First. I KNOW I WAS WRONG. That’s the third and last time I will say it. In your zeal to scold me, you might have missed my clear announcement down thread that I WAS WRONG.

I've already retracted that part. I was wrong.

But if many people follow the lead of these men, then it is de facto official sentencing. You can’t “sentence” people to anything without the consent of most of the group.

Please show me a comment where a Jez commenter called people in India “savage.” An act might be called savage. A law might be called savage. But the entire country? I think not.

While I will not make any statements against any culture, and freely admit the U.S. is awash in misogyny, please tell me any instance in modern U.S. culture when a woman was sentenced to be raped by any legal governing body. I'll wait, because I really want to know if there is one instance of that.

Nah. More like divine in vitro fertilization. I think of it as a holy implantation procedure.

Not really. If you believe in an all-powerful diety, then zapping a baby into a woman’s uterus is no big deal. I'm not sure why people get stuck on any of these details if they are believers. I'm not a believer, for the record.

Fair point. I guess I mean the worst of traditional TV.

Mad Men, at one time, was one of the best shows ever. Two and a Half Men is, on the other hand, the worst show on TV history. Except maybe King of Queens.

I'm not kidding about this: I think stones absorb vibes from prior owners. Intellectually, I recognize that's absurd, but I can't help fearing bad karmic forces on jewelry owned by strangers. Family jewelry is different.

That's terrible. I hope she got a new one.

Seriously? First, control your anger. This is not worth having a thrombo over. Second, BY LOOKING AT THEM. Jesus.

Does no one on this thread understand that diamonds are the engagement ring of choice because they are hard? You can garden in diamonds. I do. (No offense intended to you personally. It’s just the thread.)

Who invests in diamonds? Besides traders? Diamonds are like houses. You don't buy them to get rich. You buy them to enjoy.

I have diamonds because they are hard. I love sapphires, tanzanite, emerald, ruby, etc., but diamonds are wearable everyday. I save the other rings for special occasions.

Once our daughter was ambulatory, she never came into the bathroom while I was on the toilet. The idea of having a kid talking to me while trying to go was unacceptable.

Thirty plus years here, and we are both deeply contented. One thing that has helped is that neither of us was raised to think life was easy. We expected challenges. We got ‘em.

I’m with you. I have zero information and truly don’t believe that my husband has cheated, but if he has, I’ll still stick. I still love him, he’s my daughter’s father, and I’ll be damned can if I will be poor in retirement just to prove a point.

No. Don’t think those things. Life is hard. Period. Married or not. But there is deep and abiding satisfaction and comfort in long-term marriage. After more than 30 years, my husband and I would both do it all again.

That’s because lesbians, like all Eves, don’t understand the friendly, open innocence of men and their belief in “fair play.”