But then I don't understand why you would not want to be their primary anything-else, but would still feel comfortable expecting to be each other's primary—or not just primary, SOLE—sexual partner.

Hey, thanks!

Rrrgh. Lucky baby!

Ah, OK. That does cast things in a different light. I'm still not ready to agree that what he said was "wise," necessarily, but it does make more sense.

Ha! Whatever happened to him, do you know?

I noticed that too. It does seem weird—like you're not ready to do any of the heavy lifting that comes with a relationship, but you do want to have the genitals on lockdown.

I understand crushing, but I feel like there's also a distinction there—you were meant to be a potential real dating partner for him, right? Not just a barista-type crush? I think that being able to feel butterflies again is a good sign that you're moving past the grief of a relationship ending, but I put that in a…

Obviously I wasn't there for his comments, so maybe I'm just misunderstanding. The way I read it, it sounded like he's completely hung up until he can swap in a new person. I guess I also disagree with the part of the argument that says that you "forget" or "get over" the last person. I don't think it's a reasonable…

It's INSANE. He last won an Oscar 5 years ago, so I guess the son would have been 9. What did they tell their 9 year-old about why mommy and daddy were packing suitcases with eveningwear? "We're just off to the big structural engineering ball!! Mr. McQueen is letting Mummy borrow a $20K dress; isn't construction…

I really disagree with that. What he says sounds like a rationalization for using relationships as a crutch, or to distract him from something that's missing in himself. We're a very partner-oriented culture, so I'm not going to pretend like he shouldn't want to be in a relationship, but the way he framed it there it…

The Liberty Ross item seemed much more interesting when I thought it was referring to her lawyer as a DISCO queen.

I know! WHAT, pulling out IUD???

Oh yeah—I have no beef with her, really—I can't imagine that she actually WANTED to say anything about this at all, she just found herself in a position where she had to, and tried to be diplomatic. I just think it sounds pretty silly, if one gives it any thought at all.

Boy, yes, that doping secret sure would have been devastating if Armstrong had kept it any longer! As opposed to telling it now, while it's still just an oopsie.

I am SO WITH YOU on the Dr. Phil thing. As he was talking, I kept thinking "why am I forced to agree with Dr. Phil, here?? I don't like this kind of discomfort!"

I was picturing two desks set as wide apart as possible, with a third desk perched atop both, and a tarp thrown over the whole thing.

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Ha! Either way, I appreciate it.

I LOVE this gif. I feel so excited to have said something that warranted this response!

If her son is being victimized already, I can't even imagine the kind of unwanted attention he's going to get now that his mother has suggested that he's currently hiding under a desk wetting himself.