Dutiful grey, aligned with your assessment and reporting for duty!

My point was more that there are some people (bf included) who drink but seem to have a double-standard about the drinking of their partner. It's anecdotal, not scientific. I'm not completely dismissing the claims made. I'm divorced too, and my ex was a teatotaler.

I do believe that's the creepiest gif I've ever seen. <shudder>

Eh, I don't know. My boyfriend has his drinking well under control now, and I rarely drink, but he was a binge drinker previously, when he was married. So was his wife, and he would speak very derisively about her drinking and talk about fights it caused. We had to have a couple of pot-kettle-black discussions.

I know what you mean. I mostly lurk and I think I will forever be a lowly grey.

A special interest of mine (one I've volunteered for) is Truckers Against Trafficking. People laugh and joke about so-called "lot lizards" (prostitutes at truck stops) but a great many of these women are victims of human trafficking.
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Thanks, I'll look that up!

If you want to learn more about human trafficking, The Polaris Project is a great place to start. Where I live, there are migrant farm workers and they have a high risk of trafficking.

As someone who lived through the original trend, let me just say NEVER AGAIN.

Definite red flags. I spent the last few years in Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault education. What I find works best is to keep reminding her that she deserves better. Point out disrespectful or harmful behavior, always in as neutral a way as possible and always leading back to how she deserves better than…

Agreed, they're definitely very talented. They just don't have the panache of Puddles.

That's rad! Reminds me a little of Squirrel Nut Zippers.

Ron Swanson said he hates liars and skim milk, which is water lying about being milk.

I think the sass factor is a definite element of a capella performance too, they're very expressive.

He really does have a great voice, and I love this whole arrangement.

The possibilities are endless.

Since I saw this, I have read up on him. It is now my mission to see one of his shows, the fact that I'm an Old be damned!

Meh, I like Puddles' version better. ;-)

I'm starting to wish I could meet this person irl just so I could blow a big puff of weed smoke on them. Of course, we're vicious, not mellow.

Oh I second Hatfields and McCoys! My bf wanted to watch it and I didn't think it would be good, but I got sucked right in!

Yeah, I'm being a bit misunderstood. He's definitely complimentary...he just doesn't have an opinion as to how I "should" look. That's refreshing after a 10-year marriage to a control-freak who was the king of the back-handed compliment, ala "That looks okaaaaaay.....but don't you think it looks better just a little…