You can mute tabs. Just right-click on it. That’s been my solution.

I was only married for five, but I know that feeling. I hate how much he fucked with my head (and still does; PTSD is a helluva drug), and I just wish he could have been the person we both wanted him to be. My boyfriend is amazing, but navigating the first healthy relationship I have ever had is harder than it seems.…

I had a similar situation a year ago; met a guy (let’s call him Josh) on tinder. Seemed like a good guy and was super interested in my part-time job working with victims of rape and abuse. Our first meeting for coffee went well but no chemistry so I agreed to go to a movie with him. I figured maybe the chemistry would…

My boyfriend and I discuss that every time! Who tells their families these things?! My family is generally pretty close, and I’m super open about sex, but that just seems weird. I’m not in denial; I helped both of my younger sisters get on birth control, and speak very frankly with my friends. But if my sister called…

Depends on what you’re looking for. Tinder played a very large part in my post-marriage rebound. My only complaint was the number of men who wanted an actual relationship. Like, what is that shit?! You’re on tinder.

I do this often. One memorable night, I was frozen and trying to scream but nothing was coming out. When my boyfriend woke me up, I assumed I had managed to scream in real life. Nope. The poor man thought I was having a seizure because I was shaking and soaked in sweat. When he asked if I was okay, I responded “I’m…

I am just super-cynical. Although his recent statements regarding Trump are making it harder to dislike him.

Mine said the same. And that she only stayed married because she had political ambitions. Which is somehow a bad thing. I don’t get it. 

I can sympathize. I hate Tom Hanks. Which is apparently tantamount to burning puppies at the stake.

A stranger could look at my Facebook feed and immediately tell me which people are people I grew up with/am related to and which are my actual friends. It’s sad.

I’ve been wondering if/when this would happen. Growing up in the evangelical Christian community, I was taught that “lust of the flesh” was a sin, even if only in thought.

As a nearly-30-year-old dating a younger guy (25), it can be hard to find balance. I’m divorced; he had never had anyone sleep over until me. There’s a gap in relationship experience that occasionally shows itself, but that part isn’t the biggest issue. He seems to assume that, once i turn 30, I will want all of the…

I notice this with friends and family members who haven’t experienced divorce themselves. They love the drama and have all sorts of great ideas for revenge and generally fucking up my ex’s life. They don’t realize that, while I am more than happy to never see him again, I don’t hate him. I don’t love him like I used…

...I think I’m in love...

My parents are his target demo: low-income farmers with high school educations and strong conservative Christian views. These are people who have always taken in what I call “stray” people— a neighbor stayed with us while leaving her abusive husband; there is a whole family they helped raise and I consider my…

My divorce took nearly a year because my ex wouldn’t acknowledge the papers. He was moved out and had no illusions that we would (or should) reconcile, which made his denial even more bizarre. Two separate lawyers from different firms told me that this has become a fairly frequent occurrence; the one I hired even has…

While “trigger warnings” and “safe spaces” weren’t a thing when I was in college, I worked out my own solutions. When my favorite professor (and advisor) assigned a classic poem that centered around rape (I’ll remember which one later), I sent him an e-mail in which i explained that this was a very difficult piece for…

Had an identical experience...with my dad. He has always been kind and soft-spoken and levelheaded and it completely blew me away when he demanded to know why I hate my nieces and nephews (wtf?!) and told me he cries at night, “wondering what he did to raise a daughter who is so smart and devalues herself so much”.…

As someone who just divorced a man who frequently accused me of not being able to have fun, sometimes it’s hard to have fun when you’re trying to figure out how to pay for the “fun” your unemployed spouse wants to have. I honestly started to think I was the problem, and I was too serious, etc., until I kicked him out…

I am 29 and mid-divorce. My current boyfriend is 24 and has never been in a relationship. To be very honest, that did concern me a bit, but he was mature enough and a good enough communicator that I decided to give him a chance. There are times where our opposite life experiences are quite obvious—mainly in terms of…