I don't know. I mean, Bernie and his supporters were saying, months back, that he would kill Trump in the polls. I personally am not a huge fan of HRC and, despite being a woman myself, that wasn't enough to convince me. I voted for her because Trump was worse, but I could see a lot of people saying "meh, she's in the…

you must be a Johnson supporter?

I feel you. I'm not allowed to drink for medical reasons, (and I don't normally drink a lot anyway), but I really kinda want a drink right now.

I noticed that, too. Thought maybe it was a guest post, but then realized it was not and then clicked and saw that it was an AVC editor. Okay then.

barely!

Yeah, if Democrats really wanted to win this election, they had to pick someone who wasn't seen as status quo. Even if the status quo has been great for some people, it hasn't been great for everyone, and there are still things that need fixing - I think everyone acknowledges that parts of our systems are broken.

The way I understand it, a transvestite is a cross-dresser. They identify as whatever their biological sex is, they just like wearing the clothing of the other sex. (Generally, this is a males dressing up as women thing, as women wearing men's clothing is more socially acceptable). Also "drag queen" applies in this…

Ugh, this is why I'm in favor of not drinking with coworkers. Or people who not-so-secretly have crushes on other people. That stuff always comes out.

A friend of mine is a volunteer for Crisis Text Line, which is like a hotline, but via text messages. I don't know if that will help *you* so much as it might help others suffering from depression, but it's a good service that I feel like I ought to recommend here.

Seconding the temping recommendation. Sometimes that gives you more of an idea of what you want to do, and lots of experience, and sometimes leads to full-time work. And you might end up in a job that you love but never would have thought you loved.

I think a lot of "correct" answer depends on the person. I think some women would like to be told they're beautiful, while I personally find it to be sort of silly and overt.

lots of flirting? Subtle winking? Wordplay?

Yeah, I feel awkward saying sexy type things out loud, even to someone I'm otherwise sexually comfortable with, but I'm okay with typing it out in a text or other type of message with words.

yeah, I've never used it, but I like history, so now I'm considering.

Agreed. I read it as sarcasm, but then, I don't have the whole story, and I tend to be a pretty sarcastic person, so I might be off.

Thanks! I don't have any reason to believe it will be terribly difficult, but it's hard not to think of myself as horrendously old, at least as far as children are concerned.

I second the idea of support group. Maybe even an online thing rather than an in-person thing if that's an issue.

I'm 35 and my husband and I just started talking about having kids in the near future. Part of the reason he and I got married (earlier this month) and decided to have a serious, committed relationship was that we both felt it would be better to have that sort of legal background before having kids (not that there's…

What is with that? I've had that happen with several people I absolutely despised, like, we couldn't be in the same room together (mostly classmates or coworkers) and everyone assumed we were dating or secretly in love, or at least having hot, passionate hate sex. Um, no. I would rather have sex with someone I don't…

That's a good point. The person had to have style and taste to pick out the shoes/dress/pants/shirt/hat/etc. They could have chosen ugly shoes (etc), but they went for nice ones. That's a lot less creepy or objectifying, because they imply the person's brain is what you're admiring rather than their body.