Your BA in English is a literature degree. No argument about that. Degrees in other subjects than English also qualify as literature degrees. Comp Lit, classics, foreign languages...

People with degrees in languages and literature, not just English. (English is important, of course.)

Virgil didn't write in English.

I wonder if anyone who teaches these workshops ever realizes that as soon as kids kiss or make out or even get the shivers from their boyfriend brushing their arm with his hand, they will instantly throw out all of this teaching because they either 1) realize that the adults were lying and sexual contact feels good…

The author, as she very clearly stated in the article, is talking about the new line that was just released last year.

You're not alone. I do this too. If I got cryptic responses or crazy responses, I would probably just leave the relationship. When you get one of these responses, you have two choices. 1) Leave. 2) If you want to try to work it out, you could choose to try to teach effective communication to this person and also use…

The other thing is that there are more than a few men who think they're being logical, when they're really just being linear.

I regularly want to shout this point about the other gender being human beings at guys who have bought into the whole Mars/Venus fallacy and ask, "But what do women WANT?"

My answer nowadays is usually some variation on, It varies on the woman. In general they want the same basic things that guys want: to have fun, to…

Corollary to the above: Take what the other person says at face (or text) value. Don't try to read anything more into it. If the other person doesn't say what they mean, then it's on them to issue a correction.

I automatically react a tad negatively to "use logic and it's their problem if they react badly to it!" Too often I've had guys use that and either not recognize their own bias in the situation or not realize that it's not a situation of me not understanding him, but of having an issue beyond his logical argument -…

If you actually bothered to read the article, then you should have noticed that the author was against generalizations about men AND women. The author was advocating honest, frank discussion in relationships instead of assuming that someone else can decode what your partner means/says/does.

Something I've learned from 12 years of dating with varying degrees of success: tell the truth. Say you like someone if you like them. Explain your position in an argument in a calm and linear way. If your partner responds badly/nonsensically to logic and honesty, or if they shut down, they are not in a place for a…

Man, it sure is weird when the same word has two different, acceptable spellings!

er... ALL english children call their mothers "mummy"... the difference is snobs still do it when they're 25.

All UK kids, not just posh English kids ;-) Except those who say "maw," "ma," "mammy," and "mither," anyway.

I'm from the north of England and I called my mum mummy when I was little like a lot of kids. But if you will get all your knowledge of England from Downton..

I love it when Americans try to correct UK English.