As someone who is married less than a a year, and already pondering if they made a mistake... if this is your reaction over an accidentally lost ring you need to do one of 2 things.

Can we please not post stuff like this first thing in the morning? So that at least my day has a chance at not starting off realizing we are all completely fucked.*

It was beyond weird. One, because who says that? Two, I remembered how she’d acted before. And three, because the show hadn’t premiered yet and I had no idea who they were.

So true story - my husband worked on multiple seasons of this show, and I met all the actresses. Dascha... not so nice. I don’t want to spread anything I don’t know as fact, so I’ll just share my experiences with her.

I too worked for Hearst for many years, and about half of those with Ellen Levine. Following Cathy Black’s departure (which I wasn’t sad about as I never much cared for her) the only prominent female executive was Ellen - so +1 to everything you said about visibility for other female executives there.

Lots of 2011’s mixed up with 2001’s in here...

Can’t it be both?

Hey Devon - I’m not sure what your area of expertise is, but I work with a lot of freelancers as both writers and editors. Depending on what you write/ edit on, I may know of work for you, if you are still looking. Let me know if you want to talk. :)

I’m not questioning her generosity. But until she gives so much away that she understands what it is to struggle to pay NY rents, worry about child care costs, feel burdened by student loans, and cut coupons to lessen her grocery bill - don’t lecture me about greed and having everything we NEED.

That’s really easy for Yoko Ono to say when she is ridiculously rich. And to think I thought her last few tweets were starting to make sense. SMH.

This is very timely for me - I’m a newlywed going through a very frustrating lull. What I thought would resolve itself after the wedding, didn’t (duh).

Omg, I had forgotten about this!

This *sounds* great - but I want to see it actually implemented successfully. I say this because I’ve heard Netflix’s unlimited vacation policy actually creates an environment where people take *less* vacation because people are trying to prove they are better/ more valuable than their colleagues by working more. I’m…

I was never sure whether or not I was into him. Now? Hell yes.

Hey! Just some helpful advice, as someone also trying to lose weight, and has tried running in the past (and I love running.) Yeah, you will lose some weight. But the energy expended vs. the weight you will lose is just a crappy ratio.

As someone married less than 3 months... and finding their relationship struggling, this is hitting home. I’m really hoping this is just a rough patch and that things get better.

Jeeze this world is a messed up place. As I was reading this article, I heard shouting in the street. I went to my window and heard a couple fighting. I watched for a few moments, and saw the guy shove the girl several times. I looked around and no one on the street was doing anything. In fact, within about a minute a…

I think that’s a good idea. 7 years is a very long time to be unhappy - for either of you. But if those stress fractures in your relationship are fixable things - that you can make your bookshelf stronger - and you like him as a person (ie, if everything was great you’d want to still be with him) then you need to give…

I’ve only been married 7 weeks, so I don’t have any real advice to give you - but i’m curious how long this low point has been going on?

You are really generalizing the island as whole, by only one part. Yes, this culture exists exactly as you describe. But there are also pristine, family friendly parts that are a far cry from this reputation.