two gay people being persecuted for their orientation, this column would be full of outrage.

I’m trying to understand, seriously, how this piece, which is the author rationalizing her parent’s early relationship, is somehow worthy of our attention as a revealing look at teacher-student and/or adult-illegally young sexual relationships.

“The inherent power imbalance created by their social roles feels offset by the one imbued by their genders.”

All these stories remind me of Mitch Hedburg’s ‘Apartment Depot’:

“You know what else kind of sucks? Not knowing your neighbors.”