"It'd probably be a nice friendship.

My parents as well. They used to talk once a week, and my dad and his family used to celebrate holidays with mom and her family so that I wouldn't have to choose. I watched what my friends went though with their parents, and have heard so many horror stories about kids being used as weapons. I didn't appreciate how…

I think it is really only possible to be legit friends if neither person still carries a torch for the other. The fact that he doesn't feel up to being your friend yet means he likely does still really like you.Not in a "like" sort of way, but rather a "like like" sorta way.

I'm still close friends with the two men I thought I was going to marry. I was engaged to one of them, in discussions about it with the other. The one I was engaged to came home from Afghanistan with an abuse problem- drugs, alcohol, me. It wasn't pretty, but once we put distance between each other, and were both able…

And I have absolutely no problems with that. :-)

I didn't say it was, or that it is right. I merely pointed out that you seemed to be reading a different meaning than she seemed to be trying to make.

I didn't read Sputnik's comment as "clothes in general" look better on tall, thin people, I read it as, "most designers design clothes specifically for tall, thin people." I think she's on point with that assessment. It's not that clothes don't look good on people who aren't tall and thin, it's that for clothes to…

I want to know what is going on in Sarah Michelle Geller's life that has her looking so incredibly stressed and tired. QUICK YA'LL!! BUFFY NEEDS A MASSAGE!

So I guess the trick is, if you are going to eat at one of these places, to immediately portion out about 2/3 of the dish to be taken home and eaten for lunch and dinner the following day.

So wait- for a man to shave the items required to do so are taxed as a necessity, but for a woman to have tampons and/or pads, it is taxed as a luxury? Something is not computing. Did I read you correctly?

They aren't even that flattering on the people they /are/ flattering on! IMO.

She sounds as though she was an incredible, loving woman. If her widower's new wife has even half the love and compassion as his first, his family will be just fine. :-)

Yup. Sadly it is so prevalent, there is even a name for it. There was also a part of the movie 'Sixth Sense' that dealt with this.

Totally off topic, but I'm a Buffy fan forever, too. :-)

Michigaders! If you would like to work against this inane law, go to this FB page and tell the nice lady collecting names that you want to get involved! You don't have to be in direct possession of a womb in order to do this.

It isn't actually "rape insurance" that is just what it has been nicknamed. The idea is that MI insurance companies are no longer legally permitted to include abortion services- under any circumstance- to be covered under an existing health insurance policy without the purchase of an abortion rider. This means that it…

If she really was murdered, I hope someone goes down for this. Somebody should go down for it. My money's on the mom. Where's Dr. Lightman when you need him?

The phrasing did have undertones of accusations, but I recognized that I left my statement open to the idea that just because it hasn't happened to me doesn't mean it doesn't happen ever. In short, absolutely no offense was taken. I appreciate your clarification, though. That was really considerate of you. Thanks.

Fair enough. :-)

Maybe I'm just really lucky, but I used to lick the bowls clean every time mom and I made cookies or brownies, using factory eggs that had been sitting in the store for who knows how long, and I never once got sick from them. I mean, I know it happens, I just wonder if it happens as often as people think, yanno?