It appears Clinton didn’t quite crack the rubric’s questions, which included items like, “Did the person trigger a watershed change,”

I think it really depends on the family. I was raised with step-brothers who I would consider “brothers” because I grew up with them as my brothers. I also have a half-sister, who I didn’t grow up with at all. I sometimes clarify that she’s my half-sister because people will be confused as to why I have a sister whose…

I only have halfs and adopted (I’m the adoptee.) I call the siblings I grew up with brothers and sisters. I call the ones I didn’t grow up with halfs. M M didn't grow up with the crazy one, so.it makes sense to call her a half.

Yeah... Meghan seems to get her normalcy from her mom. Her father, and especially her half-sister, are needy attention whores (for lack of a better term), and Samantha, especially, loves to project her faults onto her sister.

Yeah, the behavior of both Thomas and Samantha definitely crosses the boundary of ‘attention seeking’ or ‘embittered’ into some type of pathology.

I completely understand your point, but I think MOAR’s explanation (in this thread) is the most likely reason for its wide-ranging usage.

I think the term is used to highlight the fact that Megan’s mother, the supportive parent who declines the spotlight, is NOT Samantha’s mother and the only connection Megan and Samantha have is that guy.

I seriously think Meghan’s family of origin has some personality disordered people (mainly her dad) and their enabling minions. Its not a normal level of dysfunction. Maybe some Borderline or Narcissism. Poor Meghan.

Posh is easily the most replaceable spice girl. 

Is Meghan Markle’s half-sister 10 years old and in need of a nap?

Yeah, I can’t fault Cooper for this. I’m surprised to learn that Peters would’ve been due credit because he produced the THIRD version of the story.

If you can get The Good Place, that is the most enjoyable and thoughtful show on television that I know of. Season 2 was released on Netflix US a couple of weeks ago, and Season 3 will air soon.

I absolutely think you should talk to a therapist about it. Yes yes yes.

my dissatisfaction with my sex life was an indicator of the emotional abuse that I was experiencing

Thank you for sharing that. I think that’s a really important story.

About a year ago, I started posting on here about how I was dissatisfied with my sex life with my husband. With support from this community, I started seeking therapy and came to realize that my dissatisfaction with my sex life was an indicator of the emotional abuse that I was experiencing. I left my husband in…

It depends on the situation.

It sounds like you had the option of staying at home with your kid or bringing him along to work. I think many, many women are repulsed and traumatised by the machines and the process but do not have the luxury of choice. For health, economic or social reasons people may not be able to nurse, so their choice is…

I definitely felt that way. But that’s just what you have to do if you want to breast feed and have a job. Or even for stay at home moms- if you want to ever be able to be away from your baby for more than 3 hours at a time.

Yeah, but Zimmern is that friend we all have who, no matter what the context, will always try to “make it a party!!!” He’s a human labrador retriever. Bourdain was, at least publicly, more nuanced. Not everything is happy. Looking at, say, Vietnam as an American only through a happy, upbeat lens would be a failure. It…