I also hope they get the same calls from their fathers, grandfathers, brothers and sons.

Simpler than that: these MFs have never had anyone actually love them and show them affection. All these bastards screaming about seeing babies love on each other have never felt any sort of kindness from anybody and as a young adult/adult the only “affection” they get is in the form of fucking or being fucked. THAT’S…

It really depends on the airline and how long the time they have from boarding. If they are gate checking before boarding your luggage is going through the baggage claim process. If you literally check your bag on the skyway then it probably won’t go through baggage claim.

It varies. Typically gate-checked items are returned to you on the jet-way, but sometimes they do end up at baggage claim. I’ve had it happen to me and I’ve heard many stories of parents gate checking strollers only to have them not available when getting off the plane.

The breadth of this case blows the Sandusky case out of the water, both in terms of victims and the number of times those victims’ accusations were ignored. This deserves all the attention that the Sandusky got, but it isn’t getting it due to society’s ingrained sexism and homophobia. Apparently men assaulting boys…

I had a long diatribe, but I deleted it for it being too wordy. I’ll leave this:

Jet Pharaoh and Nova Maximus

I have three boys-12, 4, and 2. Guess what? Sometimes they kiss each other on the mouth. And 2 seconds later, they beat the shit out of each other.

This isn’t a male/female issue. It’s an online dating issue. I think you’re absolutely right that attractiveness is a huge factor in that process and a barrier for people who diverge from the mainstream just generally (I say as a black woman for whom online dating is by and large not that productive). But that issue…

Well, here’s a question for ya: You got people to proof your profile... but did you get help styling yourself and taking the photos?

You know... women love to dress men up. I personally have overseen 3 makeovers. So. Much. Fun. And rewarding.

The self-loathing is palpable.

I agree with you. I’m probably way on the other side of the dating spectrum age-wise from most people here. I’m 60 and have been married and divorced twice, the second time ten years ago. I had one long relationship between marriages and a few short ones in the last few years, and after not dating for about four…

That was an asshole comment.

Cue the moment Many Bells realized this is THEIR OWN FAMILY

Women like to tell everyone they are above all that but they aren’t.

I don’t think it’s homeschooling alone so much as it is homeschooling + weird religion. My two youngest siblings were both homeschooled; my sister, at 22, has two Associates and a Bachelors degree. But then, our father was a literal rocket scientist and had both of them attending community college classes by the time…

Plenty of unattractive men are happily married or in relationships though, and not just ones that have a lot of money. If there’s one thing I’ve learned in all my years on earth is that the key to people finding you attractive, perhaps even more than looks, is self-confidence.

There are a lot of folks who genuinely need a lot of space in an intimate relationship. There is a great deal of value for many people enjoying life with other people who aren’t their romantic partner. Sometimes that “that person” is “those people.” And there are people who are healthy and just fine not partnered by…

You don’t get points for doing what is expected of you.

One of the things that really gives me hope about young people is that they acknowledged that this is a thing, came up with a word for it, and then established a discourse about why shaming people for it is wrong.