Do you remember Wanda Sykes's routine about the detachable pussy? Would fit in perfectly with this.

My ex-husband was like this. He was on vacation, lounging in his bathrobe all day. I asked him to put the potatoes on. That's it. I left a note how to do it. I show up after a 12 hour day...and supper isn't started. He says he didn't know how to boil water. Oh, and he's super hungry because I didn't leave anything for…

I guess nobody every gave her this book.

"if a man comes home and there's no dinner on the table, and his wife is on the phone, watching TV, or on the computer ignoring him, he won't feel respected."

Not an M.I.A. fan but I'm definitely on her side here. She's supposed to pay them $1.5 mil for a finger flip, but they have no problem giving millions to convicts and felons, eh? Fuck you indeed, NFL.

While I agree with Ellen Pompeo's larger point, "There weren't enough people of color dancing for our entertainment" is not a critique one hears very often (outside of ballet and Riverdance.)

For the sake of truthiness and otherwise telling it like it is — or in this case *was*:

No, being married to a POC and having his child does not automatically grant you insight into what it is like to be a minority. It is actually shocking how many people like that stop examining their privilege and assume they automatically get it.

It's true. Every time the camera panned the audience, it was markedly white. I was hard-pressed to find POC in the crowd. It's shame that Ellen Pompeo's remarks might be written off as sour grapes over Grey's Anatomy's lack of nominations, because not enough people point out the serious whitewashing in Hollywood.

Agreed, but with one caveat. I grew up lower middle class and am now upper middle class (via intense student loans and a bit of luck). I feel I can legitimately express my discontent with having to be around other annoying privileged ass-hats all the time.

Also, people do give you looks for getting really bad highlights.

I'm sure that (if she is not imagining his behavior) he has many good reasons to hate her that have nothing to do with coveting her fab wardrobe. Maybe she's always asking him to give her returns to the UPS guy.

My brother (who married an extremely wealthy woman) complained to me about how much the Sofitel Hotel sucked. Yes. He complained about the quality of a luxury $700/night hotel that he no longer frequents.

"This is all probably coming from the fact that I kind of hate myself for being so lucky, which in itself is a stupid emotion."

You don't have to lie. If your friends would truly resent you for not having student loans, they are NOT YOUR FRIENDS.

I graduated more or less debt free as well (actually, my parents took over my loans as a graduation gift.) I'm lucky/privileged as fuck! Most of us are hanging on to some kind of privilege, and some more than others. This is totally fine! But whining about your privilege, like people should feel bad for you? That's…

I've always liked 'To whom much is given, much is expected.'

I'm sorry, and correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you and the author are both suffering from the same issue with regards to privilege.

Ok, if you were to tell people your parents were bankrolling your grad school and their first reaction is to be nasty to you, well, then they are rude people. There's no excuse for being rude. Now, them being jealous, that's a different (and very understandable) story. As someone with quite a lot of debt from grad…

I mean... so what? Why do you feel like this an important problem? To me, whining about how you occasionally have awkward moments because your friends will have to work for years to pay for their education and you don't is like whining about how Starbucks spelled your name wrong on your drink. Why is anyone else…