Yeah I have absolutely no problem with an allowance - in fact I like that idea because it gives you independence etc etc, and I would like to do that to if and when I get married. However I think her allowance is designed to prevent her from overspending, and its something he decided and metes out.

A couple of friends of a friend just got engaged. The girl has 60k of debt that her fiancé has been paying off. They live in a condo that I assume is in his name because I can't see how she could qualify for a mortgage with that type of credit. Her salary goes into a joint account that he gives her an allowance from…

wampole or walpole? I LOVE YOU HUGO BUT FUCK YOU JEZEBEL. EDIT YOUR ARTICLES.

I'm really happy this is like, an acceptable thing now. I've never wanted a diamond, ever. They've never been my taste, especially the big gaudy kind. But even my mom was like "oh you'll want a diamond." 25 years and still not true. I'd so much rather have something unique.

whatevs! all it takes is one person born into a situation like that escaping the fate of evolving into a sniveling twit to prove that ANY ONE OF THEM CAN and thereby rendering the brant brothers (one of whom, btw, is a legal adult and both of whom are old enough to be held responsible for their actions) guilty of…

oh honey, that's a different game entirely. to that i say, to each his own, but personally I don't think getting married to have sex is wise at all.

you're definitely right and there are definitely exceptions to this, it sounds like you and your husband included and glad to hear you are happy. I do think that in general the statistics show that younger ages (which do reflect maturity levels much of the time) correlate to higher rates of divorce though.

marriages between people under the age of 25 have a 60% likelihood of ending in divorce (source: National Center for Health Statistics.) This drops after the partners are over the age of 25. Why rush your life away? If you're with someone at 22 who you think you want to spend your life with, why not just keep dating…

in my experience my divorced friends are divorced because they got MARRIED to the wrong person for the wrong reasons, not because it was too easy to get divorced! if you're going to throw hurdles into the divorce process, throw hurdles into the marriage process, dammit! there are 19 year olds getting hitched out there!

I don't think we have enough info on her to make a strongly speculative let alone definitive statement about her parenting or her alleged contributions to this crime. That being said, I am confused about why I've read nothing here about Peter Lanza.

what a human pile of meat farts this man is.

love it.

as i recall the reason that overweight woman couldn't get on the "plain" is because there may have been extenuating circumstances with her health that made it risky to fly.

wow, really well said. I've had some really great, formerly super-close friendships end just because we both changed and lost certain key commonalities. these are almost never big, mean "breakups", more just like a "drifting away."

oh snap

4. in certain choice cases, waking up with purple nail polish on your teeth.

yes when i read that all i could think of were the (sadly multiple) occasions I spent there getting bombed on Old Fashioneds, demanding a shitty manicure, and then immediately ruining it on my own clothing.

did anyone else click on the track palin divorce link to see how the division shakes down? the (ex) wife walks away with $2500 and gets to keep her jewelry. even in a low cost of living area, that's like a glorified consolation raffle prize. she also has custody; track makes about 40k a year and is giving $600 monthly…

THIS

Seconded. Opinions are always entitled, but the OP didn't say anything rude or offensive to warrant that kind of response.