I’m just always really confused about why the bored boyfriends/husbands are there in the first place. When my boyfriend goes to do something that I don’t enjoy, I don’t go with him, and vice versa. What’s the point of dragging your partner along with you everywhere? Don’t you have friends to shop with if that’s your…

Yes. I always look at it as an exercise in which you make a good faith effort to find connections between the cards and whatever situation you’re pondering. It always brings out new angles for me to think about.

Well recounted. Looking back it’s easy to see that yeah, there were definitely the apex predator bullies who went around slamming people into lockers or making mean girl comments. But as a decidedly middle-tiered shy girl in a large school, I realize that I was also more subtly bullying the people that were lower than…

It sounds to me a little like when you can tell a kid is repeating back something their parents said (my four-year-old niece will come out with something like “It’s OK to be mad, but it’s not OK to yell!”). Maybe I’m being a jerk but the self aware parts sound like he’s parroting a counselor.

An acquaintance’s small dog was last seen chasing after a coyote near Tahoe and was of course presumed dead in a very upsetting way. He was found six months later wandering around San Francisco. Luckily he was microchipped so they got a phone call. There was a lot of “no, our dog died” and “no, I definitely have your…

I am thanks, same to you.

There are a lot of recovered alcoholics that won’t use any product with alcohol in it. I think that’s part of the AA philosophy even.

Same. I did it myself several times, all of which were terrible, and the final time broke down and went to a detox center. After which I was like “why on earth did I not do this every time?”

Preach. 14-year-old me could listen to the last half of that album daily.

Is there a clause in his will that says that nobody except Ivanka gets anything unless they pretend to need a terrible combover?

Yeah I think there’s also a cultural element. Women are trained to see men as these natural forces that you try to rein in, the whole “boys will be boys” thing. So then the other woman is the other rational actor and the guy is just this tornado of sex drive. It’s been part of our culture for a long time so even if…

I think that’s kind of common actually. I’ve talked several friends through the whole “The one that hurt you is the one that promised to you” thing, which is the actual correct answer. But a couple of years ago there was this girl gunning hard for my boyfriend (and he was semi-game) and I hated her. Like couldn’t even…

Yeah I tend to agree — if for whatever reason the dog was struggling living with her, it makes sense for it to go to someone who knows more about animals. I adopted earlier this year and the people at the Humane Society were really cool about telling me which dogs wouldn’t be good for a first-time dog owner. Which was…

I really need her to get past 30 so she stops talking about how young she is. I’m in the midst of my early-30s “oh shit, I have to age too?!” moment and songs about being 22 or albums about being born 6 years later than me hit a weird nerve.

This is clearly the last scene of The Thing.

I have a friend from El Salvador and some of his stories are the most frightening things I’ve heard. I’ve also lived in parts of South America that aren’t safe. We are very lucky with what we have.

I got my rescue pup 4 months ago so this is definitely in the category of “6 months ago I would not have cared at all but now I think you’re despicable”. It’s my first dog so it’s been a revelation how strongly they bond to specific people in different ways. Like he knows his “dad” is more fun, but any time he’s…

I really wish people would leave Matthew Perry alone. He went through an addiction, came out of it and established resources for other people dealing with addiction. He seems like a good guy. Let him wear casual clothes without berating him.

Wait, is she leaving-leaving? Or just dropping the one recurrent thing? I will be super sad if she’s leaving-leaving.

As a white cis girl who’s read this column religiously, and is also a word geek, I now understand and respect the definition of shade. Thank you for the education. But DAMN will I miss this column!