oh wow, that's crazy. i usually get 3 vegetarian tacos and it's only 700 calories.

that's how i took it as well, which is intensely racist to me. "Look you overcame being born a black so maybe honky it up a bit now?"

very few of my friends have kids. I used to think it was because we are all too young to have kids but one day i woke up and we were all in our mid-twenties. a lot of us aren't in serious relationships because we've been so focused on school/work, those that are in serious relationships are delaying marriage because…

I'm 25 and not really interested in having kids. I just finished grad school about 6 months ago and I'm underemployed. Maybe in a few years, after i've gotten a good job, put a dent in my student loans, put away some savings, and my fiance is finished with school.

This. I have a master's degree and I work at an after school program for $12 an hour. My fiance and I have been together for seven years but haven't gotten married yet because all our money goes to paying our basic necessities. We do have a savings account for the wedding that we contribute to weekly, but it's growing…

fucking seriously. you're in a service industry, that means you have to deal with all the people that come in, not just the ones you find attractive.

i agree with all of this, except i'm not into period sex because it's sticky.

am i super lucky or do most women just not have big problems with their periods? if i haven't been exercising or eating right it's definitely worse, and once or twice a year i have a period that is painful and makes me feel crazy, but other than that it's really not a big deal.

oh, you're having a long engagement because you're saving up for the wedding? why not just have a small ceremony now and then throw a reception later? because it's actually the outdoor ceremony with minimal decorations that costs thousands of dollars, not the dinner and drinks for 150 guests.

my fiance and i have been together for seven years, living together for four, and engaged for one. we don't plan on getting married for two more years, and now word is slowly spreading through the family that we don't want to have children. i'd say two thirds of our relatives don't give a shit, but that remaining…

this isn't a grammatical pet peeve, but a little part of me cries every time someone refers to someone's "je ne sais quoi."

irregardless.

my fiance and i had dozens of conversations about what kind of marriage we wanted before he proposed. we made the decision together, but i wanted that moment of him asking me.

i actually laughed out loud at that one. well played.

it's distinquished from mania in that it isn't psychosis, doesn't require hospitalization and doesn't cause a marked impairment in occupational or social functioning, but it still needs to be severe enough to cause a noticeable change in functioning that is apparent to others.

First off, just because a person can look up an article and misdiagnose themselves doesn't mean the disorder doesn't exist.

erg, you're right. there has to be at least one hypomanic episode and on depressive episode to qualify. But even then, hypomania has to last for at least 4 days in order to qualify as an episode, which is longer than most people will experience.

oh, come off it. anyone who has spent more than 15 minutes in an attempt to become a qualified counselor knows that a disorder doesn't become a disorder until it's intense enough and goes on long enough to interfere with someone's life. so, yes, everyone experiences mania and depression at some point, but not everyone…

....is it pathetic that i want to submit an application to you? because some of the comments on this thread have me wondering if i'm actually a hipster.

i frequently find that things i liked a long time ago get suddenly and inexplicably popular, but i refuse to say "i liked this before it was cool" because i know how insufferable it would make me.