I came here to basically write the exact same thing. I met the last 2 guys I dated on OKC. After my last breakup that completely wrecked me, I took myself out of the game and after a lot of time off, I recently I was ready to get back in it so I re-did my profile and off I went. Allegedly. The whole thing is so…

Being single in my 40s has been the most liberating thing that has ever happened to me. No obligatory friendships, no giving a shit what people think of what I'm wearing, how I look, etc., taking zero shit from idiots. I've never been more confident and when I look back to who I was in my 20s and 30s, it's like I'm…

So now I don't know if you're being sarcastic and I'm missing it because, you know, I'm in my 40s, which means I'm fucking old and I apparently like the decor from Dynasty.

I had a similar boyfriend a few years ago. We would be in bed together in the morning, naked, and he would pull out his computer to watch porn and jack off but had no intention of including me at all. I was wide awake and we would be talking, so it's not like he was just passing some time while I was asleep. He…

WHAT.THE.FUCK. I've never heard of this before in my life and just spent the last 10 minutes watching something I can't unwatch. How common are botflies? My God.

Exactly. My boys are almost 15 and 13 and my daughter is 9. I've talked a lot about things with my oldest and will have no problem talking to all of them more in depth about things in the future. My 15 yo already asks me really, really great, thoughtful questions (full time single parent, so we're pretty close) and…

Whoa! My kids discovering my proclivity for porn is my worst fear, rivaled by one of them having to clean out my bed side drawer upon my untimely death.

I'm an old and I take offense at that. Some of us 40-something horndogs have been doing the porn-solo-and-with-partner thing for longer than we care to admit.

I'm in Chicago now and I have to say that I think I would rather have snow for days on end than rain. I think that might be because I have new bangs, though, and they look ridiculous when it's humid out. I also think I'm saying that because today is the first day in what feels like 700 days that it's above 30 and…

I love this and agree 1,000%. Not only did I not have a hard time making the decision; there really wasn't even a decision to make. I wasn't ready to be a parent at 20 - end of story. When it was over, I clicked my heels to the side and never looked back. And I never looked back not out of guilt or torment or…

I just saw this headline and thought it was from The Onion. Are you really telling me that women have never competed in this event before? The justification for disallowing it before is the best. Like they give a rat's ass about female athletes' reproductive systems.

Exactly. I wrote that on another post. I'm accused of molesting one of my kids, my #1 concern - always - would be for my kid, and I would be horrified, disgusted, and absolutely wrecked. If there was any doubt before (I had none), his response completely. 100% erased it.

Nothing about his love for his kids and for Dylan! I read it twice because I thought no, I must have missed something. He's at least smart enough to toss in something about his love for his kids and his disgust at the very thought of one of them being molested, regardless of the truth. But nope. He couldn't even…

I just wrote something similar a second ago. And not only would they defend themselves; the very idea of them molesting their child would be so appalling, disgusting and horrifying to them that their reaction to these accusations certainly wouldn't be "I didn't give it a second thought" and "it's ludicrous". How is…

"...I didn't give it a second thought." Wait...What? I read his piece last night before I went to bed and then proceeded to lay there and stare up at the ceiling, picturing myself accused of molesting my kid and trying to imagine all of the possible ways I would have reacted to the accusation - assuming I didn't do…

I'm so glad you pointed out Full Dark, No Stars. I was shocked at the viewpoint from which he was able to write. Also, my copy of his non-fiction book On Writing is dog eared and highlighted and looks like it was dragged behind a truck for 20 miles. Carrie's mom is hardly representative of a pattern of how King…

I'm on OKCupid now and the amount of messages I'm getting from 20-something guys is about to push me over the edge. I'm not just looking for a hook up.

I just came here to write something similar. I'm so glad I'm not alone. When I first read the headline I was slightly encouraged, thinking "gosh, maybe at 40ish, single and going on 14 loooong months of nothing I'm NOT completely washed up after all." Except I still have that lurking fear that if - if - I end up…

I'm pretty sure it was quite a scene that was created. I'm assuming that a courtroom in Alabama family court is similar to family court anywhere in the country, which means it's packed. She had to stand up, gather her 5 kids—one who was eating— and all of their belongings, and walk out with an entire courtroom…

There isn't an explicit restriction in the statute that allows for a time/place/manner restriction, and there shouldn't be. It's a human being who needs to eat. I'm sure that's what the state would argue when defending her removal from the courtroom, but it sounds like a perfect pro bono case to me. I'd take it in…