I'm really very sorry for your experience. I strongly empathize and I'm glad that you seem to have a very good grasp on how to handle your situation. I hope you're well.

Wow... I mean, I totally get that custody battles get ugly. But the dog licking the kid's face thing... I'm sorry, but that's kind of a joke. Lots of dogs eat gross things and then lick people's faces. I'm not saying it should be "allowed," but I have two corgis that will literally eat anything and they also love…

My father in law is old enough to know better and he pronounces "Merlot" as "mer-lott." We laugh about it, in private, because it's just so baffling. He has a tendency to mispronounce stuff like that and I've wondered if maybe he has a legit issue with language that's just never been addressed.

I'm going to say thank you on behalf of those idiots, but I would freakin' love it if someone was kind enough to look out for my wallet that way.

Color me 50 shades of shocked. I wish they'd cancel all this shit on the grounds that they've already done enough of a disservice to artists around the world that actually take pride in producing original, well-executed work.

All respect to your experience, because it's different for everyone... I'm weighing in because my mom abused me. A lot. She still tries to exert control over me, but I've basically figured out how to handle her, now. I don't really want to get into details, so you'll just have to trust that it qualifies.

My mother is mentally ill - she's never been properly diagnosed because she fucks with her doctors, but a family member that was a very well respected psychologist said that he believed she is a "social psychopath."

We would probably be considered a co-dependent couple. I have literally seen my husband every day of our entire relationship, except for 2 1-week long vacations we have each taken. That's 14 days away from each other in about 6 years. The kicker is that this has been our choice and it was never a big deal to either of…

I like romances - really, I do, despite what I'm about to say! - and I tend to gravitate towards stories that are more like [genre] romance.

High five, 'cause apparently I am, too! LOL I just don't have patience for a lot of that traditional stuff. I don't have patience for dead-end relationships - which is why most of mine ended as soon as I realized there was no way I could live with or marry my previous partners.

Engagement stories?

My favorite pizza (which my husband discovered thanks to me, and it's now become one of his favorites, too) has an alfredo sauce base, cheese, grilled chicken, and pineapple. It's amazing.

It reads to me like something that only someone completely inexperienced in sexual matters might find sexy.

I was actually kinda ticked (at my doctors, again) when I read the Pratt/Faris story. Apparently her water actually broke that first time, then they stopped the labor with mag, and kept her on hold for a few more days.

Jesus.. my inner goddess won't put the wine down or get off the couch and hers is pole vaulting?!

Someone ran the fan fic against the published version (I think, I don't have links handy and I'm at work), and I recall the similarity being completely shocking.

Well, she had lots of help from the fandom that she now completely shuns. She used to thank them for helping her with dialogue and stuff when she was still just Snowqueens Icedragon (seriously, that name kills me). So I guess we also have Twihards to thank for this shit.

This. And this was one of my arguments on a fbook post about why this is so bad. Yeah, rape and stuff are present in other stories. Yeah, even fairy tales have arguably inappropriate stuff in them... but this is utter garbage and teens are reading it and think this shit is okay because they're impressionable idiots.

I just made the weirdest sound stifling a laugh at work. Thanks!

Oh my God, I told my husband about that and his face registered pure disgust. He then asked, "uhm... is that something you'd-"