I think it's reasonable to want to know that. If I were trans, I'd likely put that fact front and center on my profile, if for no other reason than fear of a violent reaction from someone who felt I was being a "deceptive trans."

The problem with any "no _____" statement in an online dating profile is that there's no guarantee that anyone is actually reading it. A lot (or even most) women get an unmanageable number of messages no matter what they write. Guys tend to write the first message, so their profiles should be geared toward avoiding…

That's an awful lot of erosion when the house seems to be in really good shape.

I get it—it's toasted!

It also makes zero sense to bury the toolbox half an inch below the ground.

She could've just been flat out lying about that.

Oh, sure, I don't think any of it was out of character. I just felt like some of the replies here saw it as appropriate in the circumstances, which it mostly wasn't.

Existence is suffering.
The cause of suffering is craving.
Suffering can be transcended.
The means to transcend suffering is Coca-Cola.

I thought that was cold, and even a little over-the-top. It's true that he wasn't enough of a father that custody makes sense. But to the degree that she was saying that he can't even come to be there and say goodbye and comfort his children while their mom is dying…way too much.

The emotional maturity of this comment is roughly age 19.

Well, it's not literally tyrannical in any sense.

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I was pretty huge into TMBG 10-15 years ago, and I've mostly stayed a fan, just not at the same level.

I agree with his point about the tyranny of "music you're supposed to like," but I think the rest of what he says is silly.

I have trouble recalling anything Shawn has done that was for someone's benefit besides his own. "Getting them to lighten up" doesn't count.

The asexuality suggestion was part of a list of things to rule out before proceeding to what Dan identified as the likely issue of mismatched libidos that will eventually sink the relationship.

Is this a reference to your post about Catelyn above, or are you just a troll?

Basically all marriages are dynastic on the show. That's how marriage works. Noble family marriages for love are almost uniformly bad ideas (see, e.g., Robb's.) Catelyn clearly loves Ned, even if it's love based on duty because she wanted his brother instead. She hates herself for not being able to love Jon Snow…

The issue for me is that I like folky music, but Mumford and Sons/Lumineers just feels so inauthentic and, as a poster above said, "focus grouped" that it offends me. It's a blatant cash-grab. Their music is just, like, the component parts of a song. They're playing instruments I like, but the songs have no…

I like the Avett Brothers, and I dislike everyone else who does this sort of music. So I'm going to say you nailed it.