As a land-locked yxe'er, I feel your pains! I'm terribly afraid of all sea creatures. I remember the first time I went to a lake that had crayfish. I was like "MINI LOBSTERS OMG GET ME OUT OF HERE"

When I was 12, my female cat went into heat.
We'd only had boy cats up to this point so we were very confused when my sweet kitten started acting as if she'd snorted an eight-ball of coke and mewed 24/7.

Other advantages: Looking like Pussy Riot!

Ughh, I hear ya on the interning. It's shitty and it really favours people who are financially supported by parents and spouses. The paid internships are more rare but they do exist.
Sending good vibes, good luck, and high hopes that you can get your Samantha Jones on soon :)

Also, I saw in your comment above that people have told you to get into journalism and you are 100% right not to hop onto that sinking ship
On the other hand, the demand for "branded content" is also huge. Content journalism, content marketing, and that's definitely another avenue to look into.

Best of luck, fellow PR…

I wish I could be your communications yoda, but I'm not making the cash moneys yet because BOO INTERNING.

I did a 2-year diploma in print journalism (with a short internship with a start-up in between.) I'm in my last month of a summer internship with a boutique agency and I'll be headed back this fall to get a…

Interning in PR, can concur about the earning potential being a huge draw.

I was a serial monogamist as a teenager so I've dismissed the soulmates concept.

I thought this was nuts until my token nerd friend showed me a video of two guys playing a bunch of the indie, xbox (read: awful) games and it was pure hilarity. I think the channel is BestFriendsPlay or something.

My parents made the same decision and I'm doing okay. The bottom line is that parents do the best they can with their time and resources. There's no perfect formula of how to do it.

Thanks for sharing this!

Ughh, I feel that. I'm in the media world where rich people and their endless networks reign and I'm like a walking coming of age story. "Midwestern girl tries to make it in the big city!"
It's rough.

I learned something new today, merci!

As a former Saskatchewanian who spent summers in Jasper, I poke fun at Alberta in jest (and love).

Ugh, yes. Please, please just absorb Alberta into Montana. PLEAAASE.
Why can't they be separatists like Quebec?

All I want for Christmas is Jezebel Canada.

Stats can obviously prove or disprove a million different viewpoints but I do remember reading a study awhile back that concluded that if both partners view the moving in process as some sort of test, the likeliness of "failing" is quite high.

Re: 50 Shades girl...I feel like she looks exactly like a mousey voiced actress who played supporting characters in the 90s in that still. Does anyone know who I'm talking about?

Culture gap is especially detrimental when it's class related.

I'll concede that a lot of these behaviours are 100% annoying — walking in the middle of the sidewalk at a snail's pace grinds my gears because I'm a speedwalkin' urbanite in a goddamn hurry to get coffee wasted before I have to put my 8 hours in. But these little things shouldn't be dealbreakers. Dealbreakers are…