You dated Newt Gingrich?

AHHH I am so excited I might just forgive my cat!

Wrong. Cuddling, hugging, closed mouth pecks on the mouth with no sexual insinuation is completely normal. Humans are physical beings. In fact, children that are denied loving (not sexual) physical affection develop attachment disorders - see maternal deprivation; it can be a form of neglect. You can also Google the…

Yeah... I mean, the part where he watches her be physically sick as a result of what they did together, blithely tells her she'll get over it, and then lets it happen again? No. Nonononononoo. Fuck this guy. It's unbelievable to me that there are people, nevermind people in her own family, that are prepared to heap…

Take it from an old(ish) lady who was sexually and physically abused as a kid by family; and who was in a horribly abusive relationship for five years: you are *far* more likely to live happily and come to terms with whatever has happened to you (I don't mean by that that you should or will come to forgive or feel…

Ugh. These stories always end up pissing me off because inevitably someone blames the kid.

The attraction is normal. Acting on it isn't, and especially if you are in a parent/child relationship. It was his responsibility to protect her from it, and he failed her. Further I would argue that he groomed her and preyed upon her.

I can imagine this: people who fall in love often speak of instant recognition that they have with their potential partner. With a genetic family member, I imagine that there is a similar instant recognition that the author describes. We have no model for this in a platonic fashion and so, perhaps, the circuits get…

I would like to know if this figure applies only to immediate family or if it includes extended. Sexual attraction between cousins is pretty common in my understanding, and that's even if you have known them your whole lives, not only in adulthood.

Oh I completely believe all of that. But the father in this case acted like a predator. And I don't want to respond to the other comments here, but it should be obvious I would consider it the same if it were a mother and son. So, the "double standard" is one of parent/child, not man/woman.

After the other GSA story we had here a few months ago, this really reinforces the concerns I had about that relationship. The father needs to maintain those boundaries, even if the daughter is legally an adult, though even more so in this case where she actually asked him to stop. I have no doubt that GSA is real,…

This is some brave shit.

She was on WTf with Marc Maron today. It was a really good talk.

I'm going to be real: Why wouldn't you?

I HATE THAT. you can just feeellll it moving

If you cut a strawberry in half, what does it look like? A HEART. Bam. Valentines tie-in complete tyvm

I just sneezed and got a fun panty favor

I almost never laugh at comics, even when they're funny (I just smile wisely), but she had me laughing out loud. And it's for Valentines Day because blood, red, fertility, death, and STRAWBERRIES!

This is one of those things that if she were my daughter I would sit her down for a serious discussion. Forget the drug talk, have the "booty movement" talk.

My dad sold used Buicks as a second job when my folks got married, the rest of his life he drove 2 year old Buick Electra 225s. One of his buddies would give him a call & say some grandma had just bought a new one & her 2 year old model with 12,000 on the clock & every conceivable option was available for less than a…