Your friend is deluded! You deserve better.

Lentil! I was wondering when he was gonna make it onto this site. He's the best, pull through little bugger.

Uh oh!

"This is in stark contrast to the 13 year old I acted like when I really was 19."

So you would agree that a younger person would be more appropriate? I'm not saying no to a younger person, I'm saying don't cancel anyone out. And some folks with ASD, even Aspergers, play the numbers game, not all.

I never said his development was stopped, I said the progress will not be the same as what is considered typical. If the rationale for dating a younger partner is that she (in this case) will be more developmentally appropriate, there is a lack of consideration that the younger woman will develop typically while the…

So if it (being on the spectrum) is always going to be there, what is he supposed to do when the young partner matures? Keep finding new young partners? Because he can continue working on addressing social deficits and building social skills, but as you said "it's always going to be there".

I'm hoping this will get tossed quickly. It's in clear violation of Siracusa Principles (the accepted approach to when quarantine is warranted). Quarantine is only to be used when:

Glad to know I wasn't alone! :)

Me neither.

China white is heroin. Does it mean something else? I'm so confused by the headline.

Oof you just brought back memories.

"Through armed thuggery the money of law abiding Towson students that is earned by the sweat of their brow is stolen and their lives threatened for simply walking down the street."

"Lady Gaga... birthday dinner with Taylor Kinney".

I don't know too much about Karen O or the Yeah Yeah Yeahs but I saw them play a free show about 8 years ago and I have rarely seen someone as electrifying as her onstage. I was captivated. Never really got into the band but she has some cool points in my book.

I have a big, huge ring that a friend who passed left for me. I get asked questions about it all the time. Sure, unlike a tattoo, I can take it off but I wear it to honor her. Wearing a tattoo to honor someone is about healing, and perhaps a tattoo as a conversation starter about the departed person is healing for the…

I thought our skin shed completely every few years or something. You're telling me these tattoos are FOREVER?!?!

Whew. I'm so glad you posted this. The point of getting tattooed for some (including me, a heavily tattooed woman and my heavily tattooed husband) is to be somewhat subversive. We had a funny conversation the other day about how acceptable and mainstream tattoos have become and are no longer a "fuck you" symbol…

Ari, I'm a fan of your writing and comments, always. But I disagree that healthcare is not a right. How about throwing out logic frameworks and looking at this from an ethical lens - like utilitarianism or humanitarianism? To me it's quite simple and is based on the fact that life-saving (or harm reducing)…

Thanks, I'm really not trying to be combative so please read this softly. I just wish you could hear your privilege and individualism written allover this. Even the concept of budgeting (especially to your degree) requires a level of knowledge and discipline that many do not possess. Your explanation sounds very "if I…