When Lou Dobbs called her "oh dominant one" I wanted to toss my computer out the window and go on a misogyny ax murder spree.

Fair! I think the "he must be fucking with me" option also arises, though, and for me it arises a lot faster than "he's cheating on me!" I've also never found out I'm being cheated on... so there's that.

again, the same examples apply. if you were on the phone with someone and they said that to you... and suddenly the line went dead without any explanation or even a "be right back" or "call you back"... you would freak out. this is the same thing to people who text regularly with others

No, I just don't like treating her in ways that make her feel shitty. I'm under the impression that's a fairly good attitude to bring to a marriage.

maybe flip it to old-school and it'll seem more horrible to you, like... imagine being on the horn with someone in 1985 and they suddenly say to you "I haven't been fully honest with you", then they hang up and don't answer subsequent calls for an hour. or imagine hearing it in person, after which the person walks…

yea that. if someone did this to me and then they were like SURPRISE! ITS AN INTERNET JOKE! I'd be all like

Not expecting a response after a text like "Hey babe, how's your day" is one thing. If the person you were dating sent you a text that said "I haven't been completely honest with you," and you didn't hear back from them pretty damn quick, that's usually cause to worry a bit.

I think we both know that content is more important to response time than medium. I don't care how the doctor tells me the test results are in, he damn well had better be ready to tell me what they are.

I take it as a point of pride if I can get some idiot 23 year old to open a burner account to tell me to kill myself.

Yet another reason I thank heavenly Jesus that I got through college before Facebook, and that I got married to the woman of my dreams before every jackass owned a smartphone and did stupid shit with it all day long.

Well, obviously because they think they *are* funnier. And alcohol.

It's a more socially idiotic mutation of the Armchair Quarterback gene.

ME TOO! I really go back and forth, because even though this outfit, for example, is getting a little Rich Woman's Hot Topic she still looks great. She really straddles the line between being a stunner and totally embarrassing. Oh, Madge!

I don't think we're really disagreeing. You have to get to where it doesn't bother you. I just think that owning the disparaging name can be a way to get there. I understand where you're coming from though.

Nonononono. See you're being dumb here, listen; there is totally a difference between just happening to be a dick verses actually acting like a frikkin' prick. Two totally different innyerendos.

I hate the entire premise of this article those like it.

I still find the way the issue is framed to be a problem. Ultimately, what the article is advocating is fine. It doesn't need to be framed as bitchiness though, nor does niceness need to be equated with being a pushover.

The author appears to be confusing "nice" with being a pushover and "bitchiness" with having a moderate amount of self respect.

I hate it when women refer to themselves as a "bitch" (and not in the funny "hey, bitches!" way). A bitch is not something you want to be. A bitch is mean. Why would you want to be mean? Being assertive doesn't mean you have to be a bitch. If you're assertive, that's being assertive. Adding the bitch tagline just…

Trust me, there's a lot in ASOIAF that I sideeye GRRM for writing. Like, the shit that he comes up with sometimes is horrifying.