It’s horrible. I know; I’m in the middle of such a situation.

The tidbit of “they stay married but live apart” - that one gets me, heh, because honestly that would have been the only way for me and my ex husband to have gotten along.

in India, two of my female cousins married “nice guys” in arranged marriages. Their parents chose the partners. Both of these guys turned out to be awful, abusive, and violent and both cousins had to escape and get divorces. Now both are divorced women living in India and my heart breaks for them because they’re both…

Yeah, there’s some fancy stepping around in an effort to soften the knowledge that those low, low divorce rates are due to people being trapped.

Prachi, the statistic about divorces is interesting, but i do think divorce is so heavily stigmatized in India especially for women that it is not seen as a viable choice at all. I think patriarchal pressure exists in multiple forms in Indian culture before and after marriage and walking out on an abusive or an…

“I don’t want to be associated with a man who puts his party before his country.”

So I might steal your diamonds,

I don’t care what anyone says, Hanson is great. This is my favorite song they’ve done post-Mmmbop (featuring Fitz and the Tantrums).

Damn, Lauren. The Hanson hate is real. I love this song! If you’re unhappy with this track and want to hear some great Hanson tunes, I recommend checking out “Anthem” or “Thinking About Something.” Both albums have some great tunes. Also, they did a cover of “Thinking Out Loud” that’s is great and may be better than…

Fame is so weird, a band made up of squeaky clean brothers that had a legitimately terrible one hit wonder TWENTY years ago, can coast on that success for seemingly ever.

I’m 44 and Lynda Carter (65) looks much better than I currently do, ever have, or ever will. *Sigh*

Lynda Carter is 65 years old.

I love Abigail Breslin.

See also: Strictly Ballroom, which I just decided I must watch again over the weekend.

My mother loves the original movie so much that she would make me watch the final scene with her over and over with her as a kid, which gave me the eye-opening realization that my mom had the hots for someone other than dad, and that person was Patrick Swayze.

There really needs to be a word for secondhand embarrassment. That is what I do have.

Sorry to hear about your bad experience. I understand the problem. There is a resource you can use to have a better sense on where to donate - http://www.givewell.org/

Of course not. What I am saying is that Nicki - and everyone else - should only donate money to non-religious local NGOs which do good work. There are plenty of them.

I am all for preaching religion without economic manipulation. Let people convert without coercion.

Would you suggest the people in the village continue to suffer without necessities to nourish their children and to keep them alive and healthy. I understand what you are saying and hope the situation isn’t exploited.