Another really good option is realizing that nobody cares if you send out engagement announcements.

Seriously, who makes personal calls when they’re not in the car these days? I have an hour-long commute in each direction, and as soon as I arrive at home or at work, I need to be present and paying attention to the people who depend on me there (co-workers/clients/boss or kids/husband/pets). If I’m calling you at…

I don’t think any states ban hands-free cell use, right? Because I am the person who calls you on my drive home, but I use my bluetooth. It’s not very different from talking to a passenger sitting in my car.

This is the part of the conversation where I tell you I've been talking on the phone while driving for 11 years and I'm not stopping now. Ps, zero car accidents in my driving history. Not even one.

I’m not much of a play guy

After Nick’s mother apologized,

A larger problem is that we live in a society where men feel entitled to shoot a woman (or otherwise harass/assault) because she did not accept the man’s advances. The goal here is that the odd of being shot should because you do not want to be harassed should be zero, or at least not higher because you are a woman…

In 2012, the last year a large study of gun violence against women was tracked, there were 33 female victims a week of gun violence, four every day. Higher than any other wealthy developed nation. Guns were the most common method of killing women. 93% were killed by someone they knew. This may seem statistically…

She asked a rhetorical question implying this proves women are in high danger of being shot over rejection

Here’s the thing about statistics like these: just as any doctor or epidemiologist will tell you about your chance of getting a disease, the risks on a population level are not the same as they are on an individual level. In this example, let’s just say the chance of getting a disease is 30%. This works fine on a…

actually it happens all the time. But you’re more of the type to make statements without actually reading anything so....

“Women are more likely to be killed or maimed by male violence than by cancer, malaria, traffic accidents and war combined.”

Semantics games and hair splitting I GOT A BINGO.

And yet I don’t believe that violence escalates in this manner, generally speaking, without an initial pattern of harrassment and “flipping out”. We countenance one in subtle and pervasive ways in this culture; and it (in certain cases) inevitably leads to violence. Most people do not turn on a pin and shoot someone:…

Oh please. You are disingenuous. You were pretending that the OP wasn't relating this specific incident to a wider culture of men feeling entitled to women's bodies. You're pretending it was about specifically fearing that we will be shot at a mall. That's bullshit and you know it. If you didn't purposely…

Quit being a disingenuous sealioning fuckwit. You’re acting like being shot is the only form of retaliation women ever experience for saying no. It isn’t. There’s a million different ways men refuse to take no for an answer and every woman has experienced at least one of them. Since these guys don’t wear signs, we…

“She asked a rhetorical question implying this proves women are in high danger of being shot over rejection”

People ‘arguably’ have a reason o be insulted by you locking your car door?

HELLO, if he’s a Nice Guy he won’t do it. Duh. That’s why you should appreciate a Nice Guy, you superficial slut. They can use their fedoras as chinese stars if anyone threatens your safety.

No. The person responsible would be the one with the gun. Everyone makes choices. If someone threatens to pull the trigger if she takes the stage, the choice to pull the trigger does not then pass to her, it remains with the person who's pulling the trigger. They don't have to threaten innocent lives.