Name changed in my phone. Honestly one of the most satisfying things I've done lately! Thanks so much :)

Everyone said "Oooh, get a puppy! It'll help prepare you for a baby!" but I don't think the baby is going to bite my softest spots (inner thigh, side boob, under upper-arm) with needle teeth and shit on my bed while I go get a band-aid. I'm like 98% sure on that.

I am so sorry you are going through this. You see that you have to get out of this relationship and thats good, at least you aren't in denial about that (cause things got rather shitty as I read on, and no one should be treated like that). As far as the logistics of breaking up goes let him know that your romantic…

It's okay to tell him exactly why you need to break up with him. I'm sorry. Tell him that he needs to get help, and you wish him the best, but that you can't do this any more. Good luck.

I don't know you or how much you really drink, but I have been around a high-functioning alcoholic and I can tell you how it feels to be on the other end. This is just my theory, but maybe your husband wants to interact with you, the real you, not the you you become when you've had a tipple, and he feels he hasn't…

Ugh. My stepdad is one of those people- we had trouble house training my puppy when I was 13 so he found someone to take him. Same thing with two other dogs we got that we really didn't have the training and resources to handle. He takes on animals with no thought as to how our family would deal with them and them…

If your fiancee's mom just passed away in the last few weeks, she's probably still reeling from the loss (hence why she wants to be close to her mother's connections, like the house and church). Losing a parent also isn't something that can be 'fixed' by someone else, so she just may want to be alone with her grief.…

Why the hell would her mom tell you this? I'm sorry you're going through that. Losing friends sucks even without their parents being assholes.

You can still say "I feel like this is coming too close to crossing the line" without assuming anything on his end. You're allowed to have whatever boundaries you think are important for your relationship.

Your post is a little confusing. Are you saying that you like him and you are afraid that you might cheat on your boyfriend? Or are you completely uninterested in him and are just afraid that he might make a move and make things super akward for everyone??

Today I made amends with an old family member. A PLAGUE UPON NEITHER OF OUR HOUSES.

Hey science people, how compromised is a second autopsy from all the poking and prodding and cutting done to the corpse in the first one?

OMG! I never knew that!

she was referring to physical violence. She used to try to incite armed uprising!

That's my favorite Nina Simon song, I knew what it was without even pressing play.

Tim Minchin always makes me happy.

This is one of those "man this really sucks" situations where there are valid points on both sides and (with the exception of the original police and the rioters/looters) everyone seems like they are trying to do the right thing.

If you need me, i'll be sitting on the fence.

Absolutely. I have spent the last few years developing a relationship with my cycle as ally, rather than enemy, and this is my conclusion, and I preach it to all who will listen. PMS = extra-sensitive bullshit meter, which is a really great thing. It's a barometer for what we're putting up with the rest of the…

Hmm, maybe this is why I don't PMS: my bullshit tolerance is already dude-level.

I'm of the mindset that PMS removes the bullshit-tolerance all women have, and puts us on dude-level for a few days. Guys rarely put up with shit, and they don't have to justify it with a hormonal imbalance. I like my PMS for that reason - I don't have to pretend to give a shit when I'm just not feeling it. It's…