all of this obscures the larger, more important point, that Taylor Swift *genuinely* cares about the MTV video music awards.

K-Pop stars aren’t artists of color. They are Koreans in Korea. They are not subjugated minorities. Americans don’t get to decide that people are less powerful minorities whoever they are, wherever they go, wherever they live, just because they are a minor group in the US.

same

Guys I kind of want to go to that barn.

A relationship borne out of infidelity has pretty high odds of not lasting. Why? If they are willing to cheat with you, they are willing to cheat on you.

Yeah, this. My ex-husband and I had a spectacularly angry divorce (for about six months; now we D&D and sometimes drink together, and it’s 80% amicable), and we still learned after a few weeks how to not act like total shitheads in front of our then-4-year-old.

Starred for cardinal direction pun.

Brunch is the fucking best and I will defend that to the death. I don’t generally want to eat when I first wake up, but I love breakfast food. So yes, french toast and bacon at 11am is the IDEAL MEAL.

Don’t knock s fucking brunch man. I love brunch. You have choices like “Do I want to eat an omelette or the filet mignon medallions?” Do I want grapefruit juice or grapefruit juice and vodka?

I think we’re supposed to be snarky because “brunch?”

Yes! I wanted to say the same thing. I realize some people have abusive exes or traumatic divorces, but I think a lot of people would like to be amicable with their coparent if possible. My stepmom was a raging bitch and made my moms life miserable, at the same time she was super nicey nice to her own ex husband (my…

Yeah, I'm no Goopy fan but I think this admirable. And I'm not so sure having money helps, i know too many divorced wealthy people who treat each other abhorrently. If anything money is just another thing to fight over when everything is going to shit.

Yes all the snark here is weird and misplaced. Any kid whose been through a screaming, petty divorce can appreciate the effort these two are making. Good for them.

Agreed. I like that my parents were willing to hang out together after the divorce for my sake. It meant they could make parenting decisions together in person instead of through lawyers and whatnot. It also makes a kids life a lot easier when the parents don’t pit themselves against one another.

As soon as I saw this headline, I rushed to the comments to find out how we would manage to turn “Gwyneth stays friendly with her ex-husband to create some post-divorce normalcy for their children” into more reasons to hate and resent her. Seems like a challenge, but if anyone is up to it, I know it’s us!

Gwyneth Paltrow is a condescending weirdo, but the one thing we shouldn’t criticize her for is going through a divorce amicably without devastating her kids. She’s doing this about as well as a divorcing parent can.

Totally agree and was just about to write the same thing. She and her ex are committed to the wellbeing of their children. If they express that love for their children by going to brunch together, then great! As the child of divorced parents, I wish mine had been this mature. The snark in the article is out of line.

Meh. My parents are divorced, and when my dad started dating, no matter how “cool” the girl was, I liked my mom better. She’s my mom. My Dad was still respectful of my mom and explained to the new girlfriends that she and I would still be part of his life because of 50/50 custody.

Girl, been there. So awful/strange to feel all the emotional drama of a relationship without the romance part. My former man friend really messed with my mind, I think unintentionally, but he could not do commitment at all. Didn’t help that after years of being in love with him he started smooching one of my closest…

He doesn’t want to be romantic to anyone.