I wonder if there was no previous relationship in the sense that he probably never broke up with her. I had a coworker this gullible and it was heartbreaking, she didn’t know how to just cut him off.

Taking my kid to campus, crying the night before my thesis is due, despair over my job prospects...

1. No.

NO. STOP.

My guess is she is wearing wigs.

The problem is not that she’s a white person leading an NAACP chapter. The problem is that she’s a white person who seemingly lied about being black and then headed an NAACP chapter.

Would YOU wanna be the person who questioned the racial credentials of the new president of your NAACP chapter? How bad would you look if you were wrong? I think there was plenty of talk but no one wanted to be that person who asked her if she was really black.

“Hey, you’re black, right?”

Right? This totally gave me the Sads.

I once had a conversation with someone about how I couldn’t decide whether Jim Gordon in Gotham looks handsome or like a potato. I have decided he looks like a very handsome potato.

Yes - do everything but risk forming an actual human connection.

Princeton Mom. Probably helped him write it.

Wow, here I thought The Rules was complicated and contradictory! Poor boys! The gist of the email is : whatever you do, do not be a human being with emotions. Protect yourself at all times so that you can never be laughed at or hurt. You can never be your authentic self or let down your guard.

And the day that boys start wearing spaghetti straps, that will be fair.

I’m finding it surprising how many people were raised with such a lack of social niceties. This is a very interesting post in that way.

“I don’t want to so I’m not going to” sometimes isn’t the best way to teach a kid to deal with situations.

For fucks sake. When I was young, even if I didn’t want to go to a classmates party, my parents dragged me there anyways. Some days aren’t about you. Plus, you get cake. Go to the party!

Not that any of this is right or wrong, but I lived in West Virginia for fifteen years and never saw cole slaw on top of one hot dog. Not saying I wouldn't eat it.

Dammit, why do we always get lumped in with those downstate assholes?

—Everyone In New York But Not In New York City