I'm not saying anything is the problem, but I have never been one to enjoy military style shooters. It's one thing if it is aliens, monsters, etc. but when they appear to be real people in a real world situation (ie, the war in Iraq), I just feel repelled.

They didn't ask me. A year and a half into marriage, my getting some is directly correlated to doing the dishes, cleaning bathrooms, cooking, and taking out the trash. Yeah, we live in an apartment and I don't exactly have yard work to do, but still.

I live in rural Tennessee and I haven't seen one ye—OH MY GOD THEY HEARD ME.

90%, I'd say. I bought a few pieces of locally made costume jewelry for stocking stuffers for the ladies in my family and a kitchen appliance for a coworker, but everything else came from online retailers or Etsy.

Everyone loves surprise goats!

Yeah, it was poorly worded. Commenting on Gawker media shoots any holes through your arguments pretty quickly, which is quite helpful, honestly.

I am in agreement with you, but my wife insists that we try to be the bigger people here and try to put thought into their gifts. Oh well. I like the idea of Oxfam—I may use that in the future.

Brother knocks down six figures working for a big tech company in a management position. Wife is on mat leave, but has a government job that also pays quite well. For their area, they are at least doing better than 90% of people.

I agree. If someone insists on getting me something, I usually just ask for a gift card, too. My closest relations just ask each other what they want, though.

This is all too long and complicated. I'll just download a holiday filter for my iPhone app.

You can get by on putting little to no thought into a gift if you spend some dough, ie gift cards. It is as thoughtless as a gift can be really, but the ability to cash in on it works out.

Do be careful about giving used gifts. My brother-in-law and his wife knock down over six figures a year, and they give out used video games and craft books during the holidays. It's nothing to me, but it sure pisses off my in-laws and wife.

I just don't know what the debate is any longer concerning an Australian style gun ban. If you say it can not work in America, why? If it works in Australia, that is proof that it isn't incompatible with the human condition. It's not even incompatible with a first-world, former British colony condition. To say that the…

I completely agree with you.

That's true. My mother was the bread-winner of my family, though my father also brought home his share. Of course, my mother raised me to be like her and make my place in the world.

But what do your kids do when they get married to other people with hyphenated names?!?!

I'm all for equality, but it sure seems like the hyphenated names would get pretty exponential after a few generations. For the sake of simplicity, pick one or the other.

I guess I am the odd man out here, but having an equal for a wife is pretty great. Chores are split. The house stays spotless. Respect is built—mine for her amazing motherly qualities, and hers for my fatherly ones. Sex is pretty regular. In a lot of ways, it's the 50's stereotype without the terrible undertones.

Yeah, I get the reasoning there. But from a liberal Christian perspective, not only does everyone sin, but everyone is born with it. Choosing to hate someone for their sin is ridiculous because everyone sins in different ways.

I'm sorry, but that logic fails. I hate murder, so that is the same as hating the murderer? I hate greed, so I hate the greedy?