Yes, I’m with you and also, as someone pointed out, this 23yo woman is clearly not “western” and it sounds like he has used that (and everything else). She just sounds inexperienced and it’s sad he had to be so brutal. Hopefully she’ll only slowly realize what has happened and won’t be too overwhelmed.

Thanks for clarifying because I was trying to think what cultures would make this manipulation more plausible and the info you provided about engagement and wedding ceremonies helps explain why she would accept his argument.

I was wondering about it being a hoax, too.

Honestly, I think you’re giving her too much credit in the stability department. At the very least she is in shock and more likely is afraid to be angry because she still loves him so much but has only just seen a glimpse of what an asshole he is. It sounds like he helped her rationalize all that stuff she wrote about…

Wait, are you saying you think I am saying that artificial sweeteners are unhealthy for all or are you pointing out that there is a difference between what the blogger Julianne Escobebo Shepherd wrote here and what Dr. Carroll wrote in the Times? The point I was trying to make was that I felt Dr. Carroll’s column was…

Yup! I’ve been keeping a food diary for about a decade now thanks to developing migraines and while I can’t pinpoint just one thing, there do seem to be some foods as well as some environments that can either trigger or exacerbate an attack.

Same here esp on DC — a bunch of my female friends just love it and I’ve never liked it and they think I’m weird. And, even worse is the “you’re putting WHAAAAAAAT in your coffee???” behavior. I had a roommate who would actually bother me and ask what stevia or sucralose was. We weren’t conjoined twins so I didn’t…

She might have thought that up after several nights with little to no sleep, I guess? I’m not a parent but yeah, that giving kids caffeine thing makes no sense unless she just wasn’t thinking.

Just came down here to say that but not surprised you beat me to it ;-). The writer of this post is just using the Times column as evidence but there seems to be some sound arguments against that doctor’s points. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/28/ups… (I prob can’t link to the comments due to the paywall but just in…

This is a fucking GREAT idea! We should do this. I’m putting the kettle on ...

Glad you’re getting the hang of this.

Fewer complications!

I think iron deficiency from heavy bleeding and menstrual cramps so bad I can’t get out of bed are two great reasons why IUDs aren’t 100% for every woman. Also, migraines and severe depression for Mirena, the IUD with hormones. However, you make a great point about women’s use of toys: it says a lot about how we don’t…

For me it was the epic smackdown by:

Having an alcoholic mate can create that behavior. No matter how otherwise healthy the person, the more Jon’s alcoholism progressed the more that dynamic likely got worse and worse. It could be that the final years were spent together more out of duty than choice (for both). And I could be wrong, too.

Oh, I misread the article, I guess? I didn’t understand that she’d been spotted since. My theory is definitely wrong then. (Good!)

That certainly sheds some light on the situation and makes it look different from what I was suspecting. I have some mentally ill family members and the only thing sadder and harder than some sort of family tragedy that might be centered around one of their actions or reactions would probably be having the police or…

2nd!

Husbands and fathers killing the pregnant mother/their pregnant wife is a leading cause of death of pregnant women throughout the world. That’s mostly why there is now a Lacie and Conor law now, thanks to Scott Peterson’s killing his wife and unborn child and the motive apparently being the pregnancy. (If I have time…

I personally find it interesting that it was exactly during that 10 minutes or so time frame the daughter was away and that it’s only the daughter’s word we have to go on that mom sent her off to get gas without her that mom walked off with her wallet and phone (if I read everything correctly). The one situation where…