Or would they? Many of the women who come here are fleeing abusive situations, and families are often fleeing gang violence.

Totally agree. Horrific, inhumane, authoritarian... those are a start. My ex’s uncle was in one... the whole story of his family’s deportation is depressing from start to finish, and theirs went “well” compared to many others’ experiences. I’d always been supportive of immigrants, and grew up with many, but being in a…

Good point. I was thinking of it in the colloquial Holocaust context since that was the immediate topic at hand, but you’re absolutely right.

Ugh. My same guy constantly pushed AYN RAND books on me.

Yes. It would be hard for anyone who grew up in the US to have *not* picked up some of the basic facts about Christianity and the Bible. Then there’s people like me, who were very religious and are now *not.* I mean, I read the whole Bible, a lot more of it than these fools usually have. (Reading the whole Bible is a…

THANK YOU. This pissed me off. I was a teenage girl once with crushes on various celebrities. I was also a straight-A student who loved documentaries and went on to study history in college. On a history test or a trivia show, I could’ve probably run circles around the stereotypical dude-bro, a group who can…

My family has watched war movies together. It’s really not unusual. As for the rest of the criticisms of the quotes, they’re a bit harsh and mean-spirited.

I was 11 (6th grade) when “Titanic” came out, so it was HUGE in my crowd. Maybe some people thought that Jack and Rose were real (I’ve heard that said many times over the last 20 years) but no one I knew. I’d been quasi-obsessed with the Titanic for several years at that point anyway, as were some of my friends. When…

ICE detention centers aren’t concentration camps, no, but they can be very unpleasant places, and many children are forced to stay in one. There have been human rights abuse allegations too.

Oh man, sounds like the arguments that my ex and I had which started over me bobbing my head to music he hated while we were hanging out with friends at a bar, or the time I mis-identified which Beatle did vocals in a particular song, and ended up revealing what a stubborn, disrespectful, petty, unpleasant person he…

I mean, that does suck, but I expect any break-up to be pre-meditated. I’d be angrier if they truly just decided it on the spur of the moment and went for it. The question of how much affection should go on while you’re thinking of a breakup is a tough one, though. Too little and it forces the issue before you’re…

Yep! My ex did that. It was incredibly obnoxious and self-centered, but that was his MO.

A live-in boyfriend blindsided me with a breakup right after I got back from visiting friends in another state. I wouldn’t have cared if he’d signed a lease beforehand. Of course, I was already starting to suspect some shady business (which was later confirmed), so signing a lease behind my back isn’t nearly as bad as…

Depending on the scenario, I might reply, “Oh sure, I just assume people will forget my name so I always lead with it,” (said with a laugh, not in a sad-sack way.)

Yes, I can usually fake it until it becomes more clear.

If I have a friend with me, I try my hardest to get the friend to introduce themselves to the person whose name I can’t remember, or who I don’t know if I know. Then the mystery person will introduce themselves right back. If you expect this may happen, perhaps you could make up a signal with your friend or partner.

I’m the office manager at my company, and right after I began there, I was brought into the HR office and shown the photo of an employee who had just been fired. I was warned not to let him inside. That isn’t SOP here, so I imagine the firing had gone badly and they were concerned about retribution. Which is something…

That description fits the guy who assaulted me to a T. Single, non-hideous (handsome, in fact), good job, charming, etc. What world is she living in?!

And it’s notable how it’s ALWAYS women’s rights that get thrown under the bus in the name of “compromise” or “see, we’re not biased!” That or other minority rights.

The soda sale was probably my idea, though I don’t recall. To be fair, I read a lot of kids’ books from the 40s-70s. They had many tales of lemonade stands and other kid businesses.