There's a secret there... girls are a lot like boys, they like pretty things. Many women are every bit as shallow as society likes to accuse men of being.

To be fair, my husband and I dated in the traditional sense until we got engaged. Though we did meet online. I'm not yet 30, so it's not all "kids these days" :)

Oh, women can totally be friend zoned. That's why I believe it exists; I've been there, lol.

I think we are in 95% agreement. I think it's worth his while to practice "dating" specifically (not to the exclusion of "hanging out with women", but as a separate—related—skill) I know a fair few men who somehow get their communication all tangled up and end up "friend zoned*" fairly often. They seem to be…

I noticed that too. I think part of it is that they all live in NY with it's CRAZY high cost of living and are totally out of touch with what $10,000 can buy in the rest of this country. My wedding—including all 3 rings and the honeymoon—cost $13,000 last year. We are solidly upper middle class, with a household…

Asking out a girl that he isn't initially really attracted to might also be really good for him even if he doesn't change his mind about her after a date or two (no more than two, that risks leading her on). Like training wheels. He can go on the date and then he won't be "the guy whose never been on a date", he can…

"treating everyone like crap"

Then you're going to have a rough time of things at ANY size.

You're lucky it was preservative heavy fast food that doesn't really rot. I once pulled a half-eaten PBJ out of the bottom of a back pack that must have been a few months old. It had liquified and there were rafts of green fuzz and OMG the smell *barf*! It was in a baggy but the baggy had a leak. Took several runs…

You're just like my bestie and former roommate. She and I shared a CSA share and I got all the okra and she got all the kale. We were both sure the other was insane.

Okra is delicious. Come to my house and I will make you gumbo and fried okra and change your mind.

That's a relief. It's good to know it's not THAT bad. Not that it isn't bad.

Fun fact: In SC you can not be thrown in jail for more than 30 days the first time you beat your partner (no matter how badly)!

Emphasis on wrongful or criminal. It would be one thing if people were talking about going to the free clinic or some charity that helps people pay for drugs. That's NOT what we're (or at least I'M) talking about. This is going to a normal pharmacy (CVS, Walgreens, Sam's Club/Walmart, Publix, etc) and saying "I'll pay…

I also usually choose not to buy centrally processed meat, but it sounds like for a rather different reason. I have heard of many beef recalls that involve meat ground at a central facility, but never for meat ground locally in store. Now that could be because not enough people get sick when it's a more local problem…

Yes. If the meat is in a deep tray with a puffed up plastic cover just over the top then the package has been inflated with CO when it was prepared at a central processing plant. If the meat is in a shallow tray and covered in saran wrap then it was processed locally (likely in-store) and not treated with CO. I'm not…

It's not fraud. You are allowed to buy drugs prescribed by your doctor. The pharmacy can choose what price to sell them for. The pharmacies aren't doing charity. If it makes you feel better don't say "I don't HAVE insurance", say "What would this cost if we don't run it through my insurance?"

Why? Because you're willing to pay out of pocket? Some people (me for many years) have a maximum drug benefit, so I often had to fill cheap scripts without insurance to make sure I had enough benefit if I got sick and needed an expensive drug.

If you have insurance then you probably have a drug co-pay, like $10 for generic and $25 for name brand or something. Well some generic drugs cost less than $10. In that case the pharmacy will still charge you your co-pay, the insurance pays nothing, and they pocket the extra (you can look at the tag on your drug bag,…

Flora = plants. Fauna = animals. So I'd say most fauna, in fact, doesn't just wait for food to fall from the sky.