You win by ignoring them and treating them like they never existed. Anything else is showing them they’ve gotten under your skin and are still living rent-free in your head.

Because they are in the background and do not play a role in the plot beyond a joke here or there.

I still don’t get how the problem is sending email. Isn’t it about opening email? If you don’t want to do email this week, don’t. But it seems odd that the solution is to tell people not to send email, placing the onus on the sender to somehow discern when the receiver wants to get the email (not this week!). If this…

I have always loved a damn cardigan. In high school I wore funny t-shirts with a cardigan over it. In the ‘80s. I still do that shit today. Because it’s the best. Dresses and cardigans. Everything with cardigans.

CokeZero is way better than that trash of Diet Coke.. at least has its own personality, not just a sugar substitute (on the papers, of course).

Omg yes..the gnarly parmesan stench!! My mom told us a story about her popping a boil on my dad’s back and it erupted all over her face. She in turn, throws up on him. This is also a story our family tells constantly to elicit little vomit sounds from her. We are gross, horrible people

Why does “gift” need to be a verb?

Oh ho, you are correct! That’s good to know, though I’m far too lazy to do that for every individual e-mail. I’m content to just let them sit in the recipient’s inbox until their return.

Yup sending an email tends to make most issues someone elses problem. Just asking for confirmation of something can give you an extra day or two.  

I’m glad they’re back, because as someone with a rather short waist, low rise jeans actually fit me, whereas even mid-rise jeans come up too high on me, and high-rise jeans comes up to my ribs.

I wish. Today is my first day back after abruptly taking three weeks off following a mental breakdown. I certainly won’t expect responses, but by sending the e-mails I’ve done what I can and move the ball to someone else’s court for them to pick up when they return. (Or letting them know that X is complete, again just…

I would buy a commemorative coin (or t-shirt) with the newlyweds and the Obamas on one side and a crying Trump on the other. Make it happen Interwebs!

Well New Order came out of Joy Division, which was devastated by the loss of their previous leader, Ian Curtis.

Yeah, I just straight up put my political leaning in my dating profile - in just a couple of words (progressive liberal feminist). We can talk about politics or not but being alt-right is a deal breaker for me and that is probably a warning that we should either not talk about it or be on the same page. So far all…

im long out of the dating pool, but in 2017/2018 if i was going on a date, id damn sure do a brief check on their political views. probably before the first date though, so maybe you’re right.

Okay, here me out before you blast the idea. Yes this sounds crazy, but why not have a stock survey with all of your deal breakers on it, and ask them to do the same prior to a first date. There is nothing worse than wasting your time (and money!) on someone who you could have known on day one that you would never be…

My partner and I discussed kids on date #2. We both didn’t (and don’t) want kids and when you’re dating in your late 20s/early 30s that matters. No reason to get to date #6 and discover you want totally different things.

I really wish I’d had more than a sip of wine when one of my dates started with, “You know, I think we’re better off with Trump in office.”

Wow, you are really full of it. Coke Zero has real cola punch to its flavor while Diet Coke has dishwater-like cola-ish flavor. Everyone I know that I recommended switching from DC to CZ agrees.

Agreed. Diet Coke has always been much sweeter than either original Coke or Coke Zero. I think the word “cloying” was invented to describe Diet Coke.