Put it this way—if you didn’t grow up eating it, and then you taste it as an adult as part of a loved one’s special holiday meal, you will want to be sure you’re sitting a) facing away from said loved one’s mother and b) close to the door so you can get to the bathroom quickly if you cannot bring yourself to swallow.

Ugh. As one of the unfortunates in the audience for Gigi on Broadway this year, I have to say, I do not have high hopes for handing an iconic role to this particular High School Musical alum.

My best friend died very unexpectedly, in late September. I’ve never lost someone so close to me, and we’re young (only 30) so she hadn’t left any specific instructions about what she wanted. She was buried in a beautiful spot in the mountains near where she grew up, and while part of me loves knowing that there is a…

I’ve been single for a longgggg time (like several years now) and even though I’ve always been a good sleeper, getting back into it is hard. I pulled a half-night stand on Friday night, after going home with this guy I’ve been on a few dates with to watch a movie, discovering his apartment was a literal garbage pit,…

I don’t know, I thought letting him go down on me all night and then not reciprocating (because really, there was no way to get it in my mouth without acquainting my entire face with his pubic hair) was kind of rude too. I tried like, encircling it with a single finger, but it was not particularly efficacious. So I…

TBH, don’t say that unless you’ve encountered one. I’m NOT just shopping for a cock that meets my preferences, but it is my preference that my partner have, you know, a usable cock. And in the spirit of “not just shopping for cock” I don’t ask guys who I think might be boyfriend material to send me dick pics, because…

I come from a family of left-handed people (both my parents, and 3 of my 4 grandparents) but didn’t know it for years, because all of my grandparents write with their right hands. It was pretty standard practice to force all children to write with their right hands for a long time; I think Catholic schools just held…

Related/unrelated, this conversation just reminded me of the times my college boyfriend, the nerdy fine arts major at Amherst, used to drive us around listening to Rammstein just because it made me insane, which I have not thought about in ages. And yes, his reasons for naming that and Johnny Cash as his favorites…

As many cat owners will tell you, cats also scare humans, and it’s funny. Sort of. Our family cat used to hide around corners so she could pounce on peoples’ feet and bite their ankles when they walked by. She also liked to skulk around the bottom of the linen closet and burst out running whenever someone opened the…

It’s nice to double down on a story about a man talking about women like they’re idiots by talking to me like I’m an idiot. Did you even read what I wrote? I wrote this comment in the first person about myself because I am aware this it is a “me” problem, and I acknowledged in the first sentence that Iovine was making…

I didn’t, and I apologize if it came off that way. Just my individual experience, within my individual life.

Interesting! I will check it out! People are recommending so many services I’ve never heard of, I’m excited to try them.

Yeah, I would imagine that makes a difference. My dad listens mostly to the classics (of all varieties—Motown, jazz, rock, and even musicals) and my mom is an NPR person if she has anything playing at all. We were a reading household, not a listening household, for the most part.

Apple Music will be the new stealing-your-girlfriend’s-expensive-hair-conditioner.

I’ll check it out, thanks!!

As I said in the first sentence I wrote, it was a gross generalization on his part, and I don’t confuse my own experience with anyone elses. That said, large companies don’t generally announce expensive targeted new initiatives without some actual research behind them; I’d bet good money that when they look at the…

Interesting! Thank you for the recommendations, that’s helpful. I’m aware it’s silly, as I’ve acknowledged several times.

It’s a mystery! I live in NYC, so not having a car = almost zero radio time for me over the course of an average year.

I don’t think I said anything that disagrees with any of this. As you said, and as I said, this is my experience. I acknowledged in the first sentence I wrote that his generalization was unfair.

I actually find it a really interesting question in the context of dating. I’m single, and it comes up a LOT when dating in NYC. Men are really extremely judgmental, in an almost comical ‘High Fidelity’ sort of way about whether or not you have similar taste in music, and saying I have NO taste or don’t care makes…