You’ll notice the red (dress), white (skin), and blue (background) that signifies the French flag. France the country that gave us the baguette. Baguettes that get stale after a few hours. Hours, not theirs. They’re trying to steal our country.

When Jez first announced they’d have an advice column I was really excited, but over the past few weeks it has become clear that its more of just a joke. Which is fine, whatever, but I don’t think that was made clear initially.

I do the Washington Post ones daily, but I save all the other ones I love for Saturday morning coffee. I have a whole two hour killing list of Saturday morning coffee sites that I have to read in order (not only advice). It’s my little happy ritual.

And the suggestion to simply mention it in the morning and then pretend like you didn’t say something of weight? That’s ridiculous.

Yeah, this really bothered me, too. I’m single because I want to be. I really do treasure friendships, and I love having close, emotional relationships that are largely platonic. I have no plans to partner up or to get married, because I’m just not interested in those things. I am sometimes sad when my friends…

New mad respect for Taylor Swift. She gave excellent answers to all those questions where the lawyer was trying to put the onus on her to have done something about it, rather than the perpetrator who shouldn’t have done it in the first place. Bravo!!!!

It does suck. Her tone is shitty and obnoxious. The first time I read it (because I was genuinely happy there was going to be an advice column on Jez), she started giving advice and then went off on a rant about the person’s email address and how terrible it was. I don’t like long wacky email addresses either, but…

Thank you. This is offensively counter-productive and insulting “advice.”

I’m pretty sure she’s going with the too-cool-to-care route based on the comment she left on the thread under Iceberg’s comment.

This Column’z Not Okay.

I miss Caity Weaver.

A 24 year old with no life experience.

Yeah, but the worst part is, her advice boils down to: “don’t have friends? You don’t need friends, you need a man.”

She’s giving the advice of a person who’s had partner’s that she’s wanted to impress by showing that she can care as little about them as they showed they cared about her.

Just say, “Our sex life is a little, um, weak these days? You know what I’m talking about and you need to figure it out. I love you; call a doctor.” It know this might sound like I’m oversimplifying or being too curt, but with stuff like this, it’s best to just be direct and brief. Blurt it out one morning and go on…

“Last off, his wife probably told him to stop hanging out with you, duh. Which means you are attractive which means you can find a partner which means your friends can have a little time off from taking care of that need which means they’ll want to hang out with you more”

It’s odd to me that Dr. Nerdlove over at Kotaku, a video game website, gives more empathetic, reasonable, healthy relationship advice than Jezebel, and he manages to do it with a far less condescending tone.

Listen to Batman:

“It’s the term “Men” that leads me to that interpretation. Had she used the term “People”, I would have not drawn the logical conclusion that she was referring to men.”

No. You are not responsible for this person. Only an abuser is responsible for their abuse. Ultimately, your behavior is one of the better survival skills one can develop with an NPD: do not engage. There is no profit in helping with them. There is no benefit to arguing with them. Do what you have to to protect…