That's simply not true. Some reactions are not okay. It's not all right for an abused kid to grow up and commit a mass shooting, no matter how hurt and angry he may be. There are less extreme examples but I don't care to type it all out. And I'm not telling these people they can't do this. I'm just saying it doesn't…

Don't struggle to get a narcissist to listen to you. Talk to someone else. That's all. The narcissist has no control over those conversations, really. You're not going to ever get your voice heard around them.

Should I answer for simpatica too, since you copy/pasted the same thing to both of us?

Disagree. I've been there done that so I DO understand having a narcisstic parent... all this does is invite more drama. Her parents will now show this everywhere and show what a messed up psycho daughter they have (that's how they will frame it, anyway). Ignoring them entirely, making sure the rest of the family…

That was me. And the great thing about invitations is that you don't have to specifically not invite people. You just don't invite them if you don't want them there. If they show up wanting invitations, then, you know, say no, you treated me like shit, you must be joking. And oh by the way please don't contact me…

Except that you don't look back and smile, because behaving hatefully doesn't get you anything back. And I say this as someone who didn't invite a parent to a wedding.

It's some of the least helpful advice around, the advice to engage in any way with people, including parents, who've abused you. If that's really…

No, that's not a good way of handling it. That just spreads more pus around. And no doubt her inlaws are now concerned about who's joining their family.

If you're a grownup (and if you're getting married, you should be one of these) and you don't want to invite people to your function, don't. That's it. Full stop. If…

This seems like a pretty reasonable response on his part. I don't particularly understand where the paragraph by paragraph snark is coming from.

I actually looked at the rider. He was asking for things like having a clean, dry dressing room in close proximity to the stage, couches to sit on, really simple food and beverages for his crew. I've been at some back stage thingies, and the ones I have been to have been pretty simple as well. He's asking for…

I really don't think this would look anywhere near as bad without the crowbarred wisecracks telling me what I'm supposed to think between every paragraph. I'm struggling to find anything wrong with this, and I'm not even a Jack White fan.

Wow, I never thought I'd say this, but — Team White

Ok, I agree with your general sentiment that men are not sexualized in the same manner as women when wearing comparable things.

My dad had a subscription to Sports Illustrated when I was a kid, and I distinctly remember the swimsuit issue as the only time I ever saw a woman within its pages. I don't have a problem with nudity generally, but if I had a little girl who loved sports I'd hate to have to explain to her why the only women…

I mean, I probably will go down that route eventually because I'm quite frank with kids, but I don't think Grey junior is old enough to grasp that shit yet. Anyway, he's probably not going to see this because we're not in the USA. But I'm still annoyed that a sporting magazine erases women from its pages and only puts…

1. Of course Michael Jordan is a model. That might not be what he's primarily known for, but that doesn't change the fact that he has had to model to sell the shit he endorses.

You make a good point. I've never seen any photos of Michael Jordan pulling down his basketball shorts and making that face at the camera.

I think this cover will harm them by making it normal for women to appear in an exclusively sexual manner in the pages of a sports magazine which otherwise celebrates strength, perseverance, hard work and achievement. But those values are for the boys, the message is. The girls need to be thin, have big boobs, and…

Retouching does not mean "make look thinner".

She is the one that they retouch to smooth bones, not to shave inches.

You do know that Tyra Banks is black right?