Different people are different. In fact, different people are different at different times in their life. When I first was dx'ed with Crohn's, I talked about it a lot less than I do now. I was ashamed and uncomfortable. Now it's a bit easier although I don't like it when someone says, "How are you," and I say,…

Well, what is your issue? Is it celiac?

Cool. Gotchya. Yeah, it really IS irritating when people make this stuff up — and it hurts people like US because then people don't believe us and some sick people want to do things they think are "funny," like slipping toxic bread crumbs into our soup and stuff like that.

Sorry...but...btw, I am gluten intolerant. I also have Crohn's disease. And neither is a made-up food issue. I am not sure if you meant that you think that people who say they are gluten-intolerant have a made-up food issue OR is you are saying that the bride is just making it up.

Nope. Not at all. I thought the exact same thing.

I don't think he meant it was a sham because they are women. I think he meant it was a sham because it appears to have been done as a fund-raising effort — not as a declaration of love. I do see how you could have interpreted it another way, but I don't think he meant it the way you think he did.

There's not much to say here. This is a friendship that needs to end. It's totally unfixable. That newlywed couple is disgusting. Disgusting. Why couldn't they just donate the food they couldn't eat to a shelter or food pantry? Please. And the gift-giver wasted his time explaining. I would have just said, "I…

I am not impressed because you have "been a commenter here and at Gawker for years." That's hardly an achievement. It doesn't take much or say anything about you.

Were you looking in a mirror when you said that, Perhaps Not?

3-1, don't worry about Perhaps Not. That person just wants attention — and s/he just wants to attack people whom s/he finds intimidating. Forget Perhaps Not. PN is an idiot who is unworthy of your time. I know, it's frustrating — but you're too smart to let that kind of idiocy get to you.

There is NOTHING wrong with it, nothing at all. People are just ridiculous. Certain terms cause knee-jerk reactions, especially from people who are not deep thinkers. You are curious about the reasoning? Actually — there is no reasoning — just an emotional response from someone who is looking for evil and will…

*I* am the utter worst? Really? I'll be sure to let Kim Jong Un know. And I really like the way you accuse me of a being a member of the thought police — AFTER you roundly scold everyone on the page for judging men who think they should discipline their wives with spanking. It's amazing to me that you cannot see…

Now you're saying these groups don't exist. That may be true — but that is not what you said before. What you said before was that this behavior was acceptable and those of us who are horrified by it are being hypocritical instead of being the open-minded people we claim to be. You were corrected (and I notice you…

These are not consensual relationships between two equally empowered people. If one person (and only that one — this one works with ONE person having the power) can tell the other, "No tv for you!" and the other person HAS to abide by that rule or get spanked, then this is not consensual private behavior. This is a…

There was NOTHING wrong with what you said. NOTHING. Don't let that stupid response get to you. Go smack your woman's ass — maybe she'll smack yours — you'll have a great afternoon and forget about idiots on the internet.

How does it sound awful? It doesn't sound awful at all. Aren't there women out there who enjoying smack their man's ass? It's all good when it's between consenting, empowered adults.

I am SO GLAD I helped you! Thank for letting me know, too, how much I helped you! Stuff like that makes my day! :-)

Okay, Buffy-fan and Andrew n' John appreciator (I mourn the Andrew n' Anya show I always wanted that never happened) — listen to me. 1. You don't have to apologize for a long post. OBVIOUSLY you NEED to feel listened to and validated because no one has listened to you and validated.

Okay, Buffy fan — I've been thinking about your post. And this is what I thought. Your dad obviously LIKES bipolar people with sociopathic tendencies That's why he married your mom. And that's why he likes your sister more — because she is like that. HOWEVER, maybe — maybe — it's not as simple as you think. …

Wow. You just made a lot of people very happy with your story. I know other people who have died and come back and they all have a similar story — but yours is the best.