This is why Joe Biden is my fantasy internet boyfriend. He gets so much shit for gaffes when 99% of the time, he's the smartest and most compelling guy in the room. Of course he would say this. Of course. I love him so much.

Bullshit. Every few years there's someone peddling an answer to this, usually when they have a book to sell. We'll never know who did it.

So now Jews can't be accused of anything or it's anti-semitism? Lol.

Essex is associated with the negative and classist images like New Jersey does in the US. Mainly because lots of working class people live there. But the county has some gorgeous places - neighbouring Suffolk doesn't get as much of a bad rap.

My sister lives near Colchester, and they have this beautiful largest-surviving-in-Europe Norman Castle there surrounded by an amazing rose garden. Recommended for anyone in the area! (She tells me Essex gets a bad rap in the UK, which is too bad, because a lot of it is beautiful.)

Look. You need to have a heart-to-heart with him. You need to tell him that you have feelings for him. Because until you hear it from the horse's mouth, you're not going to be able to move on. You're not disrespecting his relationship with his girlfriend by telling him, you're disrespecting your friendship with him by…

I agree with bagofdicks. He knows she likes him. Telling him serves no purpose except to cause her pain when he inevitably shoots her down.

More to the point, he threatened to kill a whole gym full of people, and had to be subdued by a SWAT team. You think he's going to be nice from now on, just because this particular woman managed (at least for now) to get away? You think she's the only living thing he's ever abused or ever will abuse? People like this…

Then I won't respond.

How is it even remotely surprising that this sport is filled with horrible douchebags? The list of men doing terrible fucking things who have affiliations with MMA is impressive.

It sounds to me that you appreciated the attention he gave you as opposed to the wonderful-ness that might be him. He might or might not be wonderful, that's your call, but sometimes the attention can be more thrilling than who's giving it. Just because you feel "good" around him doesn't necessarily mean it's love. …

She used the word love. And yes, you can be blinded by love. Lots more going on here than that of course. Thought that was a given on reading the article.

Sadly, there is a long history of "slave contracts" being used to gaslight an abuse victim. The contracts generally say that the slave consents to any behavior by the master; then if she complains, he pulls out the contract and reminds her that she consented. There have been a few kidnapping victims who were abused,…

It wasn't just love though... he was using her medical status to hold her hostage. He wouldn't teach her to use her insulin pump and clearly made her feel she did not have the agency to learn how to (e.g., going to a doctor, going online). This is much more than being "blind by love," he knew she was medically…

Safe, sane, consensual. SAFE SANE CONSENSUAL. BDSM 101: SAFE, SANE, MOTHERFUCKING CONSENSUAL.

As an ICU nurse, my anger focuses not only on the abuse and sadness of how she was treated but his dominance with her insulin pump. Diabetics on insulin pumps are walking a delicate line even when they have full control since fluctuations and critical values can happen in the most basic conditions, such as too much…

I noticed a light was on across the street, unusual for my old neighbour. It was still on the next day. I couldn't see anything else amiss but called the police to be on the safe side. She'd fallen and couldn't move, she was really weak when the ambulance arrived but she ended up OK.

When police asked her why she didn't leave him earlier, she stated that 1) she loved him and that 2) he took care of her—Harden controlled her diabetes medication and never taught her how to use her insulin pump.

She is an incredibly brave woman and I admire her strength in getting herself out of that horrible situation. It isn't an easy thing to do.