I am in my late 30's, and went through the exact same college experience as you. I then spent pretty much the next 6 years stuck in that rut, miserably depressed, never having a relationship, having maybe 2 non-online friends, and a grand total of maybe a year and a half of employment. The "best years of my life"…

I agree with you that women should be allowed to compete for spots in the NFL, MLB, NHL, and NBA as well. I think you are way, way, way off when you say the only thing preventing women from physically matching men in these sports is "society." It's kind of insane.

For all their talk about rescuing men from patriarchy-driven standards of manhood, Jezebel writers routinely mock those who don't meet those standards.

Why are you picking on guys? The unrealistic expectations definitely goes both ways, you know.

Exactly. It's also not the boy's problem if the girl feels uncomfortable or threatened when she feels him physically sexually aroused during a match. We already put enough sexual guilt and shame on kids as it is, there's no need to lay it on either boys or girls when they're legitimately involved in a contact sport.…

They actually are serious pests in some areas, but not to the extent that they should be killed, particularly in light of their threatened status.

Hell no. It's a perfect valid statement once you take away the pre-set gender roles. If the (working spouse) comes home they are fully entitled to the (house-staying spouse) having made dinner.

Right, and it's entirely possible it's justified in this case, but the whole point of alimony is not because one partner built up some sort of investment account in their ex by staying with them or having their children, it's because one was disadvantaged financially by mutual assent in the course of the marriage and…

We don't know anything about the rest of the relationship, though. Maybe he has a lot of other qualities and the one thing he just really likes is her to make him sandwiches. That's not an unreasonable request if he's equally generous towards her on other things.

It is entirely possible it is, just saying I don't think it (or alimony) should be automatically presumed on the details we have. People automatically tend to go mentally to this narrative of the patient, loving wife left in poverty by the philandering jerk, but real life is a lot more complicated than that.

Did he expect her to do that? DID she do that? I don't know and the article doesn't say. But there is a huge moral difference between supporting your children and supporting your ex.

Well, the issue in all alimony questions is about circumstance. Nobody's so awesome that they should be paid a reward for having been married, and this idea that one grown adult should support another after the relationship ends just because is a little silly. Now if she is in a position where due to the…

(P)alimony is spousal support, not child support. I am going to guess that their children are all adults by this point.

So....any plans this weekend?

For 11 years? I'm sure she just has many problems as he does. Who knows, she might have had her own crazy list too.

That was exactly my impression when I read this; he seems to fall somewhere along the autism spectrum, and I am not comfortable making fun of him either for that reason.

He sounds somewhat autistic, which would explain a lot of things.

Thanks, you have some really interesting insight. You've obviously given it a lot of thought, which a lot of people frequently don't do; instead they tend to carve out exceptions where if you're accused of the "worst" crimes then defending yourself itself becomes an immoral act. The problem is the "worst" crimes…

Is that enough to zealously defend your client? What if you think your chances are much better at prevailing if you do blame the victim? If you decide to go into criminal law, you are going to get into the situation where you have a choice between a socially desirable action that could prejudice your client and a…

Yes, it would be nice if the education system didn't systematically shortchange boys, but despite the clear quantitative data irrefutably showing this is the case, people refuse to recognize it.