I’ve been feeling gutted since yesterday. Even my husband, who shrugs at celebrity deaths, cried over this. It’s tragic and awful, and I don’t understand why he’d leave behind his beloved Ariane. Bourdain was an extraordinary cultural anthropologist, who deduced, correctly, that we can all understand each other…

We adopted a rescue dog five years ago after spending a lot of time narrowing down what kind of dog we wanted. Decide what size dog you want. Decide the energy level of the breed. I’d suggest a mellow breed, one that doesn’t require hours of daily exercise or will eat the furniture if it’s bored. Animal Planet’s…

No. I’m a petite person and would likely fall over.

I’m very sorry for your loss. Noodles with Bourdain would be a pretty cool after-life experience.

I’m so very sorry for your loss. I hope your husband and Mr. Bourdain are sharing a pisco sour and eating the most heavenly roasted pork.

I’m taking Bourdain’s death hard as well. Not only because I’ve been a fan since Kitchen Confidential, but because the man had a lot of humanity in him.

I am so very sorry for your losses. And your reliving of them.

I’ve been in a state of shock all day. He left an 11-year-old daughter who he clearly loved most dearly. I don’t understand. Today sucks big time.

You are truly an amazing, open-hearted, and wise person. I’m in awe.

It sounds like you ARE a special person in people’s lives.

That’s how Robin Williams killed himself.

I second that!

My father died when I was 24, but my mother only passed last year. She was generally doing well, but wanting to downsize, etc. Then she got sick about five years ago. Really sick. Four hospitalizations in six weeks, and two extensive rehab stays. She was 82 at the time. She never fully came back, which is typical. It…

The main concern is that Davidson got clean, looked really healthy for a while, and might possibly be using again. In recent photos, he looks and sounds awful.

That is sweetly romantic, and I like it.

Ugh.

A family of attention hogs, except for her mother, who seems relatively reasonable.

She’s the worst! If Meghan weren’t about to become part of the royal family, she might be bitching about them on Saturday Night Social.

I feel sorry for Meghan. Her family is certainly quite dramatic and often embarrassing.

You can simply say, “Yes, I have,” and change the subject with deliberation. Unless your family are completely immune to nuance, that might do it. If not, then feel free to point out those new grey hairs and wrinkles on your relatives.