it is NOT trashy. Of course not! I say this as someone who is marrying late in life, but your experience and mine are equally valid. Of course they are! The point is that you find someone who loves you, trusts you, and you walk through life together as equals, supporting. Sometimes one of you is stronger, sometimes…

Of course! That's great..I know a few ladies (and gents) who married their childhood love and they are really lovely, solid couples. They have that long history together and they are great people. (and oooh, I know that when I finally (hopefully) have kids I'm going to be cursing their young joints/backs/ability to…

You know... I had a 7 year relationship before this one (and a big gap inbetween.) It ended amicably (at my instigation) and I was really pissed off at the people around me trying to set me up. I didn't want it. I wanted to be just me.

Absolutely, and you know I hadn't even considered that angle (ouch) but yes, it really infantilises men too. Decent blokes want exactly what we want - a great team, a partnership, someone to love and see the difficult bits through with the smooth. They aren't ATMs, or father figures: they are our equals. Equal…

Ironically, my college chap was a delightful sweetie. However, I do shudder to think of the others I hooked up with after we broke up...
I'm absolutely delighted for those who find, marry and find happiness with childhood sweethearts. Got a couple of friends like that and they're still going strong. However, let's be…

Yeah, I worked at one building where nursing mothers were directed to the Muslim/Christian prayer room (which in itself was deep in the bowels of the building, between the morgue and the chemical waste repository.) You couldn't make it up.... facepalm
Fellow born in the 70s person here... Yeah, I remember it well.…

Yeah, I'm kind of OK with the crazy tax because I can see how it's spent. Somehow when you see all the flower beds being meticulously laid out and the snow being cleared daily you feel better about it.
Six weeks is so little... I just can't imagine being able to function in my job with a baby so young. Also I…

That is horrendous. I'm hoping to produce a couple of little uns over the next year or two and I'm just shocked by the costs and lack of parental leave in the USA. Here it's free..totally free at the point of delivery. Plus great parental leave and almost free kindergarten. America, we love you, but we shake our heads…

Yup. Have to say that was my first reaction to the headline (I'm being investigated for narcolepsy right now, so possibly feeling a little sensitive for such things) but this doesn't look like that at all. Poor kid.

Yes, it's brilliant. He does a great job of debunking all this crap.

seriously, there isn't, and this is a major bugbear for me, as a scientist, becuase so much of this this gadawful "cleanse-yourself-from-bad-lady-things" shit is tied up with dieting/bashing ladies. If you'd like a piece on "why the idea of "toxins" is bloody well screwing you all, I would be happy to oblige (and of…

yes, yes yes..Ahh, the voice of reason.. (scientist here, hullo!) yes, basically if you mix an oil and a more aquatically based medium by mixing it up in your gob for twenty flipping minutes, it's going to form a (white, ofc) emulsion. Of course it is. Now don't get me wrong: coconut oil, or monoi,or any version…

Thank you as well. You've certainly given me some food for thought and I value being able to discuss in an intelligent and respectful manner. As I'm sure you're aware, these comments sections can get a little shrill sometimes !
I suppose I see things from my own perspective as well.. I guess were all biased, the key…

Diabetes is a tough thing to live with...

Hmmm... Well I put in 83 hours last week and I earn more than the hubster (anecdata alert..waaarrrrp...waaaarp!) but yeah, this socialist paradise dweller is happy. (Mainly because it's not dark 22 hours a day anymore...yay ! )

Ahhh..well firstly, hope your wife is ok and fully recovered. MRSA is not a thing you want to happen and I know it strikes fear into every doc I know.
The death panels thing was about what's called the Liverpool care pathway, which was intended to provide excellent palliative care. It kind of got misrepresented in the…

Yeah, I'm more of a, "live and let live and what can we learn from you ?" Than a "my politics are best and you're eeeevil for disagreeing" sort of a person. Always amazes me how people don't listen, they just push their views, like you say...sigh. I prefer to give people all the information they need to make an…

Well...since a good slice of the planet doesn't even have clean drinking water... Yeah. Your point is valid. This will be for the rich.

I cannot tell you how perfect this is. The grim hanging on..the sheer speed...the suspicion that when it finally stops, the junior sqrl will jump back on yell, "AGAIN" at its father...waiting just out of shot...

Yes, here in Sweden, we have a small population, that's very culturally homogenous and very much focused on the collective. We have a lot of open space, plenty of resources, and I am sure that helps a lot. Of course, there's a downside to that homogeneity (google "Law of Jante.")

In the UK, it's very different - 65+…