You’re like the patron saint of not making a scene.

we are now boarding the passengers seated in the no class section of our fight.

I’m watching the PBS doc and it’s breaking my heart. It’s not just Syrian refugees but refugees from Gambia, Afghanistan, Libya.

Obama singing along is killing me. Fucking Trump. I wish we could have done an FDR and voted our current president in at least one more time. 

What about kids of parents that just really hate each other but are still married?

Bowing out of the “fuck 2016" discussion/debate this time. Be careful! ;)

Aren’t there a ton of elderly people in homes despite having children who could take care of them, though?

I can’t imagine a worse reason to maintain a relationship – or bring children into the world – than my perceived financial self-interest.

Your comment is the elephant in the parlor. The way I see it, we’re born alone, we die alone. Alone is the default mode. It seems like the general pop thinks that Coupled is the default, as though something is somehow wrong if you’re alone for long periods of your life.

A friend of mine who shares my chronically single status once said that whenever she starts feeling bad about being alone, she spends more time hanging out with her heterosexual female friends who are married or living with their significant others. Their stories about being the primary…

I’ve not been in a relationship for 14 years and I’m totally cool with that. I do live with my best friend so I get to eat meals, watch Netflix, and have stimulating conversations with another person on the regular. Last year I got cancer (successfully treated) and my aunts and uncles who are in their 70s/80s are…

And yet those same fates happen just as often to people who are married and have children. I think it would be a lot worse to be sitting there alone in the nursing home knowing your immediate family doesn’t care about you.

Samsies. I took myself off the market when I realized I didn’t want to marry or have any LTR romantic relationship. Dating was simply more trouble than it was worth. Friends, family, pets, and my own self is perfectly satisfactory.

Over 60 years old here… relationships have come and gone, but at least I can say I’ve escaped the legal and financial consequences of marriage.

Nothing wrong with being alone, nothing.