I'm genuinely unsure how one deals with this situation without potentially gas-lighting? I mean...if one's partner is jealous and threatened by your friendships, and you are NOT cheating, how do you address it without saying "you're wrong" or implying the partner's feelings are unjustified?

While some ultimatums may be justified/necessary, I think the ultimatum of "stop hanging out with your friends because I feel threatened" is abusive and never okay.

I was trying to think of a circumstance when I would harm one animal to save other. Obviously if one of my own pets were being attacked, I would do *anything* needed to save them...including kill the attacker. But what if I saw a dog mauling a dog or cat that I *didn't* personally know? If I couldn't separate them,…

That's actually not uncommon...raptors are smart enough to exploit an easy food source when they see one. It's something I have to wrestle with because I know our bird feeders/houses are making it easier for the red hawk to catch the birds. There are things you can do to lessen the risk (like positioning the feeders…

Maybe I was just in the right mood when I watched it, but I thought it was hysterically funny. As in, tears rolling down the cheeks hilarious. Yes, the plot was bland, but I felt like the movie knew it and went out of its way to play with that blandness. There's a romance subplot where the lead falls in love with…

We have a local red hawk that often hangs out in the trees around the house. I see her a lot during summer (and I've found evidence of her taking birds around our bird feeders- in particular an EXPLOSION of feathers on the roof where she took a dove.) I absolutely love raptors and always wanted to be a falconer, so…

I helped DJ a senior prom recently and could not get over how damn YOUNG they all looked. I brought it up so many times that my partner was rolling his eyes, but seriously...they were itty bitty little things.

...are you really comparing the mental disease of schizophrenia to murderers? And saying it comes from the 'heart' when it comes from genetic and structural differences in the brain?

Two years ago at PAX East I caught the most horrendous stomach virus (and broke a two decade streak of not puking.) I spent the entire second day of the con locked in the hotel bathroom excreting things that should NOT come out of the human body. I forced myself to go to the concert that night, but I was so weak I…

A lot of 'asexuals' DO have sex, enjoy sex, and seek out sex. They split hairs on attraction 'types' to justify using the label.

You realize Sarkeesian gets the same type of threats? If your theory is that Anita is the type of leader you like and that such leaders are safe from such threats and harassment...yeah, no.

I've been to PAX East every year since it opened. I never saw a heavy police presence (I did see cops around, but certainly not a huge number.) I've also never been searched when re-entering. Your experience doesn't at all reflect mine.

When I was quite young I had a seizure-like episode and ended up in a children's hospital being tested for all manner of things. It turned out to be a blood sugar issue, so a lot of the tests involved forced fasting and a very unhappy kid. After one fasting test they saw my blood sugar had dropped too low and decided…

I have attended PAX East since it opened. I never saw a heavy police presence and I've never been searched while re-entering. There are plenty of enforcers, but I've had a completely different experience at the con then you describe.

The situation with my mother has gone past the point of tolerance, but my ability to simply up and leave is curtailed by financial issues. My troubles with her, however, are not the subject here. The subject is demanding maturity when one is responding to toxic people who have done you harm.

"accusing Rehm of treating her husband like "a poodle or a household cat."

I've been told my entire life to be the grown-up. To not 'drop to their level'. To 'turn the other cheek.'

Being that I was in the hospital just this weekend after eating half a cup of oatmeal...yeah, people can have issues with all sorts of things. I don't say I'm allergic (because, well, I'm not), but anyone who wants to get pissy with me when I doublecheck ingredients is welcome to live with my stomach.

If you have IBS, ditch milk even if you think you aren't lactose intolerant. People with IBS can have trouble digesting other milk proteins, not just the lactose. I had such severe IBS that I used to stand through my classes in high school because it hurt too much to sit down. Once I got rid of milk (and insoluble…

I think that's certainly true for me. Once I notice a bit of white regrowth I have to bit it off, which of course leaves a snag or torn skin at the corner, so of course I have to bite *that* too...and half an hour later my fingertips are throbbing and I'm reaching for the band-aids. I'm really going to have to work…