I think things will work out. Don't let it terrify you, it's just life. :D I hate how this debate doesn't account for the fact that people might 1) change their minds 2) might have bodies that might not cooperate with their original intentions— and that doesn't just mean simple fertility, esp. in my case.

I would somewhat challenge that this is an idea that can be 100% sorted out before you get married. When my husband and I got married (at 27, both of us) we were both open to it (and we did talk about it), but were willing to kick it down the road for a while. Without going into too much detail, I dealt with some…

It's the opposite for me. My dad grew up wealthy and WASPy and my mom was working class Irish Catholic. (But funny because my dad has 6 siblings and my mom had just 1...). Now I find it absurd that I never knew how much my dad made, because he worked for the federal government his whole adult life and it's all…

Yep, I didn't know how much my parents made until I was filling out forms for college— so 17/18. Even then, I did the forms with my Mom, who grew up working class and is way more comfortable talking about money.

I was strong armed into it by WASP family too. My husband and I moved from Boston to San Francisco immediately after our wedding (we drove in a tiny Honda). My husband's family is Jewish, so at least they gave us cash. He can never really wrap his mind about why WASPs get so hung up on this.

Regarding risk, for a lot of these things, I think the discussion needs to turn to not the consumers who encounter stuff like formaldehyde every once in a while, but the people who use the stuff every day in their jobs. So if you do your nails or get a Brazilian blowout just every so often, you are probably OK, but…

IT ALL EVENS OUT IN THE END ANYWAY (sort of).

It's been considered!

That's strangely adorable!

Haha! But actually my brothers girlfriend complains that he never put the cap on, so I don't think it a gender thing. I think it has more to do with being raised by messy people...

I'm a big slob, and that's pretty gross. O.o

My husband is a paper towel miser, which I've gotten used to.

I'm sorry you were bullied, and I was too, but I don't know why my comments have anything to do with that. I think "gifted" eduation is useless as it currently stands, which I though would be implicit in my comment, but perhaps not. I wasn't served very well in terms of bullying by getting pulled out of my class and…

First of all, if you don't believe there are shannanigans about who gets into "gifted" classes as a child, you may be book smart, but you are also hella naive. They have some value (I was in one) but an IQ test doesn't measure much aside from your ability to take an IQ test. Also if you know anything about…

I didn't have an engagement ring. My husband and I wear hand-me-down plain gold bands. That's just our style, and I have at least a few friends who are similar.

You sound like someone who is happy with his life.

"...comparing "SJWs" like Bradford to — wait for it — neo-Nazi skinheads."

DTMFA. The dude is has issues with women and if in the future you have more success in your writing than he does the crap comments will only get worse.

I have nothing to add, except that I love this medical history stuff you do, Stassa. Please keep it up! More please! You are wasted just writing weekend Dirt Bags.

It's not stupid! If they are super triggering, maybe try flagging them?